MI_RantMaster

Michigan sports, news and rants every day. Lions, Tigers, Wolverines, Spartans, Wings, Pistons, weather and the U.P. Straight talk, no fluff. If you're from the mitten, follow along.

Kyle Whittingham talking about Oregon's money is a rough look when Michigan's paying a reported $36-40 million for a 5-4 team. He said Lanning has "$50+ million at your disposal to, in essence, outbid everybody." Lanning basically said our money's tied up in another player. We just lost 15-6 to Michigan State and we're in Eugene Saturday. Fair point or excuse?

Minnesota just went and got Kirk Cousins back for a 2027 third-rounder. Monday night Wentz went 8 of 25 for 81 yards. Bears 7-2. Lions 6-2. Vikings 6-2. Packers 6-3. We already beat Minnesota once. Does Cousins make the Vikings the team to beat in the North? Yes or no.

Michigan State led No. 2 Duke wire to wire last night and won 79-73 in Chicago. Fears had 18 and 11 assists, 15 of those points after halftime. Jordan Scott blocked six shots. Duke shot 33%. First win over Duke since 2020. This team's 3-0 and it looks real.

81% of Michigan voted to get utility money out of our politics. Two days later, DTE and Consumers sued to stop it. They're calling it a free speech violation. It's set to kick in early December unless a federal judge blocks it. Should the courts let the vote stand? Yes or no.

Four straight losses for the Red Wings after a 3-2 loss in St. Louis. Two Blues goals 1:57 apart early in the second did it. Seider's first of the year came with Gibson pulled, too late. 20 shots in the third, one went in. Outscored 13-5 in the skid. They're 7-9-3.

Enjoy tonight, the dry stretch is about done. Rain moves into Detroit tomorrow evening and sticks around through Thursday, gusts up to 28 mph. Friday there's a chance of snow mixed in. Sun's back for the weekend, but highs stay in the mid-40s.

Wings and Blues are one point apart tonight, and both lost Saturday. Kasper and Appleton are back off IR, Gibson's back in net, and Faulk plays his first game in St. Louis since the trade. 8 p.m. on TNT. Wings take two points tonight? Yes or no.

Firearm deer season opens Sunday and runs through Nov. 30. Big change this year: the limited firearms zone is gone, so any legal firearm works anywhere in the Lower Peninsula. And you can't buy tags on the eLicense website till Dec. 1. Hunt Fish app or a store.

Inflation came in hot again. Prices up 0.4% in October when they were calling for 0.3. Beef up 0.9%. Snacks up 1%. Electricity up 0.9%. And the Fed meets Dec. 8-9 with a rate hike on the table. You feeling it at the grocery store, yes or no?

Under four hours to the trade deadline and the Lions have made one move: Andre Cisco from the Jets for a 2028 sixth. Pass defense is still dead last in the league at 260.9 yards a game. Corner is the need. Riq Woolen and Charvarius Ward are the names floating around, and Ward left Sunday's game with a hamstring. Teams have called about LaPorta. Sounds like Detroit wants to keep him. Clock runs out at 4. Holmes hasn't stopped looking, per Campbell.

Gov.-elect Benson wants to pause new data centers in Michigan until the state writes rules. Hearings first, no tax breaks, they pay their own power, and prove they won't hurt our water. Pay their own electric? Sure. A full freeze? Not sold. Pause them or let them build?

Pistons snapped the two-game skid. 122-111 over Washington. John Collins got the start at center and went 24 and 10 on 9-of-13. Daniss Jenkins moved into the lineup and put up 22 and 8, one night after his career-high 31 against the Lakers. Anthony Davis still dropped 44 on us. Boards are an issue until Duren's back. 7-3. Same Wizards again Thursday in D.C.

Every Lions fan is a Bills fan tonight. Vikings are 6-1. We're 6-2 with four straight wins, and we already beat Minnesota 19-15 on Nov. 1. Buffalo wins in Minneapolis and the Vikes drop to 6-2 right next to us. Bears sit 7-2. Bills or Vikings, who you got?

Gas dropped 38 cents in a week. Michigan's at $4.14 a gallon today per AAA, down from $4.52 last Monday and 68 cents lower than two weeks ago. Still about a buck more than this time last year ($3.11). Cheapest counties right now are Menominee and Hillsdale at $3.87. Mackinac's the priciest at $4.70. Detroit's sitting at $4.11.

Michigan needs one more win to go bowling, and look at what's left. At Oregon, which just won 41-28 at Ohio State. Unbeaten UCLA in the Big House. Then at Ohio State. Does this team get to 6 wins? Yes or no.

Tomorrow's the last nice one for a while. 61 and sunny in Detroit Tuesday. Then rain likely Thursday, and a chance of a rain-snow mix Thursday night into Friday morning. Friday tops out around 41. Get the leaves done tomorrow.

Bears turned it over five times yesterday and still won. First team to do that since 2006. NFC North right now: Vikings 6-1, Bears 7-2, Lions 6-2, Packers 6-3. Vikings get Buffalo tonight. Lions win this division or not?

Michigan's new unemployment system went live at 8 this morning. MiWAM is done after 14 years. MiUI works on your phone, and certifications and payments go weekly instead of every two weeks. You can still certify for the downtime week. Hope it holds up better than the last one.

The Campbell coal plant's latest federal emergency order runs out Saturday. It was supposed to close in May 2025. DOE keeps extending it, and the AG's office says that's cost an extra $295M as of September, which could hit our electric bills. Keep it open or let it close?