Michigan Highlights from the 2008 Capital One Bowl 

Its sad that all Michigan players/fans heard about that year was the app state loss, but people forget we beat ND 38-0 that year and beat them Florida Gators in the Capital One Bowl 41-35! And wasnt Teblow heisman that year? Yup

This was a great game but the thing I remember the most is the WR play of Michigan. It's like the DB's did they're best but it wasn't good enough. Chad Henne though is what made the offense go. Didn't get rattled under pressure and just led his team to victory. Awesome way to send Lloyd Carr out a winner over a great Florida team.

im a life-long osu fan but let me tell you i was rooting for you guys so hard this game. this game, the fight song, this class, lloyd carr, actually made me like and respect your program. of course i hate em now cause i dont respect rich rod but i'll always respect that class you guys had.

I just love the geograpical disadvatage Big 10 teams have against these teams. Love it. The boo's as Michigan playeres run through the tunnel. Illinois played USC in Pasadena, Michigan played Florida in Orlando, Ohio State played LSU in New Oreleans, and Penn State played Texas A&M in San Antonio. It's never fair for the Big 10. :D I love it though.

Man I miss the good old days of Michigan football...like 2 years ago.

I can watch this video a million times, and I would never get bored of it. GO BLUE

Life long OSU fan but this was one of the best matches Ive ever seen. Was rooting hard for Michigan the whole time.

That showed what M could do when Henne, Hart, Manningham, Arrington, and Long were all healthy. Recall that that was rarely the case that year.

Thank you rocker, now you are a man with some perspective. Yea, back to back in Basketball was so unbelievable. Its been great to be a Gator lately. We'll be preseason #1 in football this year--don't know if we'll do it again but we have a great chance at it. Michigan will get back to its winning ways I'm sure of it.

Do you have the halftime show by any chance? Looking for a song that was sang. Thanks!

Anyone knows the link where I can watch the entire game online? I am from Singapore and it wasn't available in here. Not via ESPN online either.

The first series of downs by both teams normally gives me a good ideal of how things are going to go in most games. The fact Mich started at their own 7yrd line and drove the length of the field to score spoke volumes. Mike Harts fumbles kept my stomach in knots, but felt good about Mich play. Glad we won!

that was the greatest michigan performance ive ever seen

Buckeye fans like you are the only reason I can like the Buckeyes, and their amazing football team also. I'm looking so forward to this years game. It'll be a good one.

Mike Hart gave this team the swagger it needed. Henne was the field general and Manningham was the big play threat.

that first catch by arrington was amazing!!! i watched it live and went nuts!!! great game!!! GO BLUE!!!

I was at my grandpa's house with my family on new years day watching this game and they are all Buckeye fans but I had on my maize and blue and I was going crazy after Michigan won and my grandpa whos 84 raises his hand up and he says "Go Blue!" And I high fived him! I'll never forget that game one of the most exciting bowl games in Michigan history GO BLUE!

This was the day Michigan football died. At least they went out with a W. Not sure what I've watched every year in Ann Arbor since then but it only losely resembles the Michigan football I grew up watching. The stadium, band, and uniforms are the only familiar sight on game day anymore

I want to make a Mike Hart career reel. Hopefully I can get it done before draft day.

What an amazing game! A fantastic way to send out Lloyd, Chad and Mike. The gameplan was amazing. I wish we could've run that offense more often under Lloyd, but oh well. GO BLUE!

We can't possibly be talking about the same two plays. I'm talking about 7:51 of the 2d quarter, where Tebow hits Harvin for an apparent touchdown which was called back for illegal procedure (not enough men on the line of scrimmage). After the penalty, at 7:45, Tebow throws to Harvin in the end zone again, but he does not come remotely close to hanging on to the ball. What two plays are you talking about?

Your right, we are all still hurting from that big loss to Michigan 2 years ago. You got me.

