Can't Read, Can't Write: Recent Episodes
Can't Read Can't Write
Weekly podcast following Michigan State Spartan athletics, with a blend of Big Ten and national headlines sprinkled in.
Matt Sheehan joins us to discuss MSU's performance against Nebraska. What are the implications for this team, season, and program moving forward. Then we take a walk Off Grand River, and your social media questions.
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It's a bye week, so what have we to do but speculate? The boys preview Nebraska, look at the college football landscape, and draw conclusions. Then they discuss the other sports on campus, and take your social media questions.
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The guys breakdown MSU's 45-31 loss to USC and walk away impressed by the team's resiliency. We get into scheme vs. personnel, the growth this team has shown and what it'll take to someday be great. After a short jaunt Off Grand River, we take your Social Media Questions. Join in the fun next week on Twitter and IG @spartan_pod or Bluesky @spartanpod.
We're joined by Dante Razzano of YouAreTheProgram to discuss the Michigan State Spartans' recent performance against Youngstown State.
We breakdown offense, defense, and special teams while Dante clues us in on player and coach speak tropes like, the next man up mentality, trap games, whether players even listen to press conferences, and how halftime adjustments get implemented.
After Dante shares his wisdom, Grech and Jones discuss recent gambling issues affecting college sports before taking your Social Media Questions.
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Kicker U is 2-0 , defeating the Boston College in a double overtime thriller. The guys got together after the game to record their reactions, look forward to the rest of the season, and take your social media questions.
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Your Spartans are 1-0, but how did it look? The guys hopped on a call after the game to discuss and take your social media questions.
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In this episode of 'Can't Read Can't Write', we dive into the excitement surrounding the upcoming football season, specifically the first game against Western Michigan. We navel gaze, chatting about how hard it is to preview a MAC team particularly in Week 1. So we analyze Western Michigan's previous season performance while acknowledging a lot of their personnel has changed. Eventually we give up and talk about the new concessions at Spartan Stadium. We then move to the strengths and weaknesses of MSU's position groups, with particular concern for the offensive line and defensive secondary. As the hosts make predictions for the season. Finally we get to your Social Media Questions. We chat game day experiences, bold predictions for the year ahead, NIL experiences and expectations, tailgating traditions, dining experiences, football season predictions, what could have been with Saban at MSU, naming rights and sponsorships at Spartan Stadium, the impact of athletic directors, and our game day traditions and superstitions.Join in the conversation next week on Twitter and Instagram @spartan_pod or on Bluesky @spartanpod.
Grooch will also be talking to Jonesy about how this is obvious AI slop.
College football is nigh (but not next week), and the NCAA finally releases its findings on the UM cheating scandal. And you have social media questions on both those subjects!
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Woke is dead, so the bro-cast gets as offensive as it can get! MSU football offensive, that is. Got em! Man, we're ready for the Comedy Mothership.
So get your X questions in, because we're stone cold killers.
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Defense wins championships. So, let's preview them to find out if they have the goods.
Oh, and Plum get's going about Tre Holloman at Moneyball.
All that, and we take your Social Media Questions! Join us next week on Twitter and IG @spartan_pod and @spartanpod on Bluesky.
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We kick off our 2025 Spartan Football season preview with Special Teams. You know, punting, fielding, driving fans crazy. That stuff. Then we talk about additions to the basketball and hockey rosters, and take your social media questions.
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The Social Media questioners have spoken, and there's a lot of heavy F, Mary, Kill questions in this one! But first we take a walk off Grand River, and talk about other podcasters for way too long.
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We're back! And we're bringing the football recruits! And the conference realignment! And the social media questions!
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Kind of a lot has happened in two weeks. MSU football is on a roll (?), The board has passed revenue sharing among student athletes, and THE WHOLE CRCW GANG IS BACK TOGETHER. It's a blessed occasion to take your social media questions.
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Like a Bigfoot sighting, this is an extremely rare, well-timed episode. We break down a teenage boy choosing our school PLUS hiring a new AD who appears to be the cover model for "SEC Frat Alumni Apparel Monthly."
It's such a packed show, we forget until the end to mention a massive portal addition for Tom Izzo, but we still get to your Social Media Questions.
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There's a new addition to the basketball team, and a new addition to the Jones family. And the LSJ tells its readers to shut their yap about 'juice' in the football program.
We discuss it all, and take your social media questions.
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Plum's cousin is Pope, and that calls for a special occasion. So, he's back! The Dean of MSU Podcasts, Mr Matt Sheehan. And he stays for your Social Media Questions.
Also, this is a companion piece to this week's episode: https://www.fox2detroit.com/video/1638895
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After three years that feel like a lifetime, Allan Haller is out as MSU's Athletic Director. What does this mean for the department moving forward, its teams, and its coaches?
And how does the fanbase feel about all this?
We discuss it all, and take your social media questions.
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It's been a relatively quiet transfer window for the MSU football team. Some new additions, few significant departures. But is there any heat? Does that matter? And what's happening with the other teams on campus?
We break it all down, and then take your social media questions.
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It's transfer season in college sports, but are these guys truly SDF4? We get to the bottom of it once and for all.
Then we take your social media questions.
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In this episode of 'Can't Read, Can't Write', we're joined by Graham Couch of “Couch and the Rube” and the Lansing State Journal. It's a great, wide-ranging conversation.
We go deep on Tre Holloman's transfer, exploring themes of loyalty and career decisions. We also touch on the future of college sports, roster construction for the basketball team, and the rising success of the gymnastics program. Finally, Graham provides insights into spring football and the current state of the program under Jonathan Smith. In this conversation, the hosts discuss various aspects of Michigan State's football and hockey programs, including coaching changes, player development, and the impact of NIL on recruiting and contracts.
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One Trey staying, one Tre going. It's transfer portal season, and MSU is in the thick of it. We talk about that, explore spring football, and take a stroll Off Grand River. And as always, your Social Media Questions.
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Sadness. Euphoria. Sadness. A tough weekend to be a Spartan as a special team exits the tournament.
We breakdown MSU’s losses, reflect on the year that was, and what the year to come might be.
We, of course, take your social media questions.
Your MSU Men's Hoops Team is advancing to the Sweet Sixteen, and Ice Hockey starts its NCAA Tournament journey on Thursday. We break down the games played, preview those to come, and take your Social Media Questions.
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It's not the BTT we wanted, but MSU is the 2 seed in the south. We talk about the games played, the games to play, and what's happening with Ice Hockey and Women's Hoops.
Also, join our bracket challenge! Keep an eye on social media for those details.
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It's a celebratory pod as we breakdown MSU's 2-0 finish (including thorough Tre Holloman appreciation) in men's hoops to bring home an outright Big Ten Championship.
We cover some stuff (hockey, women's hoops, Ford Field, Mark Dantonio), but let's all be honest: you're listening because we're champions.
We, of course, wrap the show by taking your incredible social media questions.
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Ice Hockey are B10 champs, and Men's Hoops are on the precipice of a conference championship of their own. Oh, and Tre Holloman had the three-quarters heave of the year.
It's a great time to be a Spartan fan, and we have a great time answering your Social Media Questions.
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Jace and Tre lead the hoops team to huge back to back wins, now they just need to go take the B10 championship. Unfortunately Ice Hockey is no longer in complete control of its destiny, but women's basketball puts the forks down. We discuss it all and take your social media questions.
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Tom gets his big win, Ice Hockey controls its destiny, and women's hoops give UCLA everything they can handle.
We cover it all, and take your Twitter Questions.
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The men's hoop's team has come back down to earth a little bit, but that just set up a raucous Oregon game! Oh, and Ice Hockey absolutely wallops UM at The Duel in the D.
We had a grand ole time. So, let's talk about it. And take your Twitter Questions.
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We knew this day would come, a non-win on the road in the B10. But will the team right the ship? We break it all down and look at the other sports across campus (which are in similar situations?). Also, private equity is back again Off Grand River.
Then as always, we take your Twitter/BlueSky/email questions.
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Everyone is rolling!
Men's hoops: W - Ice Hockey: W - Women's basketball: W - Gymnastics: W - Everyone: W
We break down the best week in MSU athletics in years, and look forward to the rest of the season.
Then as always, we take your Twitter/BlueSky/email questions.
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The hoops team is on a roll, and Tom Izzo is doing things we've never seen before! Oh, and Ice Hockey, Women's Basketball and Gymnastics are securing big wins, as well. It's frigid outside, but things are heating up in the Athletics Department!
So we break it all down, take a very interesting stroll Off Grand River, and and take your Twitter/BlueSky/email questions.
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It was a great week for MSU hoops, with convincing wins against conference foes Washington (the extra huskies) and Northwestern. Meanwhile, the football roster continues to trend up, and the ice hockey team take 4 of 6 points on the road.
We break it all down, and look forward to next week, and take your Twitter/BlueSky/email questions.
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It was a good week in sports. The hoops team wins a tough one on the road in the Big Ten, Ice Hockey wins in OT on the biggest and coldest stage, and the football roster is trending positively. We break it all down, and take your Twitter/BlueSky/email/fax questions.
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Ice hockey and hoops are in action while we all nap through the holiday season. Oh, and there are further updates with the NCAA and we take your Twitter questions.
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The transfer portal is heating up, and the Men's hoops team continues to roll. But what lessons have we to learn from all of this? Surely none.
Plus there's plenty to talk about Off Grand River, and we take your Twitter questions.
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It's a big week for Ice Hockey and Women's Basketball, and the transfer portal is beginning to churn. We break it all down, take a stroll off Grand River, and answer your Twitter Questions.
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The football season is ending, so change is in the air! There's a new recruiting class to break down, and we discuss its implications for the program moving forward. Friend of the pod Graham Couch also has a Q&A with Athletic Director Alan Haller that was enlightening.
Speaking of enlightening, the hoops team has discovered that it's more fun to hustle and make threes! Additionally, Women's Basketball and Ice Hockey are ramping up.
We break it all down, and take your listener questions. Follow us on Twitter and Instagram @spartan_pod and on Bluesky @spartanpod to join in next week.
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It's a special episode of Can't Read, Can't Write with Matt Sheehan of Locked On Spartans joining us to breakdown MSU's loss to Rutgers, bringing another football season to a close without a bowl game. We look back on a relatively successful hoops trip to Maui, celebrate women's hoops zooming up the NET rankings, and note that hockey isn't disappointing us.Like a Thanksgiving dinner slowly reaching it's boiling point, we air some grievances we have with the state of MSU athletics and football more specifically. Finally we take your questions and grievances. Follow us on Twitter and Instagram @spartan_pod and on Bluesky @spartanpod to join in next week!
Both MSU Football and Basketball had wins this week, but not in the most convincing of fashion. We talk about the games, take a look at what's happening around the wider MSU sports landscape, and preview Rutgers and the Maui Invitation.
Then, as always, we take your Twitter/Bluesky/email questions.
