Michigan’s defensive coordinator, Scott Shafer, resigned this week. He resigned his post and he’s resigned to leaving Ann Arbor as the official anti-hero of the 2008 season. He’s an easy target: his unit returned most of its starters from a successful 2007, but the defense performed far, far worse in ’08.
Before the season, when skeptics [...]
17 Dec, 2008
Posted by: Steve In: Lions| Pistons| Tigers| UM basketball| UM football
Today’s High Five:
Two weeks ago, Tigers fans wondered who would back up Dusty Ryan at catcher in 2009. Now, that’s a question for Toledo Mud Hens fans. After trading for Gerald Laird at the Winter Meetings, the Tigers are expected to announce that they’ve signed Matt Treanor to be his backup.
Scot Shafer is out as [...]
10 Dec, 2008
Posted by: Steve In: MSU basketball| MSU football| Pistons| Tigers| UM football
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 ago, the [...]
09 Dec, 2008
Posted by: Steve In: Lions| MSU football| Pistons| Tigers| UM football
Todays’ High Five:
The Lions benched starting cornerback Brian Kelly for the entire Minnesota game. Nobody’s saying why. [Update: the Lions cut Kelly today.]
MSU’s New Year’s Day bowl game is good for football recruiting.
So was U-M’s win over Duke.
Bless You Boys looks at Brandon Inge, who will combine with newly acquired Gerald Laird and Adam Everett [...]
Pistons: After an awful sports weekend got awfuller with the Lions’ latest collapse and the Pistons’ inexplicable blowout loss against one of the NBA’s worst teams, there was finally some good news in Mittendom late Sunday: Antonio McDyess will re-sign with the Pistons. Though no one’s saying exactly when he’ll rejoin the team, he should [...]
Ouch.
Deep down, you might have seen this coming, but admit it: this morning you could talk yourself into the idea that our teams might rise to the occasion. Michigan State could out-punch Penn State to win a share of the Big Ten title, and Michigan could salvage its season with a win in a throw-out-the-records [...]
