The Michigan Wolverines just lost a close game (although the final score would suggest otherwise) to the Wisconsin Badgers 37-21.

Mike Hart was dressed to play, but did not see the field in today’s loss. When asked about Hart, during the post-game press conference, Coach Lloyd Carr stressed that it was not an attempt to “rest” Hart for the OSU Game, but pointed to Hart’s pre-game warm-up as the reason for keeping him out of the game.

“He felt better today, but what I saw in the pregame, I didn’t like. It was my decision. Mike would have played, but I just didn’t feel like he was where he needed to be.”

The Wolverine 8-game win streak ends, but the team can still win the Big Ten Crown outright and the accompanying automatic BCS bid with a win over Ohio State next week in Ann Arbor. That would be a great way for these amazing seniors to go out!

Listen to Coach Carr’s postgame press conference here, courtesy of the Ann Arbor News.