Ep. 1092: Hot Take Sunday: MSU football pain and coaching flubs; and the Lions live on
YouTube video by Couch and The Rube
🚨🎙️📺 Our Sunday evening Couch and the Rube show, digging into our takes and yours — on MSU football and Jonathan Smith's future, MSU basketball, the Lions and more — begins now.
The podcast will be up when the show ends.
You can watch and listen now on YouTube ⬇️ www.youtube.com/live/v1Z1Pyg...
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MSU women’s soccer beats Colorado 2-1 to advance to the Elite Eight for the first time.
Column coming.
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Bella Najera scores on a penalty kick to give MSU a 2-1 lead in the 56th minute. Najera’s second goal today.
Colorado turned the ball over, Kennedy Bell chased it into the box where she was fouled trying to control the ball, which set up Najera’s penalty kick.
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Colorado scores on a shot off a corner kick in the 33rd minute. Game tied 1-1.
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And right out of the gate, MSU takes a 1-0 lead in a sweet strike from Bella Najera in the first minute.
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Just under way, MSU’s women’s soccer Sweet 16 game against Colorado at DeMartin. Game is also on ESPN-plus.
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This is also available as a short Spartan Speak podcast, available to download wherever you get your podcasts.
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🚨🎙️ Couch and The Rube listeners: We'll begin our SUNDAY EVENING show with our takes.
We want your best take, too — and maybe a bonus — on MSU football or hoops, the Lions (you’ll have an hour after the Lions game to submit), Pistons, etc.
Reply 5 p.m. Sunday or email me at graham.couch@gmail.com
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*What are they watching*
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It should not have taken that long to reverse that call. Where they watching, Instagram reels?
Have the call made in a review center. Not on 12-inch, sun-soaked monitor on a windy field.
If you can't do logic, you can't be in leadership.
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Ep. 1091: Twitter Question Friday: MSU basketball's changed ceiling; MSU football's future
🚨🎙️📺 Friday's Couch and the Rube show, answering your questions — on MSU basketball post-Kentucky win, MSU football and Jonathan Smith, how things have been handled, the Pistons & more — begins now.
The pod will be up as the show ends.
You can watch and listen now ⬇️ www.youtube.com/live/cFCPzIi...
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Michigan State women's soccer reaches Sweet 16 for 3rd straight season
Kayla Briggs scores the only goal in the 69th minute to send the Spartans into a Sunday matchup with Colorado at DeMartin Stadium.
MSU women's soccer blanks Wake Forest to reach the Sweet 16 for third straight season — this time at home.
"This team continues to find ways, and it's a pretty special thing to now be able to do it again here on Sunday."
From @nathanielbott.bsky.social.
www.lansingstatejournal.com/story/sports...
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🎙️❓Couch and The Rube listeners: We’ll answer your questions during our Friday show (12:30-ish start).
Have one?
Reply by 9 a.m. Friday or email me at graham.couch@gmail.com
If you want yours answered from last week, please resubmit.
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MSU basketball serves notice. MSU football served by the NCAA | Spartan Speak
Graham and Chris break down MSU's big win over Kentucky in the Champions Classic, along with the impact of the NCAA's sanctions on the football team.
🎙️NEW SPARTAN SPEAK POD: @chrissolari.bsky.social and discuss MSU basketball's win over Kentucky and what it means for the season. Plus, a discussion on MSU football's game at Iowa, NCAA penalties and what Jonathan Smith should have known when he was hired.
www.lansingstatejournal.com/story/sports...
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Like that timeout there for MSU. Up 15, a minute left in the half. Make sure you finish this half strong.
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Kentucky's defense. Woof.
That said, MSU isn't at all tentative and is taking good shots, growing in confidence.
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MSU shooting 10-for-20 from the floor and 5-for-9 from 3. That's helped. But the 14-6 edge on the glass is also showing up. Spartans look like the more physical team in the paint.
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Hello
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Just a really large shirt, one of his personal ones. Got pushed up by the thing he wears underneath it. Said it wasn’t anything out of the ordinary, but he got asked a lot about it.
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