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It's a demoralizing loss for MSU football and a demoralizing win for MSU hoops. But who better to discuss it with than the Lansing State Journal's own Graham Couch? Who makes the case for the hottest ticket in town, and it's not what you would think.
So join us in our misery! And join us in Twitter questions next week. Via email or Bluesky, of course.
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The football team is on a bye, but the basketball squad took to the hardwood two times. Also, women's basketball and ice hockey are making moves.
We break it all down, and take your Twitter questions.
Oh, and content warning: Grooch has a bit of a cough and is not 100% successful in his muting. Please forgive us.
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The Hoosiers come to town and properly dispense of the Spartans. We break down the game and look at the program moving forward.
Then we prep for the basketball season to start. Finally, we take your Twitter questions.
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The better team loses in Ann Arbor, as the Spartans drop a winnable game on the road for the second time this season. We break it all down, talk about what went wrong, and touch on the fight at the end of the game (and the expected total lack of accountability).
Then we turn our attention to the real hate week.
The true hate week.
Forks the hell down.
And of course we take your Twitter questions!
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The Spartans properly clipped the Hawkeyes, securing a Homecoming win. We break down the game, and look forward to the rest of the season. Including this week, hate week lite, with a preview of wolverines.
Then we have a look at the other major sports on campus, take a walk off Grand River, and answer your Twitter Questions.
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We chat about how MSU didn’t lose the bye week and look to improve heading into a matchup with the Iowa Hawkeyes. Also, another night game?!?!
Then we break down the Spartans 70-53 victory over the NMU Wildcats. Will the season break the cycle of mediocrity? Finally, we take your Twitter questions.
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A demoralizing week in football, but things may be looking up. We break down the game, and looks forward to the rest of the schedule. Then we cover some winning programs in Women's soccer and Ice Hockey. Then, as always, we take your Twitter questions.
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MSU falls to OSU, but the score doesn't reflect the first half of the game. The guys break down the match, and what it means for the program moving forward. Women's soccer is defending its top ranking, and ice hockey is begins its season in the Yoop.
Then we talk about ducks, and take your Twitter questions
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The Spartans drop a very winnable game on the road at Boston College (the Red Bandana Game, don't you know?). We break down what happened, examine The Buckeyes, celebrate the women's soccer team, and take your Twitter questions.
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Our Michigan State Spartans beat Prairie View A&M 40-0. Impressive on paper, but was it enough to change our perspective on the season? Will the injuries never stop? Should we stop worshipping false idols? We discuss it all. We then preview the match against Boston College next week, which should tell us a lot more.We then head off Grand River to discuss the AG clearing MSU, complications in athlete compensation, and a burgeoning downtown scene.We wrap up with your Twitter questions. Join us next week @spartan_pod
The Spartans sit atop the B10 standings, going on the road and defeating Maryland. It was a game of big performances and self-sabotage. We break down the game, re-evaluate the program, and look at the schedule moving forward.
Then we go off Grand River, assess the rest of the college football landscape, and consider Howell, MI.
Finally, we talk about Panthers and take your Twitter questions.
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We're joined by noted newspaper columnist Graham Couch to break down the FAU game, the state of the football & basketball programs, and the upcoming changes to the NCAA.
Then, we talk about terrapins and take your Twitter questions.
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It's game week! We break down the defense and special teams, share some facts about the Owls, and discuss some other sports across campus.
Oh, and the NCAA notified some other places of their allegations.
Then we open it up to Twitter questions!
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We're but a couple weeks away from the dawn of the Jonathan Smith era. But what can we expect of this offensive unit? The boys break it down, talk about basketball exhibition play, and then take your Twitter questions.
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The boys are back, and they brought a friend! That's right, two listener guests this week, with the man from Locked On Spartans (@Sheehan_Sports on X) here to talk football, basketball, and lawsuits.
Oh, and Matt does his performance piece, "Ode 2 Long 2 U"
It is a work that provokes the deepest currents of one's being, the ephemeral dance of fury and apoplecty engendered by the Long 2.
It is a little out of season, but still good content.
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Football representatives are making the rounds in Chicago and Moneyball is winding down. Oh, and we finally got around to announcing the winner of the Summer Twitter Competition.
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The gang discusses presidential transfer portal options that are very regionally specific before talking about underclassmen at Moneyball, an update on hockey talk, and will Tyson Walker make an NBA team before taking your Twitter questions.
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The football class of 2025 is starting to fill up! We chat about the new additions, evaluate the staff's performance to date, and speculate on strategy. Then we touch on Moneyball, take a walk off Grand River, and take your Twitter questions.
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CVBagel has the guys all misty and nostalgic, thinking of East Lansing institutions of yore. Plum writes the introduction live (a little peek behind the curtain for listeners), and we chat about basketball, the olympics, and your Twitter questions.
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The boys got together at Plum's house, toasted several numerically labeled spirits, and talked about the week that was in MSU athletics. Recruiting, Moneyball, the Supreme Court of the United States, everything was on the table (or under it, like Grooch).
Oh, also, we took your Twitter questions.
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Footall recruiting continues (and gets spicy!), Moneyball rosters are out, and the conference presidents are in meetings with the NCAA. Oh, and it's the final week of the Twitter question competition.
Who should win? Join in the conversation on Twitter and Instagram @Spartan_Pod
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The football team has added a couple new recruits, there's a particularly ridiculous new lawsuit and college football, and Terence Shannon is acquitted. We discuss it all, and then take your (week 3!) Twitter questions.
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Our long national nightmare is over, Tom Izzo has filled his coaching vacancy. We talk about Mr Washington, discuss a couple new football recruits, take a stroll off Grand River, and then dive into your Twitter questions.
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The summer is in full swing! Jonathan Smith spent some time in front of the media, but Tom Izzo is still mum on the coaching search. We discuss it all, continue our conversation on the House settlement, and then we kick off the summer Twitter competition!
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In this episode, we discuss Izzo's search for an assistant coach, Friday night MSU football games, and the passing of Bill Walton before we get to the meat of the conversation - House v. NCAA's settlement agreement. We breakdown the payment to athletes, the impact on smaller institutions, the role of Title IX, and the potential changes to the transfer portal. It's a lot!
And of course we wrap with your Twitter Questions!
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MSU is starting to throw around its NIL dollar in the transfer portal, sitting pretty at #11 in the nation according to 247. Alan Haller goes on the record concerning a number of pertinent topics, and it it looks like the NCAA is going to settle its antitrust lawsuits.
And, as always, we take your Twitter questions. Join in next week (if only to practice for the summer Twitter competition) @ Spartan_Pod on X(!!!) and Instagram.
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It’s a lively Can’t Read, Can’t Write as we dive into MSU Football recruiting and transfer activity before turning our attention to rumors that Izzo is grabbing a center from the portal!
We then head Off Grand River to discuss a recent poll on fan interest impacted by NIL and the transfer portal. We of course finish with your Twitter Questions.
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We dig into more transfer portal activity for MSU, discuss if "wish him luck" is the new "thoughts and prayers," celebrate some Spartan accomplishments, and lol at Mel Tucker.
It's a vital episode because we begin outlining this year's twitter competition rules.
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It’s a jam-packed Can’t Read, Can’t Write! We’ve got a high school commit, half the football team in the portal, and some portal commits too! Izzo finally gets his Fiddler and doesn’t want any insurance. Women’s hoops is heating up in the portal. And finally, a lively Off Grand River discussion about some important legal changes to college sports.
We of course wrap with your twitter questions. Join us next week @spartan_pod on twitter and instagram.
We take a deep dive on the MSU Spring Game drawing conclusions with all the conviction of nihilists. We then discuss portal movements, portal fatigue, and what the portal means in the era of team sports. Afterwards we discuss mens basketball roster updates, Spartan Golf, and updates to the crew team facilities before heading Off Grand River to discuss NCAA rule changes.We of course wrap things up with your Twitter Questions. Join in next week by following us on instagram or Twitter @spartan_podOr watch on YouTube at https://www.youtube.com/@spartan_pod
We talk commitment, or lack thereof. No commitments in football. A lack of commitment to holding onto the football. AJ not committing to staying or going. No commitment from a transfer in hoops. No commitment from a new coach. An excellent commitment for women's hoops. And so much more. Follow us on Twitter and Instagram @spartan_pod
Spring is in the air, and moves are being made in the football and basketball programs. We cover it all, take a stroll off Grand River, and then take your Twitter questions. Follow us on Instagram and Twitter @spartan_podOr watch on YouTube at https://www.youtube.com/@spartan_pod
It's a packed Can't Read, Can't Write! We dive into Spartan player availability in Spring Football, Tom Izzo's portal usage (or lack thereof) so far, a sad ending to an otherwise wonderful Michigan State Hockey season, and so much more!Follow us on Instagram and Twitter @spartan_podOr watch on YouTube at https://www.youtube.com/@spartan_pod
In this episode we look back at MSU Mens' Basketball short-lived tournament appearance, winning against Mississippi State and then losing to North Carolina before turning our attention to the future of the program. We then discuss Robyn Fralick's first tournament appearance the Spartan women's team's close, first round loss to North Carolina.After the somber part of the show we start celebrating, Michigan State's Big Ten Hockey Tournament Championship win over U of M and Gymnastics' second year of excellence. We head Off Grand River to talk G-League Ignite and the future of the NCAA basketball tournament before taking your Twitter Questions.Join us next week in Twitter Questions by following us @spartan_pod
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Matt Sheehan of @LockedOnSpartans joins us to breakdown Michigan State's tournament berth, the emotional rollercoaster of Selection Sunday, and our games against the Minnesota Golden Gophers and Purdue Boilermakers. We of course chat about the teams that don't make us want to drive our head into a wall - MSU Women's Basketball, Gymnastics, and Hockey - before previewing Spartan Spring Football. Then we head Off Grand River to discuss tournament changes and the Juwan Howard firing before taking your Twitter Questions. Follow us on Twitter and Instagram @spartan_pod and join us for March Madness in our bracket challenge. https://t.co/m1nyxvUBAX
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This week we breakdown Michigan State Basketball's last two games - a rock fight victory over Northwestern and an infuriating loss to the Indiana Hoosiers. Then we turn our ire to complaining about honorifics. We turn our attention to successes at winning programs - MSU hockey signing Adam Nightingale to a new contract and MSU tennis netting (get it?) a $10M donation. We head off Grand River where we cover Kirk Cousins tripping on bags, a NIL hoops tournament held at the worst possible location, and Brenda Tracey suing for an insane amount of money. We of course wrap up with your Twitter questions. Participate next week by following @spartan_pod on Twitter and Instagram. Please rate, review, subscribe, comment, etc. if you're feeling kind.Or watch on YouTube at https://www.youtube.com/@spartan_pod
The men's hoops team is on a three game skid, and the trustees are up to their old tricks. But hockey are B10 champions, and the women's team earned a double bye! We discuss it all, and more, then take your Twitter questions!Join in next week @Spartan_Pod on Twitter and Instagram.Or watch on YouTube at https://www.youtube.com/@spartan_pod
This week is not a good week, you guys.The hoops team drops two home games to unranked teams, which has put us in our feelings. So, we talk about it. We look forward to Purdue (though I'm not sure I should phrase it that way), and take your Twitter questions. Oh, and we talk about NIL & court storming.Join in our misery next week @Spartan_Pod on Twitter, Instagram, and YouTube.
