In my preseason top ten, I warned Michigan fans of the fact that their head coach, Lloyd Carr, was a piece of shit. But I never would have expected this. In the biggest upset of the season history college football’s history, D-1AA Appalachain State rolled into the Big House (Yes, the 107,000 capacity Big House) and defeated Michigan, 34-32. It’s the first time a D-1AA team has ever defeated a ranked D-1A team. The fact that it’s Michigan, a preseason national championship contender, makes it a little more relevant.

Let me start this off by saying Appalachian State is a good team. They’ve won consecutive national championships at the 1AA level. Sure, it’s 1AA. But they’re still a confident group with tons of big game experience. That resume should have encouraged Lloyd Carr to try and give his team a sense of urgency. He didn’t. And unlike most early season scares, the Mountaineers didn’t hand the game back to them. Instead, they were the ones making plays down the stretch.

This, my friends, is why college football is so great. In a day that was supposed to be dominated by Virginia Tech and that big Cal-Tennessee clash, a previously unknown football school made a huge splash on the 2007 BCS picture. Where does this leave the Wolverines? If they’re smart, it’ll lead them to make a coaching change. In 60 minutes, Lloyd Carr turned one of college football’s most hallowed stadiums into a laughingstock.