JoePa's actually been slowly transitioning into the spread, I noticed that with the Alamo Bowl with a temporary dual QB system. It helped overcome a 14 point defecit and pile on 24 nearly unanswered points. I can't wait to see how Penn State and other Big 10 teams do in 2008.

And that changes the score of this game exactly how?

One of the most important factors is how well these players adapt to Rich Rod's training for this type of offense. If I'm not mistaken, many of these are Lloyd Carr's recruits, and Lloyd Carr generally ran a more smashmouth, socalled "3 yards and a cloud of dust" offense. If these players are adaptable to the change and are just as effective at spread option, in 2009, Michigan could be nearly unstoppable. But I think most of 2008 will be adjustment for the offense like 2007 was for the defense.

I love how Arrington completely owned that game.

OK, I vaguely recall that but can't remember when it happened. I can dig it up if somebody gives me a hint.

Dude, Carson Butler is going to be such a dominating force in 2008 now that's he in RR's offense. Between Butler, Greg Mathews, and Junior Hemingway, we won't miss Manningham and Arrington that much at all. Go Blue!

Arrington was a straight beast in this game! I was in shock with all the catches he made in this game!

I'm an SC fan, but I was actually kinda happy for the Michigan Wolverines that day. They beat a very tough Florida Gators team, not to mention that they also had a Heisman Trophy winner as well. Still, it was nice to see them come off with a victory, not only for Chad Henne (who had a tough 4 years and was abused by big teams like USC in a couple of Rose Bowls), but mainly for Les Miles, retiring as a head coach, and was hoisted on the shoulders of his team.

You are amazing. I"m actually starting to like you. You just never stop. I'm speechless.

Henne more than DOUBLED the passing yardage of the Gators precious Heisman Trophy-winning Tim Tebow, 373 yards in the air! Over 500 yards total offense! I factored in two touchdowns Mike Hart gave away, and one Florida should have had, and we still come out 6-12 point favorites! We beat this 'fabled SEC' team like a rented mule! Go BLUE!!!

I watch this video once every two days, and every damn time it makes my spine tingle in delight. Its too abd we didn';t run this particular version of the spread offense in 2008. We would ahve won 3 or 4 more games running this offense. oh well Go Blue!

Was that the sack (Michigan's only)? If so, I've got it. Send me a message.

And you got embarrassed by App. State, Oregon, Toledo, Utah, Northwestern, and what was the score of the game this year?

Ahh, when you say "The game" in reference to Michigan, you may be confused for making a reference to OSU/UM. Not only that but your context was completely valid for the OSU/UM game. A venue is also an outlet e.g. a sports news outlet.

This was Arrington's finest moment ever. I think this was the best game I've seen Michigan ever play. I may not be a Wolverine's fan, but I felt it was almost heartwarming, but nice, nonetheless, to see Lloyd Carr go out in retirement on a big victory, especially on the shoulders of his team (literally) in a legitimate bowl game.

Probably the most important Capital One Bowl game ever played! Lloyd Carr's final game against the Heisman winner Tim Tebow and Urban Meyer! Such a good game!

Buckeye fan here as well. Michigan played with a chip on their shoulder this game, something we could not do the year before. It seems to me that many of the teams in the south only do well when a coach from the north takes the job.

BTW hardly manhandled them, they won by how many points? It was a very good game.

Slow, plodding, prehistoric Michigan piled up over 500 yards of offense on the defendiing champs. Great job Lloyd! So nice to finish with such a great win over the "mighty" Gators of the "superior" SEC! Good times and bad, you always gave your best and did it with class. You will be missed. GO BLUE!