In this episode, we discuss winning! Winning the breakup (Spartan football), winning in hoops (MSU men's), more winning in hoops (MSU women's), winning the bye week (MSU hockey), winning Michigan State gymnastics, allll the winning... except for Gus Johnson, because him calling the game was definitely losing.We head off Grand River for a brief chat about mid-season firing of Chris Holtman before previewing games against the lowa Hawkeyes and Ohio State.Finally we take your Twitter questions. Participate next week @spartan_pod on Twitter, Instagram, and YouTube. https://youtube.com/@spartan_pod?si=H6tBNjgG0hidPXVS
We dive into Jonathan Smith’s use of preferred walk-ons, adding Prairie View A&M to the football schedule, and the torment of a hoops road loss to Minnesota and a home win against ranked Illinois.
Then we go Off Grand River to discuss an evolving CFB landscape and reflect on the one-year anniversary of the mass shooting on MSU's campus.
We wrap with your Twitter Questions, as always. Participate next time by following on Twitter or instagram @spartan_pod. Please also subscribe to our new YouTube channel Can't Read, Can't Write.
It's a good week in Spartan athletics! The men's hoops defeat UM and Maryland, Gymnastics wins at Crisler, Hockey splits with Notre Dame, and the football team is gearing up. We cover it all look forward to this week's games against Minnesota and Illinois, take a stroll off Grand River, and then take your Twitter questions. Join in the conversation next week @Spartan_Pod on Twitter and Instagram.
The men's hoops team get run off the court in Madison, but things are looking up in other areas of the athletic department. We break it all down, chat about the Lions, and then take your Twitter questions. Join in next week @Spartan_Pod on Twitter and Instagram.
We're joined by Lansing State Journal columnist Graham Couch to cover the week that was at MSU. We chat about the games, NIL, and BTN+, then take your Twitter questions. Join in next week @ Spartan_Pod on Twitter and Instagram.
We react to a rough road loss and a strong victory at the Breslin before giving a millisecond by millisecond emotional reaction to Stevie's first points. Then we chat updates to the football roster and the 2024 schedule. Then it's a quick detour Off Grand River before your Twitter Quesitons. Participate next week @spartan_pod on Twitter and Instagram.
The boys huddle around a single microphone to break down the breakdown, talk about developments in the football team, and take your Twitter questions. Join in next week @Spartan_Pod on Twitter and Instagram
MSU kicks off 2024 with an encouraging win against the Sycamores of Indiana State. We break down the game, keep an eye on the football transfer portal, and take a stroll Off Grand River. Then, as always, your Twitter questions. Join in the conversation next week @Spartan_Pod on anything but Threads.
The final recording of 2023 isn't quite a Scotch episode, but it does feature Courage and Conviction.
We talk about football signing day, the hoops matchups against Oakland and Stony Brook, and how Jeremy Fears has been shot in the leg. Then, as always, we take your Twitter questions.
Join in next week on Twitter, Instagram, or Threads (lol). And of course, have a happy new year!
It’s an exciting episode where we break down a much needed MSU Basketball victory before turning our attention to MSU Football picking up a ton of commitments. We head Off Grand River and then take your Twitter Questions. Participate next week @spartan_pod
Editors note: This episode was recorded in the immediate aftermath and misery of the Nebraska loss.
The basketball team is 0-2 in conference, half of the football team is in the portal, and our pet's heads are falling off. But, there's hockey? And a new university president? And we hear the Juwan Howard rumors live on the air (so that's fun?)? And we take your Twitter Questions? Join in next week @Spartan_Pod
Coach Jonathan Smith is formally introduced to the Spartan community, men's basketball gears up for league play, and there are general happenings around the college sporting landscape. We discuss it all, and then take your Twitter questions. Join in the conversation next week @Spartan_Pod on Twitter and Instagram.
MSU has a new football coach with an old name. We break down the hire and discuss the program moving forward. As if that wasn't enough, there's basketball and hockey! And your Twitter questions! Join in the conversation next week @Spartan_Pod.
It was quite the week in MSU sports! Football reclaims the Ole Brass Spittoon, Mens Hoops has three (!) games, Hockey hosts the #1 team in the country, and women's soccer played BYU in the sweet sixteen. We break it all down, preview this week's games against PSU and Arizona, and then take (both of) your Twitter questions. Join in next week @Spartan_Pod on Twitter and Instagram.
Editor's note: Interesting title, huh? It's a Twitter questions reference, so stick around.
It's a demoralizing weekend as OSU delivers an all too familiar trouncing of MSU. We cover the game, talk about basketball, go off Grand River to discuss the goings-ons at UofM, and preview this week's Champion's Classic match against Duke. Then, as always, we take your Twitter questions. Join in next week @Spartan_Pod on Twitter and Instagram.
The James Madison Dukes drop a dookie on Breslin Center, humiliating the #4 team (and "national title contender") at home and leaving them 0-1. We break down the game, decide who to blame, and try to look at the silver lining. It's an emergency episode for a regular season basketball match. That's where we're at.
MSU finally, mercifully, gets win number three! We break down the game, react to the defense and QB situations, and look forward to the rest of the season. Then we take a stroll off Grand River to discuss possible future repercussions and litigation related to Michigan's cheating scandal. And, finally, preview this week's basketball slate!
Oh, and Twitter questions. Join next week @Spartan_Pod on Twitter and Instagram.
The MSU Spartans football team suffer another excruciating loss to a sub-par opponent. Though basketball is on the way! That's good. But we lose in exhibition to Tennessee. That's bad. But it doesn't count! That's good.So, it's not all that bad. Plus, we take your Twitter questions (That's good.)! Join in next week @Spartan_Pod on X and Insta.
So. It's been quite a week. There's the game. There's the board. There's Hitler on the Jumbotron. But, through all of it, there's also a championship winning women's soccer team, a competitive hockey team going on the road for a big test, and your Twitter questions! Join in the conversation next week @Spartan_Pod on Twitter and Instagram.
Defeat is once again snatched from the jaws of victory. As MSU squanders its fourth quarter lead to The Rutger, hopes for this season are lost like tears in the rain. We rant. We Rave. We muster the will to look ahead to hate week. Then, as is custom, we take your Twitter questions (where you rant and rave!). Care to join in the misery next week? Spartan_Pod on Twitter and Instagram.
"Urban Meyer & The Blue Wall"
Narration by: Can't Read, Can't Write
Illustrations by: DALL-E 2 & 💩 (doo-doo emoji)
MSU manages to not lose the bye week, but there's still plenty to talk about. Certain Fox contributors may or may not have been on campus this week, and interest within the fan base is split. We break it all down, take a look at Women's Soccer and Hockey, and then preview this week's game against Rutger. Then, as always, we take those Twitter questions. Join in next week @Spartan_Pod on Twitter or Instagram.
MSU goes on the road to Kinnick Stadium and insists that Iowa win the game (though Iowa, graciously, did everything it could to decline that offer). We talk about the game, we talk about the program, we talk about SD4L. We drink heavily. But we also look forward to basketball and hockey, and take your gauntlet of Twitter questions! Join in next week on Twitter and Instagram @Spartan_Pod
MSU beats Maryland in every statistical category except points, which leads to us wondering: could this team be good? We then wonder what's best for the program going forward.
After we review the latest in the Mel Tucker Saga before turning to an Iowa Preview and your Twitter Questions! Participate next week @spartan_pod
The Huskies lifted their leg and marked Spartan Stadium as their own, and the Spartans could do very little to stop them. We talk about the team, and what it means for the program moving forward. Then we look ahead to Homecoming this week against Maryland and take your Twitter questions. Join in next week @Spartan_Pod on X (LOL) and Instagram.
Acknowledgment: 300 references (such as the title of this episode) are a little hack, but it seems like the least of our worries at the moment.
Mel Tucker has almost certainly coached his last game at MSU.
In what will hopefully be a cathartic episode, we explore the failings of Mel Tucker himself, the failings of university leadership in the press conference, and the failings of Ross Els generally (as is custom). Oh, and Dantonio is coming back. We get to that, as well.
We also get to your Twitter questions! Reach out @Spartan_Pod on Twitter and Instagram, let us know if we hit the mark.
Oh, and a word of warning, this episode truly earns its explicit rating.
It's a tale of two halves, as the Spartans defeat the Chips and start the 2023 campaign 1-0! We welcome Locked On Spartans' Matt Sheehan (@Sheehan_Sports) to break down the game, adjust expectations, and talk about our appreciation for field goals. Then we look forward to the Richmond Spiders game, and take your Twitter Questions. Join in next week @Spartan_Pod
The moment has arrived, we close out our coverage of football camp, preview the actual game against CMU, and finally get into the Harbaugh suspension situation. Then, as always, we take your Twitter questions. Follow us on Twitter and Instagram @Spartan_Pod for all of our kickoff content!
We’re joined by @graham_couch of the Lansing State Journal to talk 2023 MSU Football, what “good” might look like, Harbaugh swiping right for literally any NFL job, and why he’s him for Noah Kim. Then, of course, we take your Twitter Questions. Join us next week @spartan_pod
We start getting into Football SZN form and brought on someone from enemy lines to give a very biased preview from his Ivory Tower. @thiccstauskas joins to discuss what he sees in MSU for his article series with meetatmidfield.com
We begin previewing Fall camp before diving into conference realignment. Of course we take your Twitter Questions to wrap the show. Participate next week @spartan_pod
Mel Tucker describes the 2023 defensive line (among other things). As the college football season nears, we cover media days, Spartan Dawg Con, and the announcement that the Michigan game will be played at night in Spartan Stadium. Then we take a stroll Off Grand River, and at long long last reveal the winner of the Summer Twitter (X?) Question Competition. Join in the conversation next week @Spartan_Pod on Twitter (X) and Instagram.
It's a live episode of Can't Read, Can't Write (so, please, do pardon some audio issues)! We managed to get shredded on Twitter durring our week off, so we talk about that, discuss the general happenings on campus (and off), and then take your Twitter (X?) questions. Join in next week @Spartan_Pod on Twitter (X) and Instagram (where there's content from the episode!).
It's a doozy of a week, with big recruiting moves and a lot happening in the wider world of sport. We get into what's happening at West Virginia, Northwestern, and here closer to home. And then, at long last, the final week of the CRCW Twitter competition.
