It’s rare to get a lesson about Big Ten football while crossing Woodward Avenue in Detroit around 11 on a Saturday night, but there we were, roughly 5 yards off the sidewalk — call it an average carry for Blake Corum — when BOOM … down we went on a suddenly slippery stretch of streetcar tracks.
In our haste to make the light, we’d forgotten the key to surviving November in Big Ten country: Stay focused on what’s right in front of you and take short steps, or else you’re liable to go down well before you get to your goal.