Sorry I missed the High Five yesterday as I was traveling back home after the holidays. We’ll do a High Ten today instead, both to make up for yesterday and in honor of my dad’s thumb, which I nearly broke in a muffed attempt at an actual high five after Calvin Johnson’s touchdown on Sunday.
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Today’s High Five:

The Lions are officially 0-for the 2008 season, the second all-defeated team in NFL history and the first since the schedule was expanded to 16 games. 
There’s plenty to talk about here, and we’ll do it soon, but let’s start simple for the High Five edition. First off, the Free Press reports the Lions have [...]

Michigan State rewarded football coach Mark Dantonio with a revised contract that boosts his annual compensation from $1.13 million to $1.8 million. That moves Dantonio’s deal into the upper echelon of contracts for Big Ten coaches, trailing only Iowa’s Kirk Ferentz ($3.03 million), Ohio State’s Jim Tressel ($2.6 million) and Michigan’s Rich Rodriguez ($2.5 million).
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Welcome back to the High Five:

There’s something to watch for in this weekend’s NFL games other than the Lions putting the finishing touches on 0-16. If the Dallas Cowboys don’t make the playoffs, the positions of the draft picks that the Lions got in the Roy Williams trade will improve significantly. Here’s how Dallas’ playoff [...]

Today’s High Five:

The Chicago Tribune has a series of stories today looking forward to the Blackhawks’ New Year’s Day matchup against the Red Wings outdoors at Wrigley Field. After the Bears hosted the Packers last night, we know the city’s fans are prepared to freeze.
Here’s confirmation that MSU freshman RB Glenn Winston was seriously involved [...]

Today’s High Five:

Lions owner William Clay Ford told Tom Kowalski before the Saints game yesterday that COO Tom Lewand and acting GM Martin Mayhew will be back with the team next season, and any new guy brought in will have to fill one of the available “slots.” From what I’ve read, Mayhew could be a [...]