How much of an embarrassment was last year’s season-opening loss by Michigan to Appalachian State? Well, no knock on the Mountaineers but LSU pummeled them on Saturday, 41-13. That is no disgrace. What is the ever-growing disgrace is what Lloyd Carr & Co. did last season, losing to Appalachian State at home. The game could go down as the greatest upset. Ever.

The thunderbolt did land for East Carolina, which used a blocked punt late in the fourth quarter to surprise Virginia Tech. Kind of ironic that a special teams play would prove the undoing of a Frank Beamer team, which usually has the best special units in the country.