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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 And also! We'd like to hear your feedback about the pod: https://forms.gle/oR4QNBq9SY...

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.  Also! We'd like to hear your feedback about the pod: https://forms.gle/oR4QNBq9SYLMoa7n7

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 th...

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 Ques...

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 @Sp...

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 ne...

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...

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! Anyth...

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.  Want to talk about the game? Join us @Spartan_Pod

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...

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.   Oh! And by the way, don't google OnlyFans on your work computer. Sorry if it's too late for that.