Join in the conversation next time @Spartan_Pod on Twitter, Instagram, and soon to be Threads(?)
There's further movement on the recruiting front, and basketball fans are getting to see the freshman class for the first time at Moneyball. We talk it over, take a walk Off Grand River, and then take week 5 of your Twitter questions (if you were able to submit them). Join in next week, the final week(!) @Spartan_Pod on Twitter and (alas) Instagram.
The 2024 MSU football class is filling out, with two new additions this week. We take a look at those, look at the program moving forward, and take a walk off Grand River. Then, it's week 3 of Twitter Questions. It's never too late to join in @Spartan_Pod on Twitter!
MSU Football receives verbal commitments from two crucial recruits - is this class reminiscent of yesteryear? We review a lot that’s happened Off Grandriver before taking your Week 3 Twitter Questions. Get in on the action next week @spartan_pod
We have seen the future of football scheduling, and it is good. There's also a new CB on campus by way of lowa/Miami, and recruits are in town for visits. We cover it all, and then embark on week 2 of the Twitter rankings. Join in next week @Spartan_Pod on Twitter (or Instagram, lol).
Just a week after MSU does the conference and NBC a favor, the Washington game gets moved to streaming. There's also news on the basketball and conference realignment fronts. And most importantly, it's week one of the Twitter question competition! Join in next week @Spartan_Pod.
Spartan Stadium, in its 100th year, loses it's second most attractive game to Ford Field. MSU (finally, mercifully) gets a WR transfer, and baseball's trip to the conference tournament is shortlived. We discuss it all, and take your Twitter questions. Join in next week for the June competition (!!!) @Spartan_Pod on Twitter.
In this week's episode of Cannot Read, Cannot Write, we talk more than we should about the Schembechler situation at UM, yammer on about recruiting woes, and cover golf and baseball. Then, as always, we take your Twitter questions. Join in next week on Twitter @Spartan_Pod
MSU football loses another commitment for the 2024 class, reducing the total number to 3. We talk about that, discuss gambling in college sports, and then take your Twitter questions. Join in the conversation @Spartan_Pod.
It's still transfer fallout season. We discuss the updates, continue to talk about transfers generally, and do out best to ravage Hugh Freeze. From there, we take a stroll off Grand River, and then take your Twitter questions. Join in next week @Spartan_Pod on Twitter & Instagram.
So, MSU has (for the moment) lost its presumed QB1 and WR1 to the transfer portal. We talk about these players, about transfers generally, and the program moving forward. Then we take a brief stroll off Grand River, and take your Twitter Questions. Join the conversation on Twitter and Instagram @Spartan_Pod
Kind of a lot happened this week. The transfer portal is heating up, recruits are making commitments, and Draymond is getting suspended in the post season. We talk about it all, and then take your Twitter questions. Join the conversation next week @Spartan_Pod on Twitter and Instagram.
MSU had its spring 'game' on a lovely Michigan afternoon, but what did we learn? We break it down, talk recruiting, and take your Twitter questions. Join in the conversation - and start getting warmed up for the competition - @Spartan_Pod on Twitter and Instagram.
Tyson Walker is returning, but Jonesy is just worried about younger players transferring. Because we can never simply have nice things. We talk about that, a muted football spring game, and take your Twitter questions. Join next week @Spartan_Pod on Twitter and Instagram.
MSU hires Robyn Fralick to be its new women's basketball coach! We're also starting to get the first drips of information in Spring Football. We cover it all and take your Twitter questions. Join in the conversation next week @Spartan_Pod on Twitter and Instagram
We're joined by the one and only Matt Sheehan (@sheehan_sports) of Locked On Spartans daily podcast to break down the end of the basketball season, speculate about the future of the program, and discuss changes in the football coaching ranks. Then we take a stroll off Grand River, and take your Twitter questions. And, yes, Sheehan stay to the bitter, bitter end. Join in the conversation next week on Twitter and Instagram @Spartan_Pod.
Once again, MSU carries the banner for the B10 to the second weekend of the dance (with partial credit extended to UCLA). We cover the games played against Marquette and USC, take a walk off grand river, and then preview K State. Twitter questions are a hoot, as always! Stay engaged with us @Spartan_Pod on Twitter and Instagram
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Despite its lackluster effort against OSU in the B10 Tournament, MSU is a 7 seed in the Eastern Region. We break down the game that was, and look forward to a (future Big Ten!) matchup against USC, with a little looking forward to Marquette. Then, we take your Twitter questions. Join in next week @Spartan_Pod on Twitter and Instagram.
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Something, Something, Izzo and March. Everything came up for MSU (except for BT Jordan) as hoops is rolling at the right time while gymnastics crushes records and hockey wins it’s first B1G tourney game (and series!) --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app
We try to focus on both of this week's games, but of course the discussion gravitates to a loss for the ages at Iowa. Then we check in on some other stories around campus, and finally take your Twitter questions. Join the conversation next week @Spartan_Pod on Twitter and Instagram. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app
I guess we're back to regularly scheduled programming? We check in with each other, discuss our appreciation for the tributes from across the country, talk a little basketball, and answer your Twitter questions. Thank you again to all those that have reached out in the last week, it's been a tremendous comfort. Truly. Anyway! Want to join in the conversation? @Spartan_pod on Twitter and Instagram.
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Three Spartans have been murdered on campus, five more fight for their lives in hospital, and an entire community is mourning its loss. We check in with each other, discuss the wider impacts, and invite in a special guest. We're joined this episode by Samantha Zill, a trained counselor (and some may recall, returning CRCW contributor) to talk about grief, resources, and processing.
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We're joined this week by Rod from The Final Four is not on the Schedule! But first, the guys share their thoughts on the Rutgers game, take a stroll off grand river, and then answer your Twitter questions. Have something to share? Join in the conversation @Spartan_Pod on Twitter and Instagram (which may be run by Ali now, I dunno?).
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We knew the B10 grind was coming, and we're in it now, folks! A win against Iowa that didn't inspire much confidence, and a beat down in West Lafayette. We break down the games, look forward to Rutgers at The Garden, make dated references to the 90's Godzilla adaptation, and take your Twitter questions.Join in the conversation next week @Spartan_Pod--- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app
MSU Men's basketball splits its games this week, beating Rutgers but dropping a winnable game on the road in Bloomington. We talk about the current status of the team, look forward to getting Malik Hall back, and preview this week's games against Iowa and Purdue (again!). Then, as we always do, we take your Twitter questions.
Join in next week @Spartan_Pod on Twitter and Instagram.
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We're full into the B10 season now, folks. We cover an encouraging win at Kohl Center, as well as frustrating losses to Illinois and Purdue. Then we take a look at other MSU sports, preview the upcoming games against Rutgers & Indiana, and Grooch threatens to quit the pod (thrice!).
And, of course, we take your Twitter questions. Join the conversation next week @Spartan_Pod
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The men's team takes care of Nebraska and Michigan, but we're headed into the teeth of the B10 schedule. We break down what Malik Hall's return, and preview the upcoming games against Wisconsin, Illinois, & Purdue. Then, as always, we take those Twitter questions. Speaking of which, content warning, Tyrone Couch tells us his bacon preference. Among other things.Join in the conversation next week @Spartan_Pod on Twitter and Instagram. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app
The basketball team is back to full strength, and it's just in time for Nebraska and Michigan to come to Breslin. We talk about the games, discuss happenings in the wider world of sport, and Plum shares an unsolved Wilson Hall mystery from his RA days. CRCW derivative podcast, Only Poopers in the Building, will be hitting your feed in the coming months. Join us for Twitter Questions next week @Spartan_Pod.
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It's a pseudo scotch episode!
The 2023 football class is signed. Grech eats a little crow from last week's take, as we break down some interesting themes. Then we spend sometime off Grand River, talking about goings ons in the wider world of sports, discuss the games against Oakland and Buffalo, and then take your Twitter questions. Join in next week @Spartan_Pod on Twitter and Instagram.
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For a week where nothing happened, we sure have a lot to talk about! There's been developments in football recruiting, big changes in coaching, Hunter Dickinson further reinforced everything we've been saying about the University of Michigan, and we preview the basketball game against Oakland. Then, as always we take those Twitter questions. Join in next week @Spartan_Pod on Twitter and Instagram.
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The men's basketball team wins one on the road in Happy Valley, then handles the Brown Bears in Breslin. We discuss the team as it heads into finals and winter break, and then do our football post mortem. And as always, we take your Twitter questions. Join in next time @Spartan_Pod on Twitter and Instagram.
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If you've been keeping up with MSU sports over the last week, you know we have a lot to talk about. Hockey comes back to earth, basketball is showing its injury issues, and some members of the football team we'd like to have back are taking their "talents" elsewhere. Meanwhile, the staff "talents" are still nestled in East Lansing. We talk discuss it all, and then take your twitter questions. Join in the conversation @Spartan_Pod on Twitter and Instagram.
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And just like that, the 2022 MSU football campaign is in the books. We talk about the Penn State game, and then transition to the much better performing basketball team. We also talk about happenings off the field (and ice), impacting our student athletes. Then, as always, we take some great Twitter questions. Join in next week @Spartan_Pod on Twitter and Instagram
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An incredible episode after a week of games that were far too stressful. We’re joined by Graham Couch of the Lansing State Journal (@graham_couch) as we needlessly fret about the state of MSU athletics. There’s so much to chat about we don’t even pretend to preview games. We do, of course, take your Twitter questions. Join next week @spartan_pod
Indiana is coming to town, and the stakes couldn't be higher! As two arch rivals prepare to battle for bowl eligibility, we reflect on the Gonzaga boat game, and look at the successes other sports are having on campus. Then, we channel your seething hatred for IU in the Twitter questions. Join in next week @Spartan_Pod on Twitter and (occasionally) Instagram.
A W over Illinois makes Bert very salty indeed. We finally preview hoops and have three (3) games to prep for, oh my! Thankfully we’re joined by @1CoolNate who is on location at THE aircraft carrier (boat) where he’s able to help breakdown the upcoming game against the Zags and what goes into boat-based games. We also thank him for his service gratuitously. Finally, your excellent twitter questions. Join next week @spartan_pod
Sports are not fun right now. We talk about the aftermath of the Michigan game, the game itself, and what it means for the program and rivalry moving forward. Women's soccer is continuing to kill it, though! Then, as always, we take your twitter questions. Join in next week @Spartan_Pod on Twitter and Instagram
Also: [fart noise]
Featuring: The Man Who Loves to focus his hate on one person from each team, Plum Baby! A concerningly slender man, Kevin Grech! And your host with the most (things to say, at length) Miiiiiiiiike Jones!
On this week's episode we talk about a Big Ten Champ Women's Soccer team, a big time chump school in Ann Arbor, and the giant public dump President Sam Stanley took on the Board of Trustees!
Then, as always, we take those Twitter Questions! Join in next week @Spartan_Pod on Twitter and Instagram.
