Ron Crachiola couldn’t help himself on Thanksgiving Day.
The man who has devoted a lifetime of Sundays and Mondays — and especially Thursdays in November — rooting for the Detroit Lions had to see for himself. A season that didn’t feel like a season kept Crachiola and every other Lions fan away from Ford Field last season because of COVID-19 safety restrictions.
But the man known throughout Lions fandom as "Crackman" or just Crack or simply as that crazy guy with the hard hat, work boots, bib overalls and a painted-blue mustache had to see for himself.