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). [...]

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’ [...]

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 [...]

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. [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]