Today’s High Five:
Here’s a great interview that ESPN’s Adam Rittenberg did with Mark Dantonio about recruiting and the way the Spartans’ coach approaches “soft commitments.”
Indiana’s Devan Dumes is an apologetic and suspended thrower of elbows after the MSU-IU game over the weekend. Goran Suton is just looking out for future generations.
The Lions officially made some [...]
Today’s High Five:
Joe Rexrode reports that MSU RB Javon Ringer played the last several games of his college career with a lateral meniscus tear. Which means that a) Ringer is tough; and b) everyone who argued that Ringer’s incredible workload would make him vulnerable to injury have some evidence in their favor. The other bombshell [...]
Today’s High Five:
Who should the Lions draft at #1? Tom Kowalski recommended USC safety Taylor Mays, but that’s a moot point now that Mays is staying in school.
Lots of other folks think it should be Oklahoma quarterback Sam Bradford. But . . . Bradford isn’t coming out, either. So the Lions have the top pick [...]
Today’s High Five:
Jiri Hudler scored twice and Detroit notched a come-from-behind 6-4 victory over Chicago in the Winter Classic, played outdoors at Wrigley Field. And apparently the game also resurrected Chicago hockey.
More reasons not to expect the Lions to make a front office hire soon.
Brian at MGoBlog rains on the MSU football parade by questioning [...]
In some ways, it was what we hoped for: Georgia’s All-SEC receivers were non-factors, and MSU was able to bottle up Knowshon Moreno. The Spartans forced turnovers and were able to get consistent pressure on Matthew Stafford. Brian Hoyer, though he missed on some passes, didn’t repeat last year’s bowl performance against Boston College. The [...]
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.
Let’s [...]