Lloyd Carr
Lloyd Carr
Lloyd Henry Carr, Jr.is a former American football player and coach. He served as the head football coach at the University of Michigan from 1995 through the 2007 season. Under Carr, the Michigan Wolverines compiled a record of 122–40 and won or shared five Big Ten Conference titles. Carr's 1997 team was declared the national champion by the Associated Press. His record coaching against top ten-ranked opponents was 19–8. Carr was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame as...
ProfessionFootball Player
Date of Birth30 July 1945
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I hope he plays. There's nobody who wants to play more than he does, and the truth is, we're not going to know (if he's ready) until he gets out and practices (today). Then we'll see.
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His greatest strength is that he's smart, ... The most difficult part about trying to evaluate quarterbacks is determining whether or not they'll be able to embrace the pressure. Matt comes from an excellent background. He's been in a high-school program that had more exposure than any program in the country. He made it very clear he was excited about the challenge of playing in a program like this.
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I think certainly the '97 team raised the bar at Michigan. They raised expectations, which were already enormous. But I think the goal of every Michigan team since then is to win the national championship. And I think we all recognize how difficult that is to do. And yet it's certainly a goal worth pursuing. I think we're trying to pursue that every day.
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I don't ever in my life remember going into any game feeling like I was an underdog. I certainly have never experienced that at Michigan.
losing
There is nothing that can make you feel better after losing this game.
win
This was an awfully important win for this team. We've been awfully inconsistent.
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Whoever wears that jersey has some big shoes to fill. And we're out there now trying to find him.
ball giving
We've been giving the ball back too many times. We haven't been productive.
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Will Paul has really (made) strides. He's got the ability to play there and has picked things up very quick.
changes
You'll see what those changes are on Saturday,
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Year in and year out, on a consistent basis, the best teams in the country always have great defenses.
guys
We have a lot of guys who have been on the road. They just haven't been to Madison,
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We've played some very, very fine defensive fronts, and I think this is the best we've played. They lead the nation in sacks. I think that alone tells you the challenge we have.
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We all understand the competitiveness of that conference and their success in competition with the Big Ten. I don't know anybody out there, as a coach, who doesn't have respect for the Mid-American Conference.