Morning Head: You just got Boesch'd

Teresa Palmer, who is basically a hotter, less annoying version of Kristen Stewart. She's in "Take Me Home Tonight," which I highly recommend.

I watched Master Chef last night, because I'm addicted to Master Chef. When it ended, I flipped on the Tigers game to see if it was still on, and was pleased to see the Tigers were winning 5-2 in the eighth, with the all-of-the-sudden reliable Joaquin Benoit on the mound. I went to get a beer, and when I came back, it was 5-5. Then Brennan Boesch was all, "BAM MOTHERFUCKER" and the Tigers won (but not before a pair of errors in the field made things interesting in the top of the ninth). After the game, Mario Impemba called Boesch's hit "maybe the most important of the Tigers' 14 on the night." I'm not so sure, Mario. I think it might have been that Magglio single in the first inning. Newsflash, sports broadcasters: You don't have to qualify the importance of a game-winning home run in the eighth or ninth inning. (DetNews)

Nick Fairley has a walking boot on his left foot, which is always fun to see on your team's first-round pick. Fairley and the Lions are downplaying the injury, so hopefully it's not something that affects his play this season. Lord knows the Lions have had enough bad breaks while they were incompetent, it would be a shame if those bad breaks continued while they looked like they actually knew what they were doing. (DetNews)

Brian Kelly reinstated Michael Floyd days before preseason camp started at Notre Dame. This comes as no surprise if you followed this at all during the summer. As soon as ResLife gave Kelly the OK and he said it was "all in or all out" the writing was pretty much on the wall that Floyd would be playing this year for the Irish. This, of course, will strengthen the "just like everybody else" crowd, which is fine by me. The dirty little secret about Notre Dame football is that it's always been defined nationally by its football program, it's just had a run of real shitty coaches. As a fan, I appreciate that Notre Dame has been different -- and in many aspects, it still is despite what you'll hear. But archaic punishments like kicking a kid out of school for an alcohol or marijuana violation were not an example of why Notre Dame was better, but why they were behind the times. A one-game suspension after missing all of spring ball (this happened six months ago) would have been fine (for everyone other than Michigan fans, who would have called for at least two, and Michigan State fans who would have called for at least three). Kelly claims Floyd has had counseling and academic demands that he's had to meet to be reinstated. If they're stringent and that's true, it's probably appropriate. Of course, we'll never know exactly what he had to do, and people inside and out of the Notre Dame fanbase will complain. It doesn't seem like Kelly cares, and if Floyd catches 80 passes for 1,500 yards and 15 touchdowns in a BCS season, neither will anyone at Notre Dame. (Chicago Tribune)

Brady Hoke is bringing in huge donations at Michigan, further proving my theory that Rich Rodriguez will forever be remembered as their Ty Willingham. Donors and alumni are so happy to have a "Michigan Man" back in the fold and be rid of the guy who was different that they're willing to give huge amounts of money without seeing him coach a game. This happened with Weis at Notre Dame. Michigan fans should probably pray that's the only similarity between he and Weis. (Freep)

Today's Amazingness is a hedgehog who is averse to gas.