Terry Foster's Blog

Football is no fun in Michigan

This is the part of the year I look forward to the most. Now I can't wait for it to go away.

Football is no fun around here. And it is becoming a trend. Michigan, Michigan State and the Lions are not very good. Michigan (5-3) is the only team with a winning record but the Wolverines are just 1-3 in the Big Ten and are out of the title race already. They are coming off a 3-9 season and have won just three conference wins under Rich Rodriguez. The sad thing is the Big Ten is not very good.

Michigan State (4-4) is coming off a brutal last-play loss to Iowa and the best thing about the Lions (1-5) is they won't finish 0-16 again. The Lions are part of a group dubbed "The Sad Seven," They are the seven franchises that do not show a pulse.

The good news for the Lions is they play one of the Sad 7, the St. Louis Rams, Sunday at Ford Field and are 3 1/2 point favorites. The Lions should win that game handily. That is how bad the Rams are. But with the way the season is going you just never know.

I remember the days where the Lions used to make the playoffs every other year, we complained about eight-win seasons with Michigan and MSU was begging its way into bad bowls. It might not have been perfect, but I long for those days.

Hey at least we've got Central Michigan, the unofficial state champions of football.

I can be reached at Terry.Foster@detnews.com or 313-222-1494. You can follow me at twitter.com/bigscoop.