Security Procedures Upsetting to Carr

Security procedures before Saturday’s Michigan-Ohio State game have enraged Wolverine Coach Lloyd Carr.

Carr expressed his displeasure with his team and staff being subjected to searches by drug and bomb-sniffing dogs upon their arrival at Ohio Stadium. The searches were conducted in front of Buckeye fans, Carr said, making the situation even more humiliating.

“I found it extremely disrespectful,” Carr told the Detroit Free Press. “It was a violation of our individual rights.”

Carr, who has been a coach for 27 years, called the move unprecedented.

Ohio State sports information director Steve Snapp said Michigan was subjected to the same search as other opponents who played in Ohio Stadium this season, but the Cleveland Plain Dealer reported that players from Penn State, Marshall, Wisconsin and Indiana, the Buckeyes’ other visiting opponents, weren’t searched by dogs upon exiting their buses.

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