Part One - Part Two - Part Three
This is the home stretch, where the Mitten and its Georgia correspondent, Jason Barbas, lay out their predictions for the game. See what you think, then leave a prediction of your own as a comment. After the game, we’ll go back and see who had it right.
What has [...]

College basketball: Michigan State 67, #5 Texas 63. It’s football, not basketball, that supposedly is the game of inches. But this afternoon in Houston, where Michigan State put its season back on course for greatness, the Spartans won by the slimmest of margins — the little extra burst that got State a rebound instead of [...]

In the second installment of the Mitten’s Capital One Bowl preview, let’s look at the matchups for Michigan State and Georgia. Once again we’ll be consulting UGA expert Jason Barbas in addition to the Official Mitten predictions/opinions.
(In case you missed it, here’s Part One. And in case you want to skip ahead, here’s Part Three.)
What [...]

Here’s the Weekend High Five:

MSU football added to its 2009 recruiting class with another solid in-state pickup in Jeremy Gainer, a rivals.com four-star linebacker from Livonia Clarenceville. The state’s #13 prospect decided not to wait for his upcoming official visit. In a separate recruiting story, the Freep mentions some other MSU prospects, a list that [...]

Part One - Part Two - Part Three
To preview Michigan State’s Capital One Bowl matchup with SEC power Georgia, a preseason favorite to win the national championship, I’ve invited UGA grad and flag football legend Jason Barbas to help the Mitten break down the matchup. We’ll do it in a series of posts, starting with [...]

Today’s High Five (or, “Please, Lions, don’t draft a QB with the top pick”):

Projecting good QBs is a crapshoot. Don’t take my word for it; don’t take any sportswriter’s word for it. Take it from Malcolm Gladwell, of “Tipping Point” fame, writing in this week’s New Yorker.
Next, look for Matthew Stafford and Sam Bradford on [...]