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 [...]

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 [...]

Today’s High Five: Michigan State’s football practices are not energy efficient. They are cranking the heat to prepare for Florida sun in the Capitol One Bowl. Michigan State is considering adding another two-sport athlete, a basketball/football player who would follow in the footsteps of Andre Rison and Matt Trannon. It’s Dion Sims from Orchard Lake [...]

Today’s High Five: With MSU forward Delvon Roe limited and Goran Suton hurt, State’s frontcourt has been thin. But help is on the way: Roe is almost ready to shed his knee brace and start playing more minutes. On the gridiron, MSU RB Javon Ringer is an All-American. As reporters ask Ringer about his Capitol [...]

Today’s High Five: The Tigers traded away OF Matt Joyce for Tampa Bay pitcher Edwin Jackson. Though Joyce just broke in with the Tigers last season and Jackson has been in the majors since 2003, Jackson is just a year older than Joyce — reminiscent of the Miguel Cabrera trade last year, when one of [...]

Today’s High Five: KJ at the Spartans Weblog has a great post analyzing MSU basketball’s turnover woes thus far this season. Backup point guard Korie Lucious has made several great plays, but he’s also struggling to take care of the basketball. Here’s a Seattle Mariners’ blogger’s take on a potential J.J. Putz-to-Detroit trade. A month [...]