Michigan State takes down Wisconsin for Homecoming which leaves us both scratching our heads and flirting with hope again after playmakers made plays. Matt Sheehan of LockedOn Spartans (@sheehan_sports) joins us to break down the game and answer your twitter questions. Participate next week by following @spartan_pod.
OSU visited, which means we take a whiskey drink, we take a vodka drink, we take a lager drink, we keep taking drinks until our hearts stop.
We talk about the few encouraging things in the game, as well as the concerns. Then we pivot to soccer because it's a full on futball podcast now, y'all.
Then, as always, we crack a cider drink and take your twitter questions. Join in next week @spartan_pod.
The completely expected has happened, with MSU falling to Maryland on the road. We talk about the game, the program, and then entirely ignore the Buckeyes coming to town this week. Hard pivot. This is a soccer podcast now. Also, Twitter questions. Join in next week @Spartan_Pod
Minnesota dismantles the Spartans in East Lansing. We break down the game, take the temperature of the fan base, and look forward to the game against Maryland. Oh, and y'all brought it with the Twitter questions. Join in the conversation @Spartan_Pod on Twitter and Instagram.
So, the Spartans were pulled into the deep water of Puget Sound. Mike and Plum give their very measured, not at all unhinged takes, and look forward to the next game against Minnesota. Where you can join us for the tailgate! Also, follow on Twitter & Instagram @Spartan_Pod.
Football week two is in the books, with a shutout win against Akron. We talk about the encouraging and discouraging elements of the game, talk about other happenings on campus (sports related and otherwise), and look forward to Saturday's matchup against The Washington Huskies. Then, as always, we take your Twitter questions. Join in next week @Spartan_Pod
The Spartans are 1-0 after defeating the Broncos of Western Michigan. We talk about the positives as well as our concerns going into the Akron game. We also react to Tom Izzo's new contract, and riff on Iowa throughout. Then, as always, we take your Twitter questions. Join in the conversation next time @Spartan_Pod on Twitter and Instagram.
Content warning: Our references to Plum's burping pay off at the end of the episode. It's not for the faint of heart.
In this episode: 1) we dive into MSU recruiting news - the good and the bad, the gridiron and the hardwood; 2) we wrap up our positional previews with the question marks at special teams before circling back to some positional changes; 3) cover some NCAA idiocy and Scott Frost incompetency Off Grand River; and 4) wrap up with a Western Michigan preview and your Twitter questions. Join in next week @spartan_pod
The football season is only a couple weeks away. The guys preview the MSU football defense, Plum unveils his new AV setup (breathtaking!), talk about the B10 media rights windfall, and then take those Twitter questions. Join in next time @Spartan_Pod on Twitter and Instagram.
We preview the MSU Football Offense - there’s a lot to be excited about but some valid reasons to be nervous. Then we talk about dropping two bags - one for Izzo and one for the B1G media rights deal. Finally we take your Twitter questions - join us next week @spartan_pod
The summer is heating up! Football and Basketball keep the stars rolling, Coach Tucker is on the blockchain, and UofM athletics are facing another crisis. We talk about it all, and then take those Twitter Questions. Follow us on Instagram and Twitter @Spartan_Pod
Izzo washes away the haters with one of the biggest recruits of his career, and Tuck kicks off 2024. Join in the conversation on Twitter and Instagram @Spartan_Pod
Things are happening on the recruiting front (but not in the way we'd like). Also, East Lansing NIL Club is up and running! We cover it all, and then take your Twitter questions. Follow us @Spartan_Pod.
We're joined by noted Lansing State Journalist columnist and host of the podcast “Couch and The Rube”, Graham Couch (@graham_couch) to discuss the state of MSU athletics, as well as a career's worth (to date!) of fan grievances. Then, as always, we take your Twitter questions. Join next week @Spartan_Pod on Twitter and Instagram.
Withdrawal symptoms subside as Tuck adds two more four star recruits to the 2023 class. That (and more!) as we take those Twitter questions. Join in next week @Spartan_Pod on Twitter and Instagram
The news of the week is super conferences and realignment. Certain former MSU Basketball recruits find their way to EMU. Plus, Plum references Max Christie's NBA summer league debut in our introduction, but we never mention it again. Then, because America wanted it for its birthday, July Twitter questions. Join in next week @Spartan_Pod
A packed episode where we recap an intense month of football recruiting, play a game of fact or fiction with irresponsible takes from Moneyball, discuss Spartans in the NBA draft (Max Christie to the LA Lakers!), and of course take your Twitter Questions. Participate next week @spartan_pod on Twitter and Instagram
We get into another big time recruiting weekend and recent commitments, Draymond sinking Tom’s battleship, and the impeccable leadership of Warde Manuel. Your Twitter questions are, as always, top-notch. Get in the game next week @spartan_pod
It's been another banner week in MSU football recruiting, with three new composite 4 Star recruits committing to the Spartans. But Tuck isn't done, with a high energy weekend of official visits, the likes of which East Lansing has never seen before. We cover that, developments in the coaching staff in Basketball and Softball, and then take your Twitter questions. Join us on Twitter and (a probably Shartvert run) Instagram @Spartan_Pod.
It's a long episode, but we have stuff to talk about! Football recruits and Thomas Kelly are on campus, we announce the winners of the May Twitter competition, and then y'all brought it in the Twitter questions! Join in the conversation next week @Spartan_Pod on Twitter and Instagram.
Campus is gearing up to host a ton of football stars, as well as a new basketball assistant coach. Also, Plum gives us an update on the hockey program as only he can. Then, we take the final round of May Twitter questions, and they do not disappoint. Follow the updates and announcements @Spartan_Pod
Izzo finally gives us closure on the basketball roster, football recruits are on campus, and the conferences are shaking up their divisions. We talk about all that, and take your Twitter questions, on this episode of CRCW! Join in the conversation next week @Spartan_Pod on Twitter.
We talk football and a Rocket Watts sighting before having @JD_Jerbear on to discuss MSU hockey’s new coach, Adam Nightingale. Then we say so long to MSU Softball’s Coach Joseph and speculate if Haller is cleaning house. A jaunt Off Grand River to discuss the elimination of divisions before Week 3 of Twitter Questions Power Rankings. Get in the conversation and follow us on Twitter @spartan_pod
We talk a little hoops, a little graduation, and then dive right into those Twitter questions. It's a fantastic time, and we love the engagement, but we might have to do something about the volume? Anyway, contribute to our problem next week on Twitter & Instagram @Spartan_Pod
Y'all really bring it for week one of May Twitter Questions. Well done! But before that, we talk about happenings in Football, Basketball, and the wider world of sports. Join in the competition next week @Spartan_Pod on Twitter and Instagram
Changes (or lack thereof) are raising concerns with the men's basketball team. We talk about the recent personnel updates, take a look at football, and talk about what's happening off Grand River. Then, just for the fun of it, we take those Twitter questions. Join in next week as we kick off the Twitter question competition @Spartan_Pod on Twitter and Instagram.
We have a Spring Game to review and a special guest to talk about the Spartan Hockey program. @JD_JerBear joins the podcast to share his insights, and talk about the coaching search. Then it's one of the final tune ups before we embark on the Summer Twitter question competition. Join in next week @Spartan_Pod on Instagram and Twitter.
The 2022 football spring game is this Saturday at 2pm in Spartan Stadium. We preview the team, talk about the game format, and weigh in on the current state of the program. Then, we talk about Men's Basketball Associate Head Coach Dwayne Stevens leaving MSU to take the top job at Western, and then we take your Twitter questions. Join in next week @Spartan_Pod on Twitter and Instagram.
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We celebrate success for MSU Gymnastics and discuss lingering questions around MSU Basketball and Football, including Max Christie’s future and lack of depth at offensive line. Then we take a great batch of Twitter questions. Participate next week by following @spartan_pod
With Gabe Brown and Marcus Bingham officially leaving the men's hoops program, we take a look at our future expectations of the program. Then we transition to spring football talk, take a walk off Grand River, and take your Twitter questions. Join in the conversation @Spartan_Pod on Twitter and Instagram.
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The 21' - 22' Men's Basketball season is in the books, with a tight loss to Duke in the Round of 32. We discuss the game, the tournament overall, and the state of the program moving forward. Follow us on Twitter and Instagram @Spartan_Pod
The men's team shows more grit than expected in the B10 Tournament, but what does that mean for The Big Dance? We talk about that, meeting up with a familiar friend against Davidson, and a familiar foe with Duke. Want to join the conversation? Find us on Twitter and Instagram at Spartan_Pod
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The men's basketball team continues to be who the men's basketball team is, dropping two demoralizing road games in Ann Arbor and Columbus, before managing a 10 point victory on senior night. We talk about the team, look forward to the rematch against Maryland in the Big Ten Tournament, and take your Twitter questions. Join in the conversation next week @Spartan_Pod on Twitter and Instagram.
MSU gets housed at Iowa but then rebounds to knock off top 5 Purdue at Breslin. What is there to make of this team? We talk about it, look ahead to the final week of the 2021-2022 regular season, and then take your Twitter questions. Follow us on Twitter and Instagram @Spartan_Pod
It's been an embarrassing week for the MSU basketball team, as well as other programs around the league. We look back at the games that were, forward to this week's tilts against Iowa and Purdue, and take a stroll off Grand River. Then, as always, we take your Twitter questions.
Join in next week @Spartan_pod.
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We talk about the state of the men's hoops team, catch up with football, and take a look at other happenings in the wider world of MSU sports. Then we preview this week's games against Penn State and Illinois, and take your Twitter questions. Join in next week @Spartan_pod.
After squeaking out a less than impressive win against Maryland, the men's hoops team gets trounced at Rutgers. Though, nothing is as embarrassing at Mitch Albom's latest column. Meanwhile, football recruiting continues it's momentum, and we preview this week's games against Wisconsin and Indiana. Follow us on Twitter and Instagram @Spartan_Pod
MSU men's basketball defeats Michigan at home, and drops a close game on the road at Illinois. We recap the games, look forward to this week's east coast swing, and look at what's happening in the football program. Follow us on Twitter and Instagram @Spartan_Pod.
Joined this week by John Kirby of The Only Podcast, we talk about a decisive victory on the road against Wisconsin, discuss the activity on the current and future football rosters, and ready ourselves for the meat of the basketball schedule. And maybe it's actually hate week this time? We'll see. Anyway, we cover it all, and then take those Twitter questions. Join in next time @Spartan_Pod on Twitter and Instagram.
The men's hoops team has a couple lackluster outings, including a home loss to Northwestern. We break down the games, look at personell changes in football, and preview this week's trip to Madison. Then, we take your Twitter questions! Join us on Twitter and Instagram @Spartan_Pod
It's been an eventful week (in that there were fewer events than expected) for the men's hoops squad. We cover the game that was played, the game that was not, and look at the schedule ahead. We preview those matches against Minnesota and Northwestern, take a look at personnel moves on the football team, and take your Twitter questions. Join the conversation next week @Spartan_Pod on Instagram and Twitter.
