Lloyd Carr alternately choked up and chuckled for nearly 40 minutes Monday as he announced that his 13th season as Michigan football coach will be his last.
“I wanted to be able to walk out of here knowing that to the very last minute, I did my job to the best of my ability,” Carr said with watery eyes. “And I know I’ll be able to do that.”
The best of Carr’s ability brought Michigan a national title and five Big Ten championships. It also included an unsightly loss to Appalachian State to open this season and a fourth consecutive defeat and sixth in seven years to Jim Tressel and Ohio State to close it.
Many of those memories were close to the surface at Monday’s news conference in Ann Arbor, Mich., during which the public that rarely saw his true personality also learned what had happened behind closed doors the previous day when Carr, 62, broke the news to his players and staff.
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“I cried more tears than I knew I had,” said Carr, who spent 28 seasons on the Michigan coaching staff. “And I’ve never laughed so hard in my life because there were so many memories.”
Carr, who has a 121-40 record, will coach the Wolverines in their bowl game, likely to be either the Alamo Bowl in San Antonio or the Outback Bowl in Tampa, Fla.
Oklahoma’s leading rusher, DeMarco Murray, has a dislocated kneecap and will sit out Saturday’s game against Oklahoma State.
Murray, who has 764 yards rushing and 13 touchdowns for the 10th-ranked Sooners, was injured while trying to recover an onside kick in the final minute of a 34-27 loss at Texas Tech.
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Quarterback Sam Bradford suffered a concussion against Texas Tech, and Coach Bob Stoops said his playing status would be determined later in the week.
Purdue wide receiver Selwyn Lymon was arrested and charged with drunk driving and resisting arrest.
Lymon was being held without bond at Tippecanoe County Jail on Monday following his Sunday morning arrest in West Lafayette, Ind. Police say he had a blood-alcohol content of .15%, nearly double the state’s legal limit.
2007 Appalachian State vs. Michigan football game on September 1, 2007 may have contributed to the retirement.  
University of Michigan Wolverines head coach Lloyd Carr, who had coached the college football program for thirteen years, announced his retirement from the coaching profession, effective after the Wolverines' bowl game.

"Yesterday was one of the most emotional days of my life," Carr said at his press conference, referring to when he informed his team of his retirement. "I’ve cried more tears than I knew I had. I’ve never laughed so hard in my life. There’s so many memories. It was a wonderful day."

During his tenure at Michigan, Carr won five Big Ten Conference championships and a national championship in 1997. He had a disappointing 1-6 record vs. Jim Tressel's Ohio State Buckeyes, though his overall record vs. Ohio State was 6-7. Carr's last victory over Ohio State came in 2003. He amassed a 121-40 overall record while at Michigan and ranks seventh among active coaches with a 75.2 winning percentage.

There has been a lot of speculation, even before Carr's retirement, regarding who would become the next Michigan head coach. Current Louisiana State University head coach Les Miles is viewed as the top candidate to replace Carr.

Observers see Les Miles as the front-runner despite his recent comments. "I want to stay just where I’m at," Miles said. "I don’t want to think about it. Don’t want to envision it. I want to go forward and prepare."