Forget what I said Wednesday. I proposed that we protect ourselves against the sting of another Lions’ loss on Thanksgiving by getting some of Michigan’s best teams in on the Thanksgiving Day act. But Michigan’s teams revolted against the idea on Thursday.
To recap:

 The Lions didn’t respond well to the negative motivation from the Mitten. They fell behind 35-3 [...]

The Lions are even more awful than usual, prompting national sports media to argue that Detroit should have its annual Thanksgiving Day game taken away. And then we in Michigan defend the game, even though the Lions are admittedly bad and my aunt always serves dinner in the middle of the game. (I’m not complaining: [...]