Read more about the article Take a break from a long season to wistfully imagine Tom Izzo as Michigan State’s football coach

Take a break from a long season to wistfully imagine Tom Izzo as Michigan State’s football coach

PHOTO: Tom Izzo leads the Michigan State's football team onto the field as a guest captain. Visit my homepage at TomShanahan.Report. By TOM SHANAHAN It's been the worst of times in Michigan State football’s strange season abnormally stripped of stability, so let's take a break from the heartache and wistfully imagine this was the best of times: Tom Izzo is the Spartans’ head football coach, and he's leading the players out of the tunnel to face Michigan Saturday…

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Read more about the article Pro Football Hall’s NFL Awards of Excellence pulls Sherman Lewis’ trailblazing career out of shadows

Pro Football Hall’s NFL Awards of Excellence pulls Sherman Lewis’ trailblazing career out of shadows

PHOTO (Courtesy Pro Football Hall of Fame): Sherman Lewis with his NFL Awards of Excellence trophy presented on June 29 at the Pro Football Hall of Fame in Canton, Ohio). Duffy is still establishing milestones Visit my website homepage, TomShanahan.Report By TOM SHANAHAN Sherman Lewis established himself as a true 1960s pioneer of college football integration at Michigan State, but a step toward writing his name back into history takes place this week thanks to the Pro Football…

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Read more about the article The Rooney Rule needs a Schottenheimer addendum

The Rooney Rule needs a Schottenheimer addendum

***Visit my homepage: TomShanahan.Report — Click here for review and purchase link: THE RIGHT THING TO DO, The True Pioneers of College Football Integration in the 1960s and here for a purchase link to RAYE OF LIGHT, Jimmy Raye, Duffy Daugherty, the Integration of College Football and the 1965-66 Michigan State Spartans. — Learn about our documentary at the fundraising stage, GAME CHANGERS OF THE CENTURY, and the Investment Deck. *** By TOM SHANAHAN Pro Football Hall of Famers Bill Walsh of the…

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