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And you probably won't be watching it on TV.

This might be tough for us to watch, like watching your former girlfriend on national TV, doing real well. ESPN is producing a four-part mini-series, "Being P.J. Fleck"

This fall, Western Michigan football will have a new look as Tim Lester takes the coaching reins. But when the Broncos travel to East Lansing on Sept. 9th, Michigan State will have a different look, too.

The NFL owners like to tinker with their rules each off-season. And perhaps the biggest pieces of news to come from the 2017 NFL Owners Meeting is a relaxation of the league's punishing stance on touchdown celebrations.

Following the success of Dallas Cowboys rookie quarterback Dak Prescott, there's a very good chance Tony Romo could be job hunting. ESPN predicts Chicago has a strong chance of being Romo's new team.

Sure Tom Brady may have completed a comeback for the ages in Super Bowl LI that has launched him from legendary status to a stratosphere normally reserved for the likes of Zeus. But today, February 6, as we begin the NFL off-season, even the Detroit Lions can claim the best record in the league.

So the Detroit Lions haven't yet made it to the Super Bowl, but plenty of players who have their collegiate roots in Michigan have made it to the big show. The University of Michigan is among the top 5 schools that produce Super Bowl players.

Now the real pain of P. J. Fleck's departure begins. Sports Illustrated say five of Fleck's prize recruits are following him to Minnesota.

Tony Paul of the Detroit News is reporting that P. J. Fleck is close to signing a contract extension that in all likelihood would raise his salary to over a million dollars a year.

The last playoff win for the Detroit Lions occurred back in 1991, a Divisional round win over the Dallas Cowboys. The game was recently loaded to the NFL's YouTube channel. CBS had a little fun at the Lions expense near the end of the game.