Today’s High Five:

In preparation for the formal launch of the Mitten’s campaign against the Lions’ drafting a QB with the top pick in the NFL Draft, I present to you Bob Wojnowski’s column on the subject.
Jason Garrett has gone from a former candidate to the leading candidate for the Lions’ head coach job in about [...]

Today’s High Five:

Dylan at U-M Hoops is experimenting with hockey-style plus-minus statistics in his evaluation of Michigan’s basketball team.
MSU hosts Ohio State tonight, and it is the Mitten’s deep and enduring pleasure to introduce you to this blog by Ohio State player Mark Titus. It is genius.
More serious news, and also seriously good news, for [...]

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 [...]

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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 [...]