Lloyd Carr grows, but ducks issue in Woodson case.

Byline: Drew Sharp

CHICAGO _ The days when Lloyd Carr's nerves would practically make his fingernails carve into the speaker's podium at these press gatherings are a fragmented memory. Time has healed most of the insecurities, giving him a more grounded sense of his stature among the game's top coaches.

But two words still can elevate his blood pressure.

Charles Woodson.

"Why do you want to write about the Woodson thing?" Carr asked me during a break at the Big Ten football coaches meeting Wednesday. "Nobody wants to talk about that."

Which is precisely why it should be discussed.

Carr said a U-M investigation could not substantiate the allegations that Woodson received improper benefits from an …