One more thing: thats really humble of you coming from a Gators fan! Most people think that dickrod is an idiot and that he'll suck next season and that he'll be fired. I happen to be one of those people (I'm a Michigan fan). BTW, weren't you the same Gators fan who i was arguing with a few months ago? I thought you hated Michigan. (:

The thing I noticed about this game was Michangans' WRs(& I know that was a sumwat young fl team).They were not fast,however,they used their height as an advantage(didn't jump for their catches.).So corners started respecting the pass.Which resulted in Hart getting enormous rushing games.

um had a great offense that year, it came together at the end. great receivers, great rb, hart qb

Joe Haden (freshman) is a good corner he stoped 3 touchdown passes, they will all improve with experience. I agree we haven't had a decent running back in a while which left Tebow having to carry the load on passing and running the ball. But we have Emmanuel Moody a transfer from USC now. He had to sit out this season but he's good to go now, and there is still a chance we get Darrell Scott the #1 HS RB, UF will be back. Good luck on getting Pryor, I would hate to see him at OSU.

1. We didn't lose multiple 4 year starters on the offensive line. Long was the only 4 eyar starter on Michigans offensive line 2. We aren't starting a bunch of freshmen. LT Mark ortmann, LG Tim McAvoy, and RG/C David Moosman are all juniors, and RT Stephen Schilling (a redshirt sophomore) is a returning starter. Orttman and McAvoy saw starters minutes in 2007, making them close to returning starters for 2008. the only "freshmen" starting on the o-line is redshirt center David Molk

But did they put up 41 points even with 4 turnovers?

Percy Harvin wasn't shutdown. he had 16 carries for 166 yards and a TD. He also added like 9 catches and a TD. He was giving us problems all day. But Tim Tebow on the other hand, he was contained very well. he only had a 50% completion percentage and 150 yards, and he was held to 3.5 yards per carry The heismen jinx strikes yet again

Florida has been good for the last 19 years. The winningest team in college football since 1990. NC in 1996.

wasnt that the year before?

This was a great game the team really PLAYED WELL for their coach. T bag was the hiesman winner that year too.

Michigan fan here. I think you're my favorite OSU fan.

"Threet is merely a placeholder until DickRod has a full year to recruit players suitable to his offense" RR already has "his players." He is molding all that 4 and 5 star talent into spread offense type players. By the time we get into the meat of out schedule next season, we will probably ahve fully adpated to RR's offense.

I think the glass is definitely half-full. Mike Shaw is awesome speed. McGuffie looks to be everything he was promised to be. Cissoko is raw, but also awesome speed and athleticism. Threet will mature into another Henne, maybe better! Better runner... Odom and Matthews and Warren excellent and growing! Minor may yet live up to his speed and potential. Trent? No comment... Wouldn't be surprised if these guys took the Big 10 next year. Not surprised at all. Go, BLUE!!

This was the last time I can remember being proud to be a Michigan fan.

Given that 4silverrings appears to be an aOSU fan (per his/her youtube page), I'm inclined to think the comment was sarcasm.

