Forget what I said Wednesday. I proposed that we protect ourselves against the sting of another Lions’ loss on Thanksgiving by getting some of Michigan’s best teams in on the Thanksgiving Day act. But Michigan’s teams revolted against the idea on Thursday.
To recap:

 The Lions didn’t respond well to the negative motivation from the Mitten. They fell behind 35-3 [...]

The Lions are even more awful than usual, prompting national sports media to argue that Detroit should have its annual Thanksgiving Day game taken away. And then we in Michigan defend the game, even though the Lions are admittedly bad and my aunt always serves dinner in the middle of the game. (I’m not complaining: [...]

Antonio McDyess is coming back to the Pistons, and some writers outside Detroit are lamenting the NBA rule that allows McDyess to re-sign with his former team, while others wonder about a secret deal between McDyess and Pistons GM Joe Dumars.
Fair enough. The traded-but-not-really-traded phenomenon is strange, and it wouldn’t be surprising to learn that, [...]

Pistons: After an awful sports weekend got awfuller with the Lions’ latest collapse and the Pistons’ inexplicable blowout loss against one of the NBA’s worst teams, there was finally some good news in Mittendom late Sunday: Antonio McDyess will re-sign with the Pistons. Though no one’s saying exactly when he’ll rejoin the team, he should [...]

Ouch.
Deep down, you might have seen this coming, but admit it: this morning you could talk yourself into the idea that our teams might rise to the occasion. Michigan State could out-punch Penn State to win a share of the Big Ten title, and Michigan could salvage its season with a win in a throw-out-the-records [...]

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Coaches love to talk about “program wins”: games that count as more than just a notch in the win column because they help elevate the team to a new stature.
The inspiration for this trek through old box scores is one of those wins: Michigan State’s comeback victory over Wisconsin on November [...]