Your 11 win Michigan State football team are Peach Bowl champs! We discuss that, review the basketball games against High Point and Northwestern, and talk about what directions this team is trending. We also preview matches against Nebraska and UofM. And finally, as always, we take your Twitter questions. Join the conversation next time on Twitter and Instagram @Spartan_Pod
Two thirds of the podcast have COVID! We talk about that, cover the MSU basketball win against Oakland, preview the Peach Bowl against Pitt, and take your Twitter questions. Join in the conversation next week @Spartan_Pod on Twitter and Instagram
Mel Tucker welcomes in the 2022 recruiting class. We run through the highlights, preview the upcoming men's basketball game against Oakland, revisit the current COVID landscape across sports, and take your Twitter questions. Join the conversation on Twitter and Instagram @Spartan_Pod
Kenneth Walker is the running back of the year, and MSU's first Walter Camp Award winner! It comes with an amazing trophy. Look it up. We talk about the football team's various honors, break down a couple of B10 hoops wins, and take your Twitter questions. Join our bowl pick-em, as well as the conversation @Spartan_Pod on Twitter and Instagram.
Your 10-2 MSU Football team is headed to Atlanta to take on the ACC Champion Pittsburgh Panthers, Mens basketball defends the B10's honor with a win against Lousiville, and Captain of the Club Water Polo Team, Zach Sneathen, stops by to talk about their national championship season. Then, as always, we take your Twitter questions. Join in the conversation on Twitter and Instagram @Spartan_Pod
MSU football defeats Penn State, completing a 10-2 regular season and celebrating with snow angels. Meanwhile, the men’s basketball team came up short against Baylor in the Bad Boy Mowers Battle for Atlantis tournament championship game. We break down the games, look forward to the B1G/ACC matchup against Louisville, and watch the coaching carousel fly off the rails. Join in the conversation next week on Twitter and Instagram @Spartan_Pod
Take these pills and forget Ohio State, because the Land Grant Trophy is on the line! We look back for a moment, then shift our gaze to the week of sports ahead. Penn State, Battle for Atlantis, & demons in a bottle. Then, as always, we laugh to save from crying with your Twitter questions. Join in the conversation next week on Twitter and Instagram @Spartan_Pod
The Spartan Football Team improves to 9-1 on the season, with a convincing(?) win over Maryland. Basketball shows mixed results, dropping the Champions Classic but rebounding(!) against WMU. We break down the games, look forward to the clash against OSU on Saturday, and take your Twitter questions. Join in the conversation next week @Spartan_Pod on Twitter and Instagram.
It’s a pod divided in response to MSU’s first loss of the season to Purdue. It takes getting all the way to your awesome Twitter Questions to reach reconciliation. In between we preview the start of men’s basketball with DK of spartanhoops.com as we get ready to tip off the season with the Champion’s Classic against Kansas. Oh and we chat about the upcoming football game against Maryland. Join in the conversation next week by following @spartan_pod on Twitter and Instagram.
MSU defeats Michigan in a match for the ages! We discuss the game, the externalities, and the path forward. Then we talk about the basketball scrimmage against Ferris, give a tip of the cap to the Women's soccer team, and take your twitter questions. Join in the conversation this week @Spartan_Pod on Twitter and Instagram.
Midway through the season, headed into an undefeated, Top 10 matchup against Michigan, we bring on Matt Sheehan (@sheehan_sports) to talk through all the fears we have about a team we’re all hoping is great. After a whole segment of reverse jinx psychology, we preview the game against U of M - Ann Arbor before taking your Twitter Questions. If you’d like to join the conversation next week, you can find us at @spartan_pod on Twitter and Instagram.
MSU notches another B10 road win, reclaiming the Ole Brass Spittoon from the Hoosiers. We discuss the game, take a breath as we look forward to the bye week, and speculate about the LSU opening and Mel Tucker's future. Then, as always, we take your Twitter questions. Join in the conversation next week @spartan_pod on Twitter and Instagram.
MSU football secures its third Power 5 road win of the season, and is now ranked AP #10 in the land. We talk about the massive offensive output from Payton Thorne, Jalen Nailor, and Kenneth Walker III against Rutgers, look ahead to next week's game at Indiana (forks down!), and take your Twitter questions. Join in the conversation on Twitter and Instagram @Spartan_Pod
Your Michgan State Spartans are 5-0 and ranked #11 in the polls. We talk about the game against Western Kentucky, Mel Tucker’s new branding initiatives, look ahead to Rutgers, and break down the basketball open practice. Then, as always, we take your Twitter questions. Join in the conversation @Spartan_Pod on Twitter and Instagram.
MSU defeats the Nebraska Cornhuskers in overtime, advancing to 4-0 on the season and 2-0 in conference play. We break down the game, preview the WKU Hilltoppers (for homecoming!), and take your Twitter questions. Stay engaged with us on Twitter and Instagram @Spartan_Pod
MSU demonstrates its talents in South Beach, notching an impressive road victory against Miami. Kenneth Walker looms large over the B10, but there are still some questions in the defensive secondary. We break it all down, look ahead to this week's night game against The Cornhuskers, and take your Twitter questions. Keep engaged with us on Twitter and Instagram @Spartan_Pod.
The guys take a more measured look back at the YSU game, discuss United Wholesale Mortgage's NIL deal with football and men's basketball, and preview the upcoming match against a reeling Miami team. Then, as always, we take those twitter questions. Join us in conversation on Twitter AND INSTAGRAM @Spartan_Pod.
It's a CRCW reacts spectacular! The game, the tailgate, the ticket adventure. We talk give our initial impressions, live and in person. You can join us on Twitter @Spartan_Pod.
The 2021 MSU football team secures a convincing road victory over Northwestern, Kenneth Walker III makes the most of his debut, MSU has its twentieth athletic director, and we preview next week’s game against Youngstown State. Join us for the tailgate, or join in the conversation @Spartan_Pod
It's game week for MSU Football. We talk about team updates (as vague as they may be), preview the game against Northwestern (also kinda vague), and talk about the three conference alliance against the SEC (perhaps the most vague yet!). Then we get into the details with Twitter questions! Ask us about the game next week @Spartan_Pod.
As the 2021 football season draws near we break down the MSU football offensive unit. Get to know the new guys, familiarize yourself with the transfers, and discover who's still on the team. Also, we react to some rumors out of the Athletic Department, and then break down those Twitter Questions. Care to join in the conversation next week, when we preview Northwestern? Join us @Spartan_Pod
MSU Senior James Piot wins the US Amateur (and Tom Izzo declares us a Golf School), we talk football and basketball camps, preview the 2021 MSU Spartan Defensive unit, and formally announce the Official CRCW Youngstown State Tailgate (be there!). Then, as always, we take those Twitter questions. Join in next week @Spartan_Pod
Tuck coming (for your recruits), Tom Izzo gets in on the action with the point guard of the future, MSU begins the formal process of finding a new Athletic Director, and we preview Special Teams. We talk about it all, and take your twitter questions. Oh, and Plum decided to make time for us this week. You can join us next week @Spartan_Pod.
Football season it right around the corner! We talk about recruiting, the latest on conference realignment, Aaron Henry's landing place in the NBA/G League, and casually drop that it's our 99th episode. Super cool. Then, as always, we open it up to Twitter Questions. Join in next week, our 99+1th episode @Spartan_Pod
B1G media days with some great quotes. A 4-Star commit from Antonio Gates, Jr. And the Big 12 is imploding because the SEC is trying to go casual Thanos. Oh and Tom Izzo added some PWOs because…??? There’s a lot to get into - join us in the conversation on Twitter @spartan_pod
Speculate! Wildly! B10 Media days are next week, there's rumors of a shakeup in the athletics administration, and we get some insight on football recruiting in the City of Detroit. We discuss it all, and of course, take those Twitter questions. Join in next week @Spartan_Pod.
There are several things happening in football, not much going on in basketball, and everyone exhales after a very tense 9 week Twitter competition. Join in the conversation next week @Spartan_Pod
A future MSU QB has success at the Elite 11, a future Spartan DB joins the fold, and the Broncos buck the schedule. Also, we reveal the winners of the CRCW Summer Twitter Competition all at once and definitely don't draw it out over the episode at all. Want to join in the conversation next week? Follow us @Spartan_Pod
Lots of news this week, with three football commits, a new member of the staff, and a Supreme Court unanimous decision. Then, at long last, the final week of the summer Twitter question competition. Who fought with a vim, and who turned out to be a chap? Also, waiting for the stakes to get lowered before jumping into the discussion? Join next week @Spartan_pod
It's the second to last week of CRCW Community Twitter competitions! But first, we talk about MSU football recruitin', ASU trouble brewin', and Mike Jones dad day rootin'-tootin'!
Join us next week - the final week! - in our summer Twitter competition @Spartan_pod.
MSU football lands another Georgia recruit, updates on the men's hoop team, and the College Football Playoff is trending toward 12 team. Then, some updates on the CRCW summer twitter competition (there's been a mutiny!). Find out what lies in store, and join in next week, @Spartan_pod
On this week's episode we get into Mel Tucker finally getting guys on campus, the Coach K Celebration Tour, Jim Harbaugh talking, and the NFL's use of "race-norming" as it relates to concussion settlements. Of course, we got into your Twitter Questions as the Summer Power Ranking contest continues.
It's not too late to hop in on the action. Got a few questions? Send'em to @spartan_pod for next week's show.
It's a semi-live episode of CRCW, where Jonesy and Plum huddle around a mic in Jersey, keeping the fireball flowing. Vegas weighs in on the football season, OSU's tea gets spilled, and we dedicate the rest of the runtime to Twitter questions. The competition is getting fierce, so join in next week @spartan_pod.
This week on Can't Read, Can't Write: Michael Jones disparages Vernors, Grooch is (mercifully) removed from ad reads, and Plum identifies the most neurotic cohost (his choice will surprise you! The rest of the podcast hates it! Like and subscribe!).
Twitter questions are a doozy, as always, join in the competition next week @spartan_pod.
This week we talk about Tom Izzo's scholarship situation, the arrival of football transfers, and the march of the women's golf team. Off Grand River, we dive into the findings of the WilmerHale report at the University of Michigan concerning the sexual misconduct of Robert Anderson and the university's response (segment ends at about 1:04:15). Then! It's week three of the summer Twitter questions, and y'all kicked it up a level! Join in the competition next week @spartan_pod.
It's week two of May Twitter questions, and folks brought it! We cover the news in Spartan athletics, take a stroll off grand river, and then dive into the submissions. It's never too late to join in the conversation @Spartan_Pod.
