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Ep. 1194: Twitter Question Friday: What does this last week mean for MSU football and basketball?

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Ep. 1193: MSU basketball sends a message in beating Duke; Joe Rexrode on MSU hoops and U-M football

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Ep. 1192: Hot Take Monday: The MSU football win over Michigan that changed the world

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Ep. 1191: Twitter Question Friday: Wait, so is MSU basketball a contender again?

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Ep. 1190: Hot Take Tuesday: MSU basketball's promising night; MSU/U-M football rivalry lacking juice

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Ep. 1189: MSU basketball concerns; Shawn Windsor on Lions, U-M and Pistons; and Twitter Questions

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Ep. 1188: Hot Take Monday: MSU basketball's frontcourt drops the ball and MSU football keeps falling

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Ep. 1187: An MSU basketball examination; Ben Bolch on UCLA football; and Twitter questions

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Ep. 1186: Hot Take Monday: MSU football takes its foot off the pedal in final minutes

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Ep. 1185: Twitter Question Friday: MSU football's ability to compete and CFB's 24-team playoff

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Ep. 1184: Louie Vaccher on Northwestern football, Aidan Chiles and Pat Fitzgerald

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Ep. 1183: Hot Take Monday: Mixed feelings about MSU's loss to Illinois and an angst-less Lions win

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Ep. 1182: Twitter Question Friday: MSU football and basketball and Dan Bartholomae's letter

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Ep. 1181: Nick Baumgardner on the Lions, Spartans and Wolverines

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Ep. 1180: Hot Take Monday: What to make of the Spartans and Lions

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Ep. 1179: Jim Polzin on Wisconsin football and the matchup with MSU; and Twitter questions

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Ep. 1178: Hot Take Monday: MSU football vibes crater after injuries, Nebraska defeat

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Ep. 1177: Izzo's hopes for MSU basketball; Steven Sipple on Nebraska football; and Twitter questions

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Ep. 1176: Hot Take Monday: The MSU football loss that didn't feel like a defeat

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Ep. 1175: Twitter Question Friday: Lions woes; Does MSU have a shot at Notre Dame? Will MSU ever?

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Ep. 1174: Pete Sampson on the Notre Dame-MSU football matchup; and how much CFB teams have in NIL

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Ep. 1173: Hot Take Monday: Mixed opinions on MSU football, Detroit Lions after recent performances

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Ep. 1172: Twitter Question Friday: MSU football expectations in Week 2 and Blue Wall denial

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Ep. 1171: Shawn Windsor on MSU football and the Michigan-WMU clock fiasco; plus CFB and NFL picks

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Ep. 1170: Hot Take Sunday: MSU football outlasts Toledo; and WMU gets hosed in Ann Arbor

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Ep. 1169: Dave Briggs on Toledo football, and MSU football-eve Twitter questions

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Ep. 1167: Hot Take Monday: MSU football bliss before the storm

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Ep. 1167: Twitter Question Friday: Actual answers about MSU's football team

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Ep. 1167: The Athletic's Scott Dochterman on MSU and Big Ten football and the case to expand the CFP

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Ep. 1166: Hot Take Monday: Disrespect, excitement and concern for MSU football

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Ep. 1165: Twitter Question Friday: Dialing in on MSU football and goodbye to Nolan the Intern

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UPDATED: Ep. 1164: Hot Take Tuesday: MSU hires a new AD, as football season looms

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Ep. 1163: Twitter Questions: MSU football gets rolling, and did we give up on the Tigers too early?

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Ep. 1162: Hot Take Tuesday: Tigers trades, MSU football with a chance, and Jaxon Kohler's next move

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Ep. 1161: Twitter Question Friday: Pat Fitzgerald gets folks fired up, and a looming Skubal trade

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Ep. 1160: Hot Takes: MSU football, trading Skubal, Warde Manuel's hush money, and pent-up July takes

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Ep. 1159: Twitter Question Friday: Why media tiptoes around criticism of Michigan athletics

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Ep. 1158: Joe Rexrode on college football and the saga at Michigan and situation at MSU

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Ep. 1157: Hot Take Monday: Warde Manuel's exit; MSU football on the mind; World Cup fever lingers

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Ep. 1156: Twitter Questions: MSU football and hoops, U-M's mess, and who the Tigers should trade

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Ep. 1155: Shawn Windsor on the drama in Michigan athletics, MSU, Pistons, and our British Open picks

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Ep. 1154: We are BACK with Hot Take Monday: Drama at MSU and U-M, the World Cup, Tigers and more

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Ep. 1153: Twitter Question Friday: MSU basketball, J Batt, Dusty May, the Pistons, and the World Cup

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Ep. 1152: MSU's basketball team debuts at Moneyball, and Cody Stavenhagen on the Tigers

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Ep. 1151: Hot Take Monday: Dusty May leaves U-M for the NBA, while MSU athletics remains in flux

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Ep. 1150: Twitter Question Friday: MSU basketball buzz, MSU athletics woes and World Cup mania

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Ep. 1149: J Batt bolts, MSU in flux; James Edwards on covering the Knicks and the Pistons' future

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Ep. 1148: Twitter Questions, and Chris Vannini on college football, Brendan Sorsby and MSU

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Ep. 1147: Hot Take Monday: MSU football, basketball and the president; and the Brendan Sorsby ruling

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Ep. 1146: Chris Castellani on the Tigers; and Twitter questions on MSU basketball and football

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Ep. 1145: Hot Take Monday: MSU basketball, football and the BOT, and Hinch, Harris and the Tigers

