If you want to see a coach lose a game, just go back and watch Michigan football's loss to Indiana on Saturday.
The players didn't lose that game. Jason Beck did.
In the third quarter, with Michigan trailing No. 7 Indiana 6-0, the Wolverines got the ball to the one-yard line with a third-and-goal upcoming.
Instead of running the ball straight ahead or running a quarterback sneak twice, Beck called a play-action pass that got Carr sacked for a seven-yard loss. The Wolverines eventually missed a field goal.
There were two other goal-to-go situations, and Michigan didn't score a touchdown on any of them. The Wolverines hit two field goals, one with a second left to tie the game, but it wasn't enough.
Indiana scored a few plays into overtime, while Michigan, after a first down run by Tommy Carr on fourth down, failed to score a touchdown in the red zone for the fourth time in the game.
Here are three takeaways from an inexcusable 13-6 loss, one of the worst I have ever experienced as a Michigan fan, which I'm saying for the second time in four games.
Jason Beck lost the game with one play call
Beck was trying to run a play-action pass to Manuel Beigel, a former defensive tackle, instead of handing the ball to Jordan Marshall or running a quarterback sneak on the third-and-goal from the one.
The stakes weren't the same, but this was as bad as ignoring Marshawn Lynch in the Super Bowl. Jason Beck has been a disaster. He refuses to run plays that work and is the main reason Michigan has won three very winnable games.
This was as winnable as Iowa. Six inches from a touchdown and you miss a field goal. That's the Jason Beck experience right there.
The defense was historically good
It's hard not to feel awful for the Michigan defense. The Wolverines didn't allow Indiana to score a single time on a drive that started in their own territory. Tommy Carr fumbled and threw an interception. That's how the Hoosiers got their six points in regulation.
Zeke Berry's interception led to three points. Literally, as he caught it, I was disappointed, realizing he wasn't going to score.
Josh Hoover completed 8 of 18 passes for 81 yards and an interception. Indiana had 212 yards total. The Wolverines allowed one explosive play all game and it was the one in overtime.
You can't play better defense than that. Maybe Jay Hill should be the head coach. He's the only redeeming thing about Kyle Whittingham's coaching staff. He's been the only positive out of Whittingham's biggest hires.
Tommy Carr was good enough
The two turnovers were costly. So was the sack taken at the end of the first half, but again, maybe that's a situation to be safe with the ball, run, and avoid that. Instead, Michigan attempted a long field goal, which missed.
If the Wolverines run there and convert the field goal, they win. That's not just on Beck. It's Whittingham, too. Tommy Carr completed 20 of 32 passes for 167 yards. He got the team inside the 10 with two minutes to go.
There was a massive conversion to Channing Goodwin. He also ran for a first down on 4th-and-5 in overtime, then the offense did what it did all day, malfunctioned.
Carr isnt blameless. He's a true freshman, though. After the first quarter, he was good enough to win, but again, the person calling the plays wasn't.
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