On an otherwise quiet early afternoon of college football, D-IAA Appalachian State has stunned AP #4 Michigan 34-32 in Michigan Stadium. This is the first game between Appalachian State and a Big Ten team and boy did they make it count.Today was supposed to be a breeze of an opening game to the 2007 season, a season which is widely anticipated to be coach Lloyd Carr's swan song as maestro of the men from Ann Arbor. After coming from behind to take the lead on a 54-yard Mike Hart touchdown run, the teams traded empty possessions before Appalachian State did the miraculous and drove nearly the length of the field before kicking a 24-yard field goal with just 0:30 left.
Michigan then answered all the way down the field before having the game-winning field goal blocked. This is Michigan's third straight loss, all of them heartbreaking and marked by the death of former coach Bo Schembechler.
34-32
It's a score that will live with Michigan football forever. Ohio State fans will let them know about it. Big Ten fans will let them know about it. The world will let them know about it. Appalachian State was the defending I-AA National Champion, but this is still inexcuseable for a top five team at home.
Additional Fact: Appalachian State is the first I-AA team to ever beat a ranked I-A team (H/T: Bruce Ciskie)
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 2)
9-01-2007 @ 3:58PM
Scott said...
Get rid of Lloyd Carr, he can't get his players ready, he needs to go.
He's an embarrassment to the Wolverine program.
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9-01-2007 @ 4:00PM
tlobucks said...
lioyd carr is not the one on the field
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9-01-2007 @ 4:11PM
Pigskin28 said...
Yhink its time for Carr to go..
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9-01-2007 @ 4:17PM
david said...
Lloyd should do all of us a favor and step down at his news conference. Michigan looked awful !!!!.
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9-01-2007 @ 4:18PM
bio79 said...
It just proves the pint that Michigan sucks, which any Ohio State fan already knows
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9-01-2007 @ 4:26PM
KEITH S said...
Mich should be embarrased not for losing but for scheduling games againt nobodys along with all other ranked teams that play pushover teams to start the year and when they lose its the biggest upset in history give be a break ! sad part they will still be ranked what a joke .they shouldnt be in the top 25 all year. hats off to appalachian state down with the BCS
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9-01-2007 @ 4:33PM
david said...
bio79, Thats the kind of comment we all expect from an un-educated hairless nut not we all know !!!!
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9-01-2007 @ 4:40PM
T said...
Responding to tlobucks: Either is Pete Carroll but he really changed Souhthern Cal into a powerhouse immediately.
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9-01-2007 @ 4:40PM
Roger said...
The big well known teams --Michigan, USC, Ohio State--need to know that on a good day, a tough underrated team can kick their butts. Overconfidence is the killer--not the coach. Congrats to App State! To Michigan--you have the rest of the season to come back --but no championship this year!
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9-01-2007 @ 4:45PM
Todd said...
Michigan football is a joke. App. State kicked Michigans butt. Never change Lloyd, don't put the game away when you have a chance. Nice defense, Henne for Heisman, thats a good laugh. How does Michigan get Les Miles to leave LSU?
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9-01-2007 @ 4:52PM
Steven Blakely said...
Give credit to the two time defending 1 AA Champs and the game they played. The players didn't know they were suppose to lose.
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9-01-2007 @ 4:59PM
psteiner1 said...
No mas, Carr has proven he can not lead, I wish they would fire him, but they will not
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9-01-2007 @ 5:00PM
Gamecock Man said...
LMFAO. After Wazzu finishes Wisconsin later today, the Big Ten's fate will be sealed. This is essentially a one-team conference now, with OSU the only team that is still marginally respectable. It's hard to believe that commentators still tout this conference as the second best in the country, but I guess the ABC/ESPN money machine can really pull some strings. Well, once again the South has embarrassed the Big Ten, only this time, it's the D-1AA Southern Conference instead of the SEC. And oh yeah, if Michigan is still ranked after this, then you have prima facie proof that the polls are rigged. It's hard to believe that just last December there were people who thought that two teams from this dinosaur conference should play for the BCS title. Things sure have changed!
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9-01-2007 @ 5:05PM
The U is Dead said...
Same old story....Just earlier in the year....Lloyd Choke strikes again...They might just make a movie of this game....Too funny
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9-01-2007 @ 5:08PM
BuckeyeNut said...
GO BUCKS!!
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9-01-2007 @ 5:09PM
BuckeyeNut said...
Keep Lloyd...its not the coach, its the phony "Champions" that "Blues" try to foist off on their opponents...sorry that bus has left the station!
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9-01-2007 @ 5:14PM
ca jones said...
Give ASU some credit. This program has become one of the best in the nation regardless of what division you look at. They played up to the competition. They have not losy in awhile 15 games
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9-01-2007 @ 5:20PM
ken said...
No more talk about Carr leaving.Give credit where cerdit is due.That last drive by APP State was a thing of beauty!! NEVER GIVE UP! Have a great season APP STATE!!!
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9-01-2007 @ 5:21PM
Scott said...
It's up to the coach to get their players ready for any and all games, otherwise, what's the point in having a coach? Michigan wasn't prepared, they thought this was going to be easy, they made too many mistakes, they weren't prepared, bottom line.
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9-01-2007 @ 5:24PM
Scott said...
Carr isn't the one on the team but Carr IS the one obligated to getting his players ready for any and ALL games, Michigan wasn't prepared.
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