This game wasn't remotely as close as the score would indicate. Hart literally fumbled twice, (something he had only done 1 other time all year), right at the fuckin goal line! This was the sort of offence Michigan should have been running that year and, imo, every damn year. Back then we had great o-lines, really good pass-blocking RB's, (especially Hart that year), QB's with great arms and usually pretty accurate, and absolutely stacked receiving corps - and yet we maintained an extremely conservative pro-style offense, (to be fair, not nearly as terrible in this regard as Jim Harbaugh's offensive scheme was prior to Gatis showing up), that focused too much on run-plays, specifically power run-plays right up the middle and off tackle. Which in a way, this demonstrates just how good Michigan's QB's and receiving corps were back during the Carr era, seeing as how despite not throwing the ball nearly as often many/most other high-powered offensive schemes - and yet they still put up amazing numbers. Im not saying they should have given up on running, it's just that rather than being 60/65 to 40/35 runs to pass ratio, it should have been 60 to 40 pass to run. Similar to what they did in this game, or like Stoops' offensive schemes at Oklahoma where despite being a very pass-centric offense, it still produced a Heisman RB in Adrian Peterson. Michigan torched these guys in this game and would have done this to damned near everyone back then. I mean - could you imagine Navarre throwing this much back in his Sr. year when he had Braylon Edwards, Jason Avant, Steven Breaston, and Tim Massaquoi to throw to? God damn that would been awesome! And it also would have removed the massive load that Perry had to carry for, he still would have put up nearly as many rushing yards and maybe even stayed being a a Heisman finalist like he was that year, just without the beating he took, (and it was that beating that eventually lead to him being so prone to injury in the NFL). If wasn't for those two forementioned fumbles by Hart at the goal line along with 2 picks that Henne threw, we dominated the Gators on both sides of the ball - possibly even more so on the defensive. Shawn Crable is hands down the greatest Michigan defensive player to not be a great NFL player. He was possibly the best all around LB in Michigan history, and is without question the best Outside LB. The only LB's that were James Hall, Devin Bush, Ian Gold, Dhani Jones, Victor Hobson, Larry Foot, Sam Sword, David Harris, and Pierre Woods were all phenomenal LB's, but none were quite as dynamic. And unquestionably none of them were as freakishly athletic either, (Woods may be the only one to match Crable on that front). Crable was recruited to play DE, but because of his speed they moved him to OLB - where he dominated for three straight years. Crable was one of the best run-stoppers in the country while also being a decent TE cover-man at LB too, but more importantly he was just a monster pass-rushing LB. He was 6'5", strong, and had blazing speed and agility, especially when taking into account how fuckin big the dude was. He was Tebow's spy, and did a amazing job containing him, and because of him and great team defense we managed to hold Tebow to a mere 57 rush yards off of 16 attempts while also keeping him to less than 160 yards passing! I truly wish that after Harbaugh gets dumped, that we bring in a coach willing to implement the sort of offense that is simply the best offense for college ball nowadays. Maybe not quite as pass-heavy as Leach's offense, (though I'd be all for bringing him in and implementing that sort of offense), but something more along the lines of Stoops's Oklahoma's offense. Sadly this game, was really the closest we've ever gotten to that. Anyways, sorry for rambling - GO BLUE!

My favorite part of this game was when they showed Tebows face after they lost, it was great

Good pickup. I think that was Carson Butler, although I can't tell for sure (it could have been Manningham).

Considering how well Michigan ran the spread offense in this game (534 total yards of offense, 41 points), the Wolverines offense will be a force running the spread under RR, even in 2008. Can you say "instant success"? Go Blue!

WTF? This was the Florida team that had just won a NC the previous season. This was the same Florida team that won the NC this past season. This was the Florida team that 20 "the legend" (Tebow_) and one of the games best group of skill position players (Harvin, Caldwell, Murphy, Hernandez). This was a damn good Florida team we beat. Go Blue!

It was a 17-3 lead for awhile, but only for about a quarter. Both teams were scoreless in the first quarter thanks to a missed PSU FG, in the second quarter Michigan scored 10, while PSU scored 3. In the third quarter, Michigan scored a TD, but was unable to score anymore. Penn State's TD came late, but not exactly "very, very late". There was about 3 minutes left in the game. 3 minutes is a LOT of time in a football game, remember the 2005 Michigan-PSU game for example.

That was a great day, but still so disappointed in that season, especially after seeing what the offense could do in this bowl game. Carr got complacent at the end.....IMO

I miss a Michigan team with a solid running game, but I think our new running back, Green, could actually do pretty well if we tweak him a little bit, he has a lot of potential.

Last year was definately a big surprise for everyone. For example, Wisconsin on paper was supposed to win the Big Ten but after the 38-7 loss to Penn State, that was pretty much put to rest.

I'll admit that Illinois was overwhelmed in that bowl game, but at least they weren't completely disgraced. Even though they were blown out, they did good for a team that two years ago was down 56-3 at halftime against a national championship contender and finished with only 4 combined wins in 2005 and 2006. I think they should have probably been in the Sugar Bowl or maybe the Orange Bowl.

