By Brian Rexroth
As much as the signs of spring are beginning to show their face, we here at least in the north are not feeling much spring in our step instead having to un-bury ourselves from a mountain of snow.
Here are a few things I am looking forward to in the upcoming weeks and months [...]

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By Brian Rexroth
If nothing else, we got a buzzworthy clip from Coach Rich Rodriguez urging the media to be positive which unfortunately I can’t find a soundbite for.  Positive, we’re talking about Positive Rich Rod, how about a winning season under your coaching before we talk to the media about being positive when discussing the [...]

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By Brian Rexroth
Coached by none other than Lions Head Coach Jim Schwartz, the North All Star Team defeated the South All Star Team 31-13 in Mobile Alabama’s 2010 60th playing of the annual Senior Bowl.  Aside from winning the game, state of Michigan Senior’s had good outings in the game including Central Michigan’s Dan Lefevour [...]

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By Brian Rexroth
A new year and the NCAA basketball season is now in full swing with conference action beginning.  Michigan who struggled early in the season in non conference play made a statement in conference play today by defeating #15 ranked Ohio State 73-64.  DeShawn Sims led the way with 28 points and 9 rebounds [...]

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By Brian Rexroth
Storylines everywhere, but where to start?  Well, since this is a local sports blog, let’s start with the surprising 3-3 record of the Big Ten Conference Bowl Teams including a win by Ohio State (much to this Michigan fan’s chagrin) against an extremely talented Oregon team in the “Granddaddy of Them All”, the [...]

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By Brian Rexroth
With the clock ticking down on 2009 and the end of a year and a decade in sports, one is left to reflect what does sport mean in your life?  To me, either playing or watching sports (or a great sports movie–my personal favorites both golf movies Caddyshack or Tin Cup) is a [...]

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By Brian Rexroth
Michigan State University has been named SI’s School of the Decade by SI.com.  The team and program has been, above all else, consistent this decade going to four Final Fours, have made the NCAA tournament every year in the decade, and won one championship in 2000.  The consistency of the coaching staff including [...]

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By Matt Pelc
The other day I helped my three-year old daughter Kelsey write her letter to Santa and of course she told the jolly old fat man that she wanted the moon and the stars.
For a kid, once Christmas morning comes and there are scores of gleaming and neatly wrapped (as long as the wife, [...]

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By Brian Rexroth
The 2009-2010 College Bowl Schedule was recently announced and absent from that list were two schools that have been mainstays for many consecutive years.  Michigan is absent for the second year in a row, something that has not happened in my thirty years of life on this planet.  Say what you will about [...]

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By Brian Rexroth
The past few days in college football are perhaps the most exciting for me as a fan of the sport.  I am not a fan of a potential playoff system and I feel that if every conference could settle their own business on the field, i.e. a championship game, than both the bowl [...]

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