Author Archives: jhitts

Midwestern football, Week 6: Yes, the Big Ten still sucks

But I still love it. I went 5-1 last week for the Big 10 and 3-1 with the Big 12 “picks” that I made (I conveniently dodged actually making a pick for Iowa State/ K-State, so that one doesn’t count). Also, good ole Hillsdale got murdered by Findlay. No longer ranked. Missed that one by [...]

It’s so cold…

There is a no more succinct way of talking about the game I do not want to discuss ever again than this video (sorry Deadspin… guess I also could have chosen this song from everybody’s favorite Detroit band… the Twins pulled the plug on the party, damnit!).
I smoked about a quarter of a pack of [...]

The Big Midwestern College Football Column

Because I just realized that although we have a lot of NFL writing on this website, we have little to no college football chatter on here. Thus, I decided to take it upon myself to talk college football with the Other Fifteen masses.
Now, a bit of a disclaimer before you start asking, “Well, where’s Florida [...]

Holy hell almighty!

Not much to say here, as I didn’t get to see it, but this native Michigander is pleased as punch that the Lions have finally broken their 19-game losing streak by beating the Washington Stereotypes 19-14.
From the clips I saw, Matthew Stafford actually looks like a somewhat legit NFL quarterback. Calvin Johnson and Kevin Smith [...]

Way to mess up again, ESPN

I’m trying to tread carefully here, but this needs to be talked about. And I’m a Gentile, so just want to say that I’m not trying to piss anyone off. Only Yankees fans.
Last Sunday, I was watching the Cardinals play the Cubs on ESPN. Don’t ask me why I watched this instead of the Giants/ [...]

Rick Porcello: Boy, Man or BEAST?

As I’m sure you’ve seen or heard, Tigers pitcher Rick Porcello body slammed Kevin Youkilis in the second inning of Tuesday night’s game in Boston.
I didn’t see it as it happened— I was listening to my Gameday Audio. Naturally, MLB.com has conveniently avoided posting it as a game highlight on their web site. I [...]

A sad commentary on the Mets

I’ve never liked the Mets much. I suppose they’re preferable to the Yankees, always, and the friends I have from New York who are Mets fans are all less obnoxious about baseball than my Yankees friends, but they’re still the Mets. There’s still something about them that just irks me. Maybe it’s the fact [...]

Things We Like: Bell’s Oberon Ale

This looks like it’s on the fast track to becoming The Other Fifteen’s inaugural meme. I figured I’d take my crack. I don’t even say the word “sports” after that!
But seriously: Bell’s Oberon Ale just might be the best beer to grace God’s green earth.
But, unlike JD’s riff on Dogfish Head, I am not simply [...]

Rollin off the rails…a Detroit epic in song

The Dontrelle Willis Fiasco has been written about time and again, so I won’t delve too deeply into it here, other than to point out:
Dontrelle’s nickname (the D-Train, natch) puts him in the rare category of sports stars who can use the music of Ozzy Osbourne and be totally, 100-percent in the clear for doing [...]

Youppi!-fication: The Rock Opera—introduction

I’m in last place in my head-to-head keeper league. This shouldn’t be funny in of itself, but I thought I had a decent team. I thought wrong.
Talking to the league commissioner, who also happens to be the proprietor of this fine establishment, we were talking about my number three pitcher and trying to come up [...]