6:33 :'( We miss you Lloyd, Thank you! 6:42 ... Hail to the Victors! Love it... GO BLUE!

Michigan is NO.1 in wins, NO.1 in winning percentage, and NO.1 in conference championships, plus they ahve won 11 NC's, produced over 300 All Americans, have the only defensive player to win the Heismen, have the ebst dynasty of all time (01-05 Wolverines), and put together the lnogest Bowl streak in college football hisotry (33). Michigan is the best college football program of all time

For one day, everyone was healthy, the weather was good, and we saw the true potential of the 2007 Wolverines. Great end to a difficult season!

No one could have beaten us this day... and despite the close score, we absolutely MAN handled Tebow and the gang! Hail, Hail. Go Blue

Just to clarify things - I definitely agree that Florida should be a NC contender next year. You've got lots of upside, especially if you can unscrew your defense and find a running back. I think Michigan will be good but not great next year - I think the losses on offense, coupled with the changeover to a New Way Of Life, will be too much to overcome for that. After next year, though...

after florida beat OSU the year before, their players were making comments like OSU would be the 4th best team in the SEC. The fact that Michigan didn't make any comments like that shows how classy they are

Great win! Especially after Urban Cryer stole Michigan's NC bid last year. Michigan used a different offense all game and tore apart FLAW-DUH. Had Hart held on to the ball, this is easily a 55-35 blowout. Look out for Mallett, Minor, Brown, and Mathews next year! Hopefully Manningham will return too.

I swear I get this one at least once on every one of my Michigan highlight videos. Read the title. Read it again. Read it as many times as you have to until you understand that it is a MICHIGAN highlight video, and that there will not be ANY highlights from their opponent.

@Michiganfan2008 I think that spread offense can be integrated into Michigan if it's done like it was in this game and the way JoePa's integrated it into Penn State. The difference is, PSU kept power running as a part of the offense as well as having mobile QBs. I think that Michigan will be back in a few years, but it'll take some time.

Mathews is from Orlando.

this was henne at his best. he never beat the buckeyes and lost to appy state the same year... something had to give! hart played like a monster, the O line dominated and their D destroyed UF. im a buckeye, born and raised in c-bus but this was a hell of a performance from a great football program that has since fallen on bad times. its all about the B10 at the end of the day. as a buckeye you must respect UM and the greatest rivalry in sports.

Henne DOUBLED the passing ydg of Tim Tebow, the precious Heisman Trophy winner! Michigan PUNKED the Gators, gave'em 4 turnovers, 2 on their own 1 yard line, and Urban's bunch still couldn't hang! Tebow looked dazed and confused there at the end...bluestruck! Go BLUE!!

im a buckeye fan, and I was pulling for Michigan all the way on this one. I remember lots of bad calls against UM

@o5iiawah The reason Michigan did so well and osu didn't was the game planning. Michigan was a pro style offense with henne and hart but for this florida game they came out in a spread offense and used the pass to set up the run. It completly caught florida off guard.

I cant even imagine a better way to end an era, it was just amazing i will always remember that game, there were literally all odds against michigan. The gators are obviously good, and probably deserved a higher ranking, but we showed what michigan football is like. No offense to the gators, but this had to be done.

I bleed Maize and Blue forever this game was one of the best games played. besides the 2011 Sugar Bowl when UM won in OT. OSU has giving UM trouble from day 1 its one of the best rivalry games on UM schedule. Michigan proved that they can contend with Florida and the SEC and OSU proved they can't when they got beat by Florida a year earlier in the National Championship game. Goooooo Blueeeeeeeee

I'm not hung up on them, they show how those old titles are meaningless. I guess if I was a Princeton Alum it might mean something. Use the modern era, it makes all the sense in the world. Michigan has 2. That is relevant. Look that is my opinion and the opinion of millions of college football fans. You are a Michigan fan---I get it. I love that Michigan went 3-9, love, love, love it.

