2009 Preview

So now we turn our attention to 2009. In the Detroit sports world things can't get much worse than 2008. The Tigers won't finish behind the Royals (right?), the Pistons will surely do better (yeah, probably not), the Red Wings can't improve, and the Lions are staring consecutive 0-16 seasons right in the face. Well maybe 2009 doesn't hold much promise in the professional sporting ranks for the Murder Capital. But lift your weary heads, Detroit! In the amateur ranks lies much promise. MSU has yet another Top 10 basketball team. Michigan is respectable for the first time this decade. The Final Four is actually coming to Ford Field in April, and Wrestlemania is coming to Joe Louis later this month... Don't act like you're not excited. August is a long way away, but MSU's football team should be a Big Ten contender and Michigan might make the Motor City Bowl! And it doesn't stop there!


In the world outside of sport, the White House will finally shave its Bush off, which is great for everybody. We can expect some of our soldiers to come home from the Middle East, which is fantastic. And maybe it won't snow as much this winter. The Todd Jones experiment is over... Hope you like Captain Crooked Hat (Fernando Rodney)!!! And sometime around May the sun will come back. Indeed, lift your weary heads, Detroit!