Episodes

  • Ep. 950: Twitter Questions - MSU and U-M football, Tigers, Lions and The Rube breaks a kid's finger
    Aug 29 2024
    We answered your Twitter and YouTube questions – on Michigan State football heading into the Spartans' opener, on Michigan football and Connor Stalions, on the Tigers suddenly being in the wildcard hunt, the Lions being Super Bowl favorites and more, including a story worth telling of the time The Rube broke a kid's finger while stealing his candy on Halloween.
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    1 hr and 34 mins
  • Ep. 949: A flawed Connor Stalions 'doc', previewing MSU football vs. FAU, and Week 1 bets
    Aug 28 2024
    We opened digging into the flawed Connor Stalions Netflix film that is far from a documentary. Then a conversation with Florida Atlantic beat writer Robbie Lastella on what to expect from the Owls in their game at MSU Friday night (14:30). Before we picked the Week 1 college football games with the great Harry Gagnon (32:00).
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    52 mins
  • Ep. 948: Hot Take Monday - MSU football hope and Michigan football troubles
    Aug 26 2024
    We dug into our hot takes and yours – on the reasons for increasing optimism for MSU football, why Aidan Chiles is and isn't the key to all of it, on Michigan football having received a notice of allegations from the NCAA, on the Tigers becoming fun, bad Jared Goff takes and more.
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    1 hr and 24 mins
  • Ep. 947: Twitter Question Friday – MSU football reasons for optimism
    Aug 23 2024
    We answered your Twitter and YouTube questions – on Michigan State football, reasons for optimism with the Spartans, which games might be most thrilling, which MSU might win and which could swing the season, and on MSU basketball's playing rotation, the Lions, the Tigers, live, love and piss troughs.
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    1 hr and 18 mins
  • Ep. 946: MSU basketball takeaways from Spain; Big Ten football changes; and Penei Sewell goes down
    Aug 21 2024
    First, a conversation with NBC Sports' Nicole Auerbach on Big Ten football and the expanded college football playoff (13:00). Then, mid-show, news that the Lions' Penei Sewell is injured breaks and we react (39:00). Followed by a discussion on what we learned from Michigan State basketball's three games in Spain, including a entertaining and challenging game on Tuesday against a Serbian professional team (43:00). Plus, in honor of The Rube's favorite soccer team playing in the Champions League, we play Young Boys trivia (57:00).
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    59 mins
  • Ep. 945: Hot Take Monday: MSU basketball lessons in Spain
    Aug 19 2024
    We dug into our hot takes and yours – on what we've learned about Michigan State's basketball team through two games in Spain, on real expectations for MSU football, on how U-M fans should feel about the Wolverines' national title, on the Detroit Tigers' big moment Sunday night and whether they're in for a strong finish and more, including a couple stories worth telling.
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    1 hr and 30 mins
  • Ep. 944: Twitter Questions - on MSU and Michigan football, the impact of cheating and the Blue Wall
    Aug 14 2024
    We answered your Twitter and YouTube questions – on MSU football and the Spartans' most important players, on Michigan football and how much the Wolverines benefited from cheating, on journalism bias, Lions injuries, the Tigers in contention and more, including a couple stories worth telling.
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    1 hr and 5 mins
  • Ep. 943: Hot Take Monday - How Michigan football's cheating helped build the program
    Aug 12 2024
    We dug into our hot takes and yours – on Michigan State football and basketball, on how much Michigan football cheating helped build the program to a championship level, USA basketball and the Olympics and more. Plus a couple stories worth telling.
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    1 hr and 19 mins