SoonermagicJ2009: it was Carson Palmer who won the Heismen in 2002, and he had a great Orange Bowl performance against Iowa. Then Matt Leinert won it in 2004, and he ripped apart Oklahoma in the 55-19 NC win. Ron Dayne won it in 1999, and he ran all over Stanford in a 21-16 Rose Bowl win. Charles Woodson won it in 1997, and he only gave Ryan Leaf half a field to work with and made a crucial goaline int. The Heismen jinx is a little overblown, IMO. (:

Dude, unless Justin Feagin is the starter, we won't be running the spread option offense in 2008. Steven Threet will likely be the starter, and we will run the exact same offense that we ran against Florida in the Capital One Bowl. When we ran that offense, we put up 41 points and 534 total yards.....against the defending national champs! I'm excited for 2008.

I'm a Buckeye fan, but this was a great Michigan team beating a really good Florida team. I think Michigan will be very good going forward and we will have some pretty good match ups. Maybe a big ten team will finally beat an sec team for a national champ!?!

Might as well change the name to Adrian Arrington Highlights from the 2008 Capital One Bowl. And for all of you Chad Henne haters just watch some of the throws he makes in this game. Chad Henne is an underrated qb who gets way to muckh shit from other fans.

I'm a buckeye fan, but I have to admit...it's great seeing UM get the Gators. Lloyd Carr was a better coach than he was treated. I hope RichRod leaves this season and so UM can bring someone who knows Big Ten football and brings this greatest rivalry in American Sports back to life!! Go Bucks!

You misspelled 'Columbus Community College'

great game i was so surprised to but i think rich rodriguez taught them to play spread during practice im pretty sure because lloyd nvr plays like that. Justin Feagins is going to be a beast and already in the 2009 rcting class we have a 5 star prospect, DL or DE he is a monster

best game of the bowl season. say something sec. just say something. (about this game)

Also, look at 5:20. There are 5 FLA guys and 2 UM receivers. The result? TD UM.

@RyML1fe Thank you. Finally an OSU fan shows the respect both schools deserve. I hate people who just want to use it as an excuse to talk shit, instead of enjoying the awesome tradition and competition. No other match-up creates more exciting games than a #1/#2 Michigan OSU game.

agreed, and based on the way Michigan ran the spread against Florida, we will thrive right off the getgo in RR's spread offense

thanks for the vid

Gators have rebuilding years just like everyone else...so does Michigan this year. But Gators had a HEISMAN trophy winner (who was on his back a good deal of the game) and lost in their own hometown, with most of their fanbase present. What a sweet Michigan victory over the 'superior' SEC!!! I love watching Urban Meyer's sphincter puckerin' up in the last two minutes as he realizes his bowl game is in the toilet. Go, BLUE!!!

Yeah, and all of the players on the 2006 Florida Gators national title team were Ron Zook's players. Everybody said that Urban Meyer wouldn't be able to run his spread offense with Zook's players. How did that turn out? The bottom line is: Michigan has tons of talent on offense, just like Florida did, and talented players can be molded to fit any offensive system.

Actually was a pretty good game, except for the loss. Michigan came from behind--I like that. McGuffie for a TD..he got the taste. Threet should be the QB, no doubt. Michigan Man. But for one or two pass receptions, Michigan was right wif 'em! A close game..less than a field goal. Mike Shaw looks like a comer. You can feel the desire he's got, starting even ahead of Minor. Sure would like to see a fullback leading a RB into the red zone, as a complement to the spread. Go, BLUE!!

Im a Buckeye too but I was so glad when florida got owned, I hope Ichigan does get better, I could never tell if RichRod was a good coach because all I saw was speedy1 and speedy2 in WV offense. (Pat White and Noel Divine)

Good to see Michigan bringing the win home for the Big Ten.