It's not a great week in MSU sports, in spite of no games being played. We talk about the end of Football's NFL draft streak, Emoni Bates deciding to reopen his recruitment, and the general path forward for MSU's two highest profile programs. Then, it's week 1 of May Twitter questions! Join in the competition next week @spartan_pod
This week on Can't Read Can't Write: We celebrate the women's golf team, break down every aspect of the spring football scrimmage, and then we open the conversation to Twitter questions. Join in next week @Spartan_Pod
This week on Can't Read, Can't Write: Thomas Kithier takes a bow, spring football practice is in full swing, and Plum get's directly asked, like, a thousand twitter questions. Join in the 'conversation' next week @Spartan_Pod
This week: after 10 years Dave Fife has left the basketball coaching staff, we preview the football defense, talk about the market might of the NCAA, and then take your Twitter questions. Want to join in the conversation next week (or the following) @Spartan_Pod. Oh, and huge thank you to cherished listener and friend of the pod, BList for the new look artwork (with a classic CRCW aesthetic flourish).
We discuss Rocket Watts’ transfer and additional changes to the hoops roster before previewing the MSU Football offense in Spring Ball. Off Grand River we cover the Alston Case, Roy Williams, Drew Valentine, and Jordan Bohannon’s ransom attempts. And of course, we take your Twitter Questions. Participate next week by following @spartan_pod on Twitter
Spring football is in the air, and there are significant changes to the 2021 depth chart. We talk about the departures and new additions on the gridiron and hardwood, touch on current events across sports, and take your Twitter questions. Join in next week @spartan_pod.
MSU falls to UCLA in overtime, and the season is over. We talk about the game, the path forward, and what's happening at the women's tournament. Want to get into it with us? Reach out on Twitter @Spartan_pod
The NCAA committee wants to kick its tournament off with a bang, placing MSU in a first-four game against UCLA! We talk about the tournament, preview upcoming games against the Bruins and potentially BYU, and take your Twitter questions. Join in next week @spartan_pod
MSU basketball has a massive week: helping Indiana crumble, dropping one against UM, but then notching its third top five win in two weeks. We break down the games, take a look at what this team is capable of moving forward, and chat about your Twitter questions. Join the conversation @Spartan_Pod
Spartan basketball has remembered that it's supposed to win, with huge upsets against Illinois and Ohio State, then a slight reversion to the mean against Maryland. We talk about the games, Grech eats a little crow, and we look at the matchups ahead, including NCAA Tournament prospects. Then we open up community discussion with Twitter questions. Join in next week @Spartan_Pod
MSU got a facelift: finding a fresh way to lose (Purdue) and win (Indiana). The guys break down the games, look forward to this week's three matches, and discuss the first (we think?) MSU/UM intrastate football transfer. Then, as always, we take your Twitter questions. Join next week @Spartan_pod
The guys discuss the week that was in basketball (which gets Plum a little worked up) and developments in the football transfer portal. Then they take a walk Off Grand River, preview games against Purdue and Indiana, and tackle your Twitter questions. Join the conversation next week @Spartan_pod
MSU Hoops miss an opportunity at Iowa but get right against Nebraska. We break down what happened, and look ahead to Penn State and Iowa (again). We also discuss football signing day, recruiting rankings, and transfer portal roulette. Then, as always, we take your Twitter questions. Join us next week @Spartan_pod
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MSU hoops return to the hardwood, suffering a humiliating defeat to Rutgers and a demoralizing loss at Ohio State. We wallow in our own filth, talk about what's gone wrong with the team, and look ahead to games against Iowa and Nebraska. Then we lighten the mood with Twitter questions.
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MSU Basketball takes an unintended break, Coach Tucker gives insight into the future of the football program, and the big Spartan in charge unilaterally decimates UM athletics (for two weeks). Then, as always, a great week in Twitter Questions. Join in the conversation @Spartan_Pod
MSU hoops has the COVID, so we focus on other happenings around East Lansing. These include football personnel actions and a recovering lawyer's deep dive on the Women's Swimming & Dive Title IX accusations. Then we stroll off Grand River to discuss what happens when writers have skeletons in their own closets, and NCAA passing the buck on name, image, and likeness. Then, as always, we take those Twitter questions. Join next week @Spartan_Pod
MSU men's hoops have a big win against The Rutger, but get the trots against the Boilermakers. We break down those games, preview upcoming tilts against Iowa and Indiana, and talk goings-ons in the wider world of college athletics. Then, as always, we take those twitter questions. Join in the conversation next week @spartan_pod
It's worst of times, mediocre-est of times for MSU basketball, but there's a path forward at point guard. We discuss the loss to Minnesota, the win against Nebraska, and preview games agains Rutgers and Purdue. Then we take a stroll off Grand River, and answer your Twitter questions. Join in next week @Spartan_Pod
MSU hoops falls to Wisconsin on Christmas, there's continued activity in the football transfer portal, we preview games against Minnesota and Nebraska, the podcast crew reflects on the holidays, and then take your Twitter questions. Join next week @spartan_pod.
MSU suffers defeat at the hands of Northwestern on the hardwood, football is over for the year but Mel Tucker signs his first class, and the the college football playoff is a mess. We discuss it all, preview the Christmas Day game against Wisconsin, and take your Twitter questions. Join us in the conversation next week @spartan_pod.
We dive into a loss to Penn State that felt more comforting than it should, consider if we should remain cautiously optimistic about this basketball team, and spend some time Off Grand River dealing with Coach K's tears, stupid severances, and Sarah Fuller being awesome. We of course preview a basketball game against Northwestern and a football game against Maryland before taking your Twitter Questions. Want to get in on the questions? Follow us on Twitter @spartan_pod
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It's been a full week of sports! We recap three basketball games - including Coach Izzo's first win at Cameron Indoor against Duke - and a cogent football loss to OSU. Then we take a look ahead to basketball games against Virginia and Oakland, and preview this week's tilt for the Land Grant Trophy (Glory!). Finally, as always, we take those Twitter questions. Join in the conversation next week @Spartan_Pod
Mel Tucker notches a win against a top 10 Northwestern team, Foster Loyer drops bombs on EMU, and Notre Dame gets more of the same (though it was more of a team effort. Not just Foster. We wanted to rhyme 'Dame' with something, roll with it). Next, we preview the week's matches against Duke, Detroit Mercy, Western, and maaaaaybe OSU? And then, as always, we take those Twitter questions. Join in next week @Spartan_Pod.
We break down a successful football bye week, preview the upcoming basketball season and games against EMU & Notre Dame, take a look at a best-of-the-west Northwestern team, take a stroll off Grand River, and then answer your Twitter questions. Join us next week @Spartan_Pod.
It was a rough week on the gridiron, as MSU gets properly forked by the Hoosiers. Friend of the pod, Jeremy Dewar (@JD_JerBear), stops by to talk hockey, and we speculate about the future of college basketball. Then we take your Twitter questions. Join in the conversation @spartan_pod.
Rivalry week has arrived; the battle for the Ole Brass Spittoon! We break down what happened last weekend, do a blood sacrifice to the COVID gods on Izzo's behalf, and talk about those candy cane striped yokel hoosiers down in Bloomington. Then, as always we take (fewer of) your Twitter questions. Join in the discussion last week @Spartan_Pod.
And so, a triumphant Spartan Football Club has reclaimed the Paul Bunyan trophy from rival Michigan! We talk about the game, what it means for Mel Tucker’s program, what it reveals about the Wolverines, and look forward to Iowa. Then, friend of the pod Wil Hunter stops by to talk scheme (the MSU Twitter crossover even you’ve been waiting for!), and then we take your Twitter Questions. One of which overwhelms Plum entirely. Join in the discussion next week @Spartan_Pod
In an act of generosity, MSU turns to the B10 and says, "Look at little Rutgers, there, they work so hard. Maybe we let them win just this once." ESPN says, "Hey, MSU basketball, all of your scheduled games are canceled." A message that Bill Beekman simply forwards to Men's Swim and Dive with the GIF from The Sandlot where the police man dramatically says, "For-Ev-Er"
So, it was a good week! Anything you want to say about it? Reach out @Spartan_pod
Football is here! We preview this week's game against B10 foe Rutgers (!!!), preview MSU special teams, talk about developments in the basketball program, and take your Twitter questions.
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We preview the MSU Defense, talk about basketball captains (and what it all means), shame Wichita State, and then take your Twitter questions. Next week it's Special Teams and a Rutgers game preview! Want to join in the conversation? Message us @Spartan_Pod
MSU football is three weeks from kickoff! We preview the offense and cover OC Jay Johnson's press conference, talk MSU basketball non-conference schedules, dabble in SEC excellence, and then take your Twitter questions. Next week we'll cover the MSU defense, if you have any question ask us @Spartan_Pod.
In a Plum-less episode, Grech and Jonesy apologize for the last episode but then proceed to tell you, their listeners, to kick rocks. Then they hyped for upcoming football season, wonder about bubble-less basketball, promote some Scott Frost Snake Oil (rebranded), throw cheap shots at MSU columnists, and of course answer your Twitter Questions. Want to get in on the action? Follow @spartan_pod on Twitter. Please consider smashing that subscribe button. Go Green!
It's a CRCW (semi) live show! Mike and Grech podcast across a basement, with Plum joining via the World Wide Web.
And it gets sloppy.
We talk about the B10 football season, recruiting, and JUSTICE. Then we take your Twitter questions. Join in next week @spartan_pod.
B1G football news out of Chicago, the Spartans will be taking the gridiron! Oh, and if that weren't enough, news on the basketball front, as well. What a day, what a day!
We talk football, rapid testing, media hot takes, and more! So talk sports with us @Spartan_Pod
College basketball speculation abounds, Suzy Merchant is keeping the Breslin recruiting fire raging, and the first week of college football is in the bag. We discuss all of it, and take your Twitter questions. Join in the discussion next week @Spartan_pod!
It's football recruiting season, basketball is talking bubbles, college campuses across the country have more and more COVID on their hands, and we take your Twitter questions. Join us next week @Spartan_pod.
Frequent CRCW contributor Alex Plum joins us all episode! We talk football recruiting successes and conspiracies, college basketball bubble logistics, B1G football parents, and the developing story of social injustice boycotts. Join us next week @Spartan_Pod.
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B10 fall sports are officially postponed, MSU receives verbal commitments in football and basketball, Tillman TED talks about his NBA transition, and we take your Twitter questions. Follow us @Spartan_Pod
Frequent CRCW contributor and public health expert Alex Plum joins the podcast to discuss all the happenings in college athletics. We talk about the exhausting weekend that was, public health in general, and how it relates to college athletics. Then, as always, we take your Twitter questions. Join the discussion on Twitter @Spartan_pod
MSU finally knows what its future roster will look like with Xavier Tillman electing to remain in the NBA draft and Aaron Henry deciding to return to East Lansing. We also talk about college football in East Lansing and on the west coast, and continue the conversation surrounding treatment of student athletes. Then, as always, we take your Twitter questions. Join in the conversation @Spartan_pod.
