The Lions open at home Sunday and the whole state is pretending it's calm. Michigan football needed a bad call to beat a MAC team, the Tigers are in a race, and Detroit's collective blood pressure is now a public health category.
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Detroit hosts the Saints Sunday. The Tigers are in a race, Michigan needed a blown call to beat a MAC school, and the Lions are favorites. The state's blood pressure is now a public health category, and the cure is a Coney at 1 a.m.
by Anonymous · 22% say too soon (32 votes)
The Tigers are in a September race and the Lions are favorites. The last time Detroit had this much September hope, the auto industry was about to need a bailout. Somebody check on Ford.
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A regular-season NFL game in Australia at 8 a.m. their time. Fans in Melbourne will watch football before work. Fans in Detroit will watch it at 4 a.m. and call in sick, which is a Michigan tradition older than the Lions' last title.
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Lions, Sunday, Ford Field, favorites. Sixty years of "this is our year" and a stadium tax. Detroit fans aren't optimistic, they're conditioned. Pavlov had a dog. Detroit has a season ticket.
by Anonymous · 41% say too soon (51 votes)
Sunday at 4: a 23-year-old from Georgia serving 144 mph against a German who said out loud he hopes the American dream doesn't come true. If you're from Michigan you'll be watching with one eye on the Lions. That's not a conflict. That's Sunday.
by Anonymous · 80% say too soon (49 votes)
The Lions open the season as contenders. For 60 years Detroit fans said "this is our year." This year it might be, which is the most dangerous thing that's ever happened to them.
by Anonymous · 60% say too soon (387 votes)
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