today's college sports links: You have to look hard to find Michigan's improvement; Mark Dantonio, MSU make case for the BCS and more

By Kaleb Roedel
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Posted on Tue, Nov 30, 2010 : 7:02 a.m.

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Michigan defensive coordinator Greg Robinson does his best to keep his defense fired up after Ohio State put the ball inside the 10-yard-line during third quarter action of OSU's 37-7 win Saturday.

Lon Horwedel | AnnArbor.com

For the Detroit Free Press' Mark Snyder, the best sign of progress for the Michigan football team was "U-M was able to win the close games this year, a major problem the previous two years.

However, he adds: "But that can be framed again: against lesser competition, should they even be that close?

In the five losses, all to upper-division Big Ten teams, Michigan couldn't claim to be competitive, which at least occurred occasionally in 2009."

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