MSU football is team building in COVID isolation, recruits are making decisions, and the MLB & NBA are desperately trying to put sports on TV for your eyeballs. Oh, and it's the final week of July Twitter questions, and definitely nothing worthwhile or interesting happens at all don't worry about it, LOL, you might as well not listen because we definitely don't have a special guest or anything. Let us know what you think @spartan_pod
There are goings ons in football and basketball, as well as traction on the Name Image and Likeness front. Then we get into your third week of July Twitter questions. Join us next week, THE FINAL WEEK, @ Spartan_Pod
The Big Ten Conference has chosen its method for kicking the can down the road, the Washington football team finally confronts the can its been kicking, and we have week TWO of July Twitter questions. Join in the conversation next week @Spartan_Pod
MSU Basketball recruiting is keeping energy levels high, the tea leaves are starting to spell doom for fall sports, and it's the first week of July Twitter Power Rankings! Join in the conversation @Spartan_Pod
Tom Izzo lands the biggest recruit of his career - assuming he makes it to East Lansing. We talk about Emoni as a player and what it means for the program. Then we discuss how Mel Tucker is deciding to spend time with his team, make a couple jokes at Harper's expense, and take your Twitter questions. Next week is July Twitter madness! Join us in the discussion @spartan_pod
This week we talk about the failure to launch several (mostly southern) football camps, continued social change across college sports and the nation, MSU football and basketball recruiting, strange happenings in B10 hoops transfers, and your Twitter questions. Please join us in the discussion @Spartan_Pod
MSU student athletes are lining up (6 ft apart!) for their COVID tests, the winds shift slightly in '21 basketball recruiting, and we allow ourselves to believe sports will actually come back. Then, of course, we take your twitter questions. As always, you're welcome to join in the conversation @spartan_pod.
We talk about the continuing societal and pandemic ('pandemical'?) changes across the sports landscape and closer to home. Oh, and Curtis Blackwell generated some more headlines this week. Then we announce the winner of the May Twitter power rankings, and take your questions for the week. To join in the conversation, follow us @Spartan_pod
MSU is going back in the fall, Michigan is opening up this weekend (with restrictions, obvi), but these are still very uneasy times. Can't Read, Can't Write broadens it's scope, as we discuss societal injustice and other topics of the day. Then we lighten the mood with your Twitter questions. Thank you for the Twitter questions.
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Joshua Langford means to return to MSU basketball, Football has a decommitment, Curtis Blackwell gets an update on his case, and we take final week of May Twitter Questions.
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Football recruiting may have hit a bump, Xavier TIllman says he's 50/50, intra-B10 basketball transfers heat up, and it's the second to last week of May Twitter questions.
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You demanded it, so we asked CRCW contributor Alex Plum to join us as a cohost to talk the week's news and then answer your twitter questions. Would you like to participate next week? Follow us @spartan_pod Also, please tune in to MSU virtual commencement on Saturday, May 16th at 10am EST on Facebook and MSU.edu to support the class of 2020.
The podcast starts with some heavy topics that need to be examined, but then we’re joined by Tara Stafford for a more lighthearted discussion of sorting the B10 schools and May Twitter questions week one!
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MSU football has players drafted for the 80th consecutive year, Aaron Henry flirts with the NBA, and it's the final week of April Twitter Power Rankings!
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Mel Tucker is adding to '21 Built Strong , Tom Izzo has some things to say about the NCAA transfer situation, Juwan Howard has a rough week in recruiting, and we have the penultimate week of April Twitter Power Rankings. The questions are varied and fantastic.
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Mel Tucker starts getting his guys, MLB talks about shaking it up, the XFL takes a bow, Jim Harbaugh says things into a microphone, and we continue the April Twitter competition. If you'd like to participate next week as we enter the home stretch, just follow us @spartan_pod.
We talk about football and basketball recruiting, developments in the Curtis Blackwell case, transfers across the B10, and week 3 of Twitter power rankings. If you'd like to participate next week, just follow us @spartan_pod.
We talk about Mel Tucker's public outreach, Xavier Tillman is testing the NBA waters, and we have Twitter power rankings: Week 2. If you'd like to participate next week, just follow us @spartan_pod.
We have MSU related topics to discuss! The football staff flexes its social media savvy, there were developments in the Curtis Blackwell case, and we get some clarity around NCAA eligibility concerns for winter and spring sport student athletes. Then, as always, we take your twitter questions. Care to participate in those? Just follow us @spartan_pod.
We find ways to talk MSU: coaches salaries and Cassius on SportsCenter. We deep dive on Curtis Blackwell’s latest allegations. And of course, tackle your Twitter questions. Follow us on Twitter @spartan_pod and a special shout out to @louislyndon31 for your backyard wrestling needs.
The NCAA and Big Ten Tournaments are canceled for public health reasons. Basketball careers have been tragically cut short. We talk about it, we mourn the loss, and we look forward. Please follow us on Twitter at @Spartan_Pod
Grech decides vacation is more important than the pod, so @plumalex joins Mike for a lo-fi edition of Can’t Read, Can’t Write. They chat back to back to back Big Ten Championships, the Mel Tucker Brinks Truck, and Coronavirus. The show wraps with a preview the Big Ten Tournament and answers to your Twitter questions. Follow us on Twitter @spartan_pod.
We talk about a big road win at Maryland, the scope of the B10 title race, a fully formed football staff, take a stroll Off Grand River®, consider your Twitter questions, and wax-poetic about the seniors. Please follow us on Twitter at @Spartan_Pod
Mel Tucker is (kinda?) in buy mode, there was a Hoiberg family reunion in Lincoln, MSU basketball has Iowa and Maryland this week, we take your Twitter questions, and more! Please follow us on Twitter at @Spartan_Pod
We tell a tale of two teams: Illinois and Maryland, talk about the early days of Mel Tucker, have a look at developments in the Curtis Blackwell case, take your Twitter questions, and more! Please follow us on Twitter at @Spartan_Pod
After eight trying days the search is over - MSU has its 25th head football coach. We discuss the hiring of Mel Tucker, talk about the future of the program, and look back at the search process. Please follow us on Twitter at @Spartan_Pod
We pull out the red yarn and start mapping out MSU’s coaching search after we were rejected by Luke Fickell. Basketball extends its losing streak at Crisler Center. XFL makes its debut. We answer your Twitter questions. And of course preview the week ahead. Please follow us on Twitter at @Spartan_Pod
It's an emergency podcast! Mark Dantonio has stepped down as head football coach. We reflect on the Dantonio legacy, talk about the circumstances, touch on the rumors, and look ahead at the possibilities. Please follow us on Twitter at @Spartan_Pod
We talk about first half deficits, football signing week, media coverage from The Detroit News, Michigan hate week part II, answer your Twitter questions, and more. Please follow us on Twitter at @Spartan_Pod
We talk basketball, football, current sporting events, and Twitter questions. Please follow us on Twitter at @Spartan_Pod
Cassius Winston breaks the B10 career assist record in a (now routine) win against Wisconsin, Mark Dantonio sits in a room for 6 hours (but it's not enough), MLB scandal, can 12 B10 teams go to the dance (no), a preview of Indiana and Minnesota, and your we take your Twitter questions. Please follow us on Twitter at @Spartan_Pod
We cover that game against Purdue, MSU football is in the (Detroit) News, take a stroll off Grand River, discuss your twitter questions, and preview Wisconsin. Please follow us on Twitter at @Spartan_Pod
MSU gives UM & Illinois the business, Mark Dantonio doesn't care what you think, we look around the league in B10 basketball, preview Minnesota and Purdue, and answer your Twitter questions. Please follow us on Twitter @Spartan_Pod Also, subscribe to https://www.youtube.com/user/MSUAndyHRCMB/
MSU defeats Wake Forest in the Pinstripe Bowl, Basketball has Illinois and Michigan this week, Minnesota is rowing the boat, North American beer preferences, and we answer your Twitter questions. Please follow us on Twitter @Spartan_Pod
Eastern Michigan gets Henry'd & Loyer'd, we defend your least popular opinions, preview Bronco basketball & Demon Deacon football, and take your Twitter questions. Please follow us on Twitter @Spartan_Pod
National Signing Day, the ground rules for contacting recruits through social media (do not), basketball shooting woes (but a road win!), hockey keeps us warm like a coquito, challenging Twitter questions, and previews of games to come. Please follow us @Spartan_Pod National Suicide Prevention Hotline: 1-800-273-8255 Crisis Text Line: text HOME to 741741
MSU football is headed to the Big Apple, Rutgers was in town for a B10 basketball brawl, @JD_Jerbear stops by to talk hockey, a look at the basketball week ahead, your twitter questions, and more. Follow us on Twitter @spartan_pod
A football post-mortem, we fret (mildly) about basketball, a tour of the coaching carousel, Rutgers getting more mentions than they deserve, and Jones coughs a lot.
Rutgers is a football vaccine, Maui vacation does not go as planned, U of M has a massive game, we talk to a special guest, tell you what happened against UCLA (before its happened), answer your twitter questions, remind you to get $6 Maryland tickets, and more! Follow us on Twitter @Spartan_Pod
Trounced by Michigan, Mark Dantonio says “I’ll be back,” Minnesota gets dropped by (should-have-been-unranked) Iowa, Twitter questions, and previews of Rutgers, Virginia Tech, & Dayton/Georgia. Twitter: @spartan_pod
We start somber, recap a basketball victory and a football collapse, reconsider everything we thought we knew about the B10 West, discuss NCAA sanctions, preview Seton Hall and Michigan, answer your twitter questions, offer a promo for our real sponsor, and of course read some ad copy for not-a-sponsors.
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Covering the MSU football bye-week featuring injuries and suspensions, big time basketball at the Garden, Twitter questions, and previews of Illinois and Binghamton.
Do we dare utter 'Same ole Spartans'? Michigan gets an (irrelevant) signature win. The XFL is a golden parachute. The NCAA says pay for play. Twitter questions. Steven Izzo new Club Trill. Kentucky preview (and sponsorship!).
We cover more ground than you would expect on a bye week, including: transfers, tragedy, the transitive property, Twitter questions, and more.
Topics include: Fallout from the Wisconsin game (including Dantonio career longevity and reactions from the fanbase), Off Grand River segment with China/NBA chat and Twitter questions from the loyal CRCW community, and a preview of the pre-season #1 MSU basketball team.
Also, one of our hosts misinterprets a Twitter handle.
Kevin and Mike plow through the Green Wall and go after Spartan Twitter's overreactions - Off Grand River segments including Curtis Blackwell, Art Briles, and the Rutgers head football job - Kansas Basketball embraces the villain role - Looking forward to Wisconsin
Topics:
Covering the MSU/Indiana game
Discussing Ohio State
Big Ten Media Days
California's Fair Pay to Play Act