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. Follow us on Twitter and Instagram @spartan_pod and on Bluesky @spartanpod to join in the conversation next week. And watch again on YouTube at https://youtube.com/@spartan_pod
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. Follow us on Twitter and Instagram @spartan_pod and on Bluesky @spartanpod to join in the conversation next week. And watch again on YouTube at https://youtube.com/@spartan_pod
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. And watch again on YouTube at https://youtube.com/@spartan_pod
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. Watch again on YouTube at https://youtube.com/@spartan_pod
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. And watch again on YouTube at https://youtube.com/@spartan_pod
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. Join in the conversation next week @Spartan_Pod on Twitter and Instagram And watch again on YouTube at https://youtube.com/@spartan_pod
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. Join in the conversation next week @Spartan_Pod on Twitter and Instagram And watch again on YouTube at https://youtube.com/@spartan_pod
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! Join in the conversation next week @Spartan_Pod on Twitter and Instagram And watch again on YouTube at https://youtube.com/@spartan_pod
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. Join in the conversation next week @Spartan_Pod on Twitter and Instagram And watch again on YouTube at https://youtube.com/@spartan_pod
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. Join in the conversation next week @Spartan_Pod on Twitter and Instagram And watch again on YouTube at https://youtube.com/@spartan_pod
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. Join in the conversation next week @Spartan_Pod on Twitter and Instagram And watch again on YouTube at https://youtube.com/@spartan_pod
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 Join in the conversation next week @Spartan_Pod on Twitter and Instagram And watch again on YouTube at https://youtube.com/@spartan_pod
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. Join in the conversation next week @Spartan_Pod on Twitter and Instagram And watch again on YouTube at https://youtube.com/@spartan_pod
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. Join in the conversation next week @Spartan_Pod on Twitter and Instagram And watch again on YouTube at https://youtube.com/@spartan_pod
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. Join in the conversation next week @Spartan_Pod on Twitter and Instagram And watch again on YouTube at https://youtube.com/@spartan_pod
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 And watch again on YouTube at https://youtube.com/@spartan_pod
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. Join in for the last week @Spartan_Pod on X (lol) and Instagram.
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. Join next week, the penultimate, @Spartan_Pod on Twitter or Instagram. And watch again on YouTube at https://youtube.com/@spartan_pod