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Ep. 1144: Hot Takes and Twitter Questions on Guskiewicz, Batt, Fears and MSU's wild world

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Ep. 1143: Twitter Question Friday: Jeremy Fears' future and MSU basketball, and Tigers' lost summer

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Ep. 1142: MSU basketball with or without Jeremy Fears; and Omari Sankofa on the Pistons' future

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Ep. 1141: Hot Take Monday: Does MSU need a new point guard? A new president? And the Pistons' future

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Ep. 1140: Twitter Questions: MSU football, Jeremy Fears and the NBA, the Lions, Tigers and Pistons

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Ep. 1139: Hot Take Monday: MSU basketball and football, the surging Pistons, and Skubal's injury

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Ep. 1138: Twitter Question Friday: Angst over MSU basketball and football, the Pistons and Tigers

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Ep. 1137: MSU basketball takes shape, an expanded NCAA tournament, and Nick Baumgardner on the Lions

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Ep. 1136: Hot Take Monday: Digging into MSU basketball, the Pistons, Lions and more

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Ep. 1135: Twitter Questions: MSU adds a big man, Lions add an O-lineman, and parenting a newborn

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Ep. 1134: Hot Take Tuesday: Talkin' MSU basketball and football, Tigers, Pistons and becoming a dad

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Ep. 1133: Hot Take Tuesday: What's next for MSU basketball after Michigan wins the national title

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Ep. 1132: Twitter Question Friday: What's next for MSU basketball and Michigan hoops chases a title

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Ep. 1131: Izzo's Suns comments and media tour, and Nick Baumgardner on the Lions, MSU and Michigan

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Ep. 1130: Hot Take Monday blues: MSU bows out of every NCAA tournament, while Michigan rolls on

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Ep. 1129: Twitter Question Friday: MSU basketball braces for UConn and Kevin McGonigle to the HOF

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Ep. 1128: A conversation with Steven Izzo, as MSU basketball gets set for the Sweet 16

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Ep. 1127: Hot Take Monday: MSU basketball rolls into the Sweet 16, which is a Big Ten party

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Ep. 1126: Twitter Question Friday: MSU basketball advances without stress in the NCAA Tournament

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Ep. 1125: Hot Take Monday: Mixed thoughts on MSU basketball's NCAA tournament draw

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Ep. 1124: Twitter Question Thursday: MSU basketball begins postseason play

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Ep. 1123: Hot Take Monday: Varying opinions on MSU basketball's performance at Michigan

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Ep. 1122: Twitter Question Friday: MSU hangs on against Rutgers, as rematch vs. Michigan looms

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Ep. 1121: Joe Rexrode on MSU basketball's NCAA tournament seeding and chances at a run

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Ep. 1120: Hot Take Monday: MSU basketball and changing hopes; and Fears vs. Yaxel for Big Ten POY

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Ep. 1119: Twitter Question Friday: Michigan State basketball shows us something at Purdue

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Ep. 1118: MSU basketball faces pivotal test at Purdue; and Omari Sankofa on the Pistons

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Ep. 1117: Hot Take Monday: MSU basketball, Michigan hoops and loads of angst

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Ep. 1116: Twitter Question Friday: MSU basketball, Izzo's approach, and Dusty and the Wolverines

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Ep. 1115: Ant Wright on MSU, Michigan and Big Ten basketball; and Mick Cronin is a baby

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Ep. 1114: Hot Take Monday: MSU basketball frustrations, the rolling Wolverines, and Izzo vs. Dusty

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Ep. 1113: Cody Stavenhagen on the Tigers; and Twitter questions with a stoned Rube on MSU basketball

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Ep. 1112: Hot Take Monday: MSU basketball beats Illinois; and a Super Bowl within the Lions' reach

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Ep. 1111: Twitter Question Friday: MSU basketball's annual swoon and point guard problems

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Ep. 1110: Hot Take Monday: An MSU basketball loss to Michigan that lingers and a testy Tom Izzo

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Ep. 1109: Reacting to MSU basketball's loss to Michigan; and Super Bowl prop bets

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Ep. 1108: Twitter Question Friday: Izzo's mom vs. Kur Teng, MSU basketball and winning the Big Ten

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Ep. 1107: Hot Take Monday: MSU basketball Out West, NFL playoffs, Tigers and another broken chair

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Ep. 1106: Jeff Kohler on MSU basketball, NFL Playoff and CFP picks, and Twitter questions

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Ep. 1105: Hot Take Monday: Big stretch for MSU basketball, U-M loses and the Lions-less NFL playoffs

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Ep. 1104: Twitter Question Friday: MSU basketball's lineup and ceiling; MSU football in the portal

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Ep. 1103: Hot Take Tuesday: MSU and Michigan basketball insights, and MSU football and SD4L

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Ep. 1102: Hot Take Festivus: MSU basketball and football, Lions misery, U-M football, and Santa Rube

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Ep. 1101: Twitter Questions: MSU football hires, MSU basketball's shooting guard, and U-M in turmoil

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Ep. 1100: MSU basketball and Nick Baumgardner on the Lions, Michigan football and Pat Fitzgerald

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Ep. 1099: Hot Take Monday: Michigan football's mess, MSU basketball's Divine hope, and the Lions

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Ep. 1098: Twitter Questions: Michigan football's mess, the Blue Wall, Max Bullough & MSU basketball

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Ep. 1097: Talkin' MSU's Pat Fitzgerald, College Football Playoff mess, Tigers and Scott Harris angst

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Ep. 1096: Hot Take Monday: An MSU basketball, football and College Football Playoff bonanza