Detroit sports are up to their old tricks. Splashes of blue invaded a red tide in Arrowhead Stadium, standing in stark contrast on a night of celebration for the Kansas City Chiefs. They were raising a banner; the Detroit Lions and their fans were seeking a different kind of validation. The heady days of that kind of Detroit invasion, the stuff the Red Wings specialized in for so long, is back.
Michigan’s a football state, and they’ve been wicked smart on how to approach this. This is no slappy state, no sir: these are refined beasts, awful but refined, honed on the keen differences between Rich Rodriguez and John L.