Couch and The Rube

We answered your many, many Twitter questions – most of them on Michigan State basketball, the future of MSU's program under Izzo, what's fair to expect, whether the program will ever rise to elite status again, the hopes for the rest of this season and more. Plus, questions on MSU football, whatever the heck the Pistons are doing, the Lions, Super Bowl dishes, life and more. And, at the 88-minute...

We dug into our hot takes and yours – on Michigan State basketball, the keys to maximizing this MSU season, the futures of Xavier Booker and Jaxon Kohler, MSU football thoughts, a trade the Pistons should make, the Lions, Super Bowl bets and more.

We answered your Twitter questions – on Michigan State basketball, what this MSU team needs, the coaching, the rotation decisions, how this team compares to others in recent Spartan history, on MSU football and impressions of Jonathan Smith, on the health of MSU's athletic department, on U-M football and hoops, the Lions' future and more.

We dug into our hot takes and yours – beginning with a good conversation on the Lions after a heartbreaking loss in the NFC championship game, their future, our feelings, where criticism is warranted and more. Plus, lot of discussion on Michigan State basketball, Tom Izzo, the construction of the roster and more.

We picked this weekend's Lions-49ers NFC championship game and the AFC game, including Harry Gagnon's favorite prop bets, then spent the rest of the show answering your Twitter questions (23:30) – on MSU basketball, Jim Harbaugh and Michigan football, the Lions and more.

We dug into our hot takes and yours – on the Lions in the NFC championship game, facing the 49ers, Jared Goff's contract, Dan Campbell's place historically, and on the state of Michigan State basketball after a win at Maryland, on Jaxon Kohler's role, Tre Holloman, next year's center position and more, including The Rube surviving being searched on the way back from Mexico.

On a rare Saturday night show, we answered your Twitter questions – on Michigan State's basketball team, its 9-7 start, what the Spartans are still capable of this season, the center position, Coen Carr, and Tom Izzo, and on MSU football and Jonathan Smith, on the Lions' heading into their playoff game against Matthew Stafford and the Rams, and more.

We dug into our hot takes and yours – on Michigan football winning the national championship, how MSU fans feel and how to deal with the Wolverine fan in your life; on Michigan State basketball and whether the loss at Northwestern was really damning; on the Lions' heading into the playoffs and more.

We opened digging into Michigan State basketball's win over Penn State and why the Spartans are playing so well. Then we picked the College Football Playoff national championship game and this week's key NFL games with Harry Gagnon (13:00). Plus we answered your Twitter questions (38:00) – on MSU hoops and football, the Lions and life, which led to a couple stories worth telling.

We dug into our hot takes and yours – on the Lions getting hosed, their playoff chances, whether Jared Goff and Dan Campbell can be a Super Bowl pairing, on what Michigan and Washington in the College Football Playoff told us about where MSU's program is and why the Huskies' and Wolverines' performances are actually encouraging for the Spartans, on MSU basketball entering Big Ten play and more.

In our final show of 2023, we answered your Twitter questions – on MSU basketball and football, the Lions and Pistons, Christmas pet peeves and more (25:00). Then, we flip it around, asking The Rube questions, including prison advice and a retelling of the classic tale, Santa Rube (77:00). Plus, our NFL and College Football Playoff picks with Harry Gagnon (6:00). Merry Christmas to all who celebra...

We dug into our hot takes and yours – on Michigan State basketball's sudden surge in play, on Tre Holloman and Mady Sissoko, Jeremy Fears, Xavier Booker and A.J. Hoggard and Tom Izzo, and on MSU football as Jonathan Smith signs his first class, on the Lions chasing the No. 2 seed in the NFC, on the Pistons, random thoughts around Christmas and more.

We opened by digging into quarterback Aidan Chiles' decision to follow Jonathan Smith from Oregon State to MSU and the controversy over a question posed to Xavier Booker about whether he's considered transferring. Then Harry Gagnon joined us to pick this week's NFL games – along with some Premier League best bets (21:00). Then we answered your Twitter questions on MSU basketball, football, the Lio...

We dug into our hot takes and yours – on MSU's basketball team, Tom Izzo, his recruitment and development of players, not adding a center in the transfer portal, the possibility of not making the NCAA tournament, on MSU football, the Lions and whether to pay Jared Goff (or trade for Matthew Stafford), on the Pistons, defending Lansing, our bad behavior as teenagers and more.

Off the top: We dug into what ails Michigan State's basketball team and how it can possibly be fixed. Then we answered your Twitter questions, mostly on MSU hoops – the roster, decisions, Tom Izzo, etc. – and Spartan football, including QB Aidan Chiles and coaching hires.

We dug into our hot takes and yours – on Michigan State football's situation in the transfer portal, at quarterback and elsewhere, on the College Football Playoff injustices and Michigan's matchup with Nick Saban and Alabama, on the Lions chances the rest of this season, on MSU basketball heading into a big game against Wisconsin, and more.

We opened with our impressions of the Jonathan Smith hire as Michigan State's footbal coach and the challenges ahead for him in building MSU's roster. Then we picked this week's college football championship games and NFL games with Harry (17:00). Before answering your Twitter questions – largely on MSU football and basketball (41:00).

We dug into our hot takes and yours – on Michigan State hiring Jonathan Smith as its football coach, on the hopes and concerns for the Smith era, on the state of MSU basketball after its Thanksgiving loss to Arizona, on Michigan football beating Ohio State, on Ryan Day, the damn Lions and more.

We dug into our hot takes and yours – on Michigan State's basketball team and point guard position, on MSU football's quarterback and coaching search, on Spartan hockey, on Michigan football's spiraling saga and matchup with Ohio State, on the Lions and Jared Goff and more. Plus our football picks with Harry (at the 27:45 mark). Happy Thanksgiving.

We answered your Twitter questions – largely on Michigan State basketball, on the lineup decisions at point guard and center, MSU's early flaws and where this season might be headed, and on Michigan football's cheating saga, as new information comes to light, on MSU football's coaching hire, on the Lions, the Pistons and more.

We dug into our hot takes and yours – on an important early moment for Michigan State's basketball team and several of its players, on Michigan football's Shakespearean tragedy, on the essential end of MSU's football season and hindsight with Sam Leavitt, on MSU's coaching hire, on the Lions, Dan Campbell and more.

We answered your Twitter questions – largely on Michigan State's basketball team, what to make of its first two games, the struggles of several of its veteran players, whether this team has the right mix of players or enough shooting on the roster.

We dug into our hot takes and yours – on Michigan State's win over Nebraska, on QBs Sam Leavitt and Katin Houser, on some other names in MSU football's coaching search, on U-M sign-stealing scandal and what punishment might be coming, on MSU hoops and more.

We answered your Twitter questions – on Connor Stallions, Jim Harbaugh and Michigan and what punishment could come for their apparent brazen stealing of signs, on MSU football's coaching search and Urban Meyer, on MSU's quarterback situation, and on plenty on MSU basketball, too, from the freshmen to likely leading scorers and areas of concern.

We opened talking about the bizarre story of Michigan football staffer Connor Stallions possibly being on Michigan State's sideline, then dug into MSU's QB situation and whether Sam Leavitt is the clear choice to start against Nebraska. Then, on more positive note, what we learned about MSU basketball and MSU's freshmen against Tennessee. Plus, the massive opportunity in front of the Lions and our...