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Graham Couch@grahamcouch.bsky.social · 2w ago

Fixed in post for the second time this week: The beginning 20 minutes are now included.

🎙️NEW SPARTAN SPEAK POD: @chrissolari.bsky.social and I discuss the hiring of new Michigan State AD Dan Bartholomae. Plus, MSU football and hoops talk. Download it wherever you get your podcasts or ⬇️ www.lansingstatejournal.com/story/sports...

MSU gets new AD (again) as Dan Bartholomae takes over | Spartan Speak

On the latest Spartan Speak, Chris and Graham discuss MSU's hire of new AD Dan Bartholomae, plus football and basketball talk.

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🚨🎙️❔ Couch and The Rube listeners: We'll answer your questions during our Friday show, presented by Front 43 Neighborhood Pub and Cask & Co. Have one? Reply by 10 a.m. Friday or email graham.couch@gmail.com

Dan Bartholomae won over a warm but skeptical audience Wednesday as he was introduced as MSU’s latest new athletic director. His galvanizing personality and believable energy are two strengths he can lean into as the real work begins. Column. www.lansingstatejournal.com/story/sports...

Couch: Dan Bartholomae won the press conference. Now the real work begins at MSU.

Dan Bartholomae faced a warm but skeptical audience as he was introduced as MSU’s AD. He showed vibrancy that made him popular and successful at WMU.

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NOTABLE: For the first time ever, we fixed something in post on Couch and The Rube. The audio on Tuesday's podcast now includes the opening 20 minutes, including the discussion on MSU hiring Dan Bartholomae. If you watched it on YouTube, you didn't miss anything originally.

Graham Couch@grahamcouch.bsky.social · 2w ago

Today is Tuesday. It's our Tuesday show.

🚨🎙️📺 Monday's Couch and The Rube, digging into our takes and yours — on MSU's hiring of Dan Bartholomae as its AD, MSU football, the Tigers, Lions, Premier League futures, pet peeves and more — begins now. The podcast will be up when the show ends. Watch/Listen now ⬇️ www.youtube.com/live/V-wZoXe...

Ep. 1164: Hot Take Tuesday: MSU hires an athletic director, as football season approaches

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People who know Dan Bartholomae will tell you he’s probably a good fit for this moment at MSU. He’s known for being a steadying force in difficult situations. He understands how to get capital projects over the line. And people seem to like him. Column. www.lansingstatejournal.com/story/sports...

Couch: Dan Bartholomae looks like a fit for this pivotal time for MSU Athletics

Bartholomae takes over MSU Athletics — a department in the middle of a major transition and at perhaps its most critical juncture in modern times.

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🚨🎙️ Couch and The Rube listeners: Our next show is TUESDAY. We’ll begin our Tuesday show with our takes. We want your best take, too — and maybe a bonus or baked take — on MSU or Big Ten football, the Tigers, Lions, life, anything. Reply by 5 p.m. Monday or email graham.couch@gmail.com

Graham Couch@grahamcouch.bsky.social · 4w ago

Sam Schulz passed away Wednesday.

Doctors told Sam Schulz that his time was running out. He told his mom there was one thing still to do: Visit Tom Izzo and the Spartans in East Lansing. www.lansingstatejournal.com/story/sports...

Off this week.

🗓️🎙️Reminder for Couch and The Rube listeners: We’re off this week, so I can galavant around Marquette. We’ll be back with another show on Monday, Aug. 17.

🎙️NEW SPARTAN SPEAK POD: @chrissolari.bsky.social and I discuss the beginning of the Pat Fitzgerald era at MSU as fall camp gets under way, and then talk MSU hoops coming out of the summer. Download it anywhere you get your podcasts, or ⬇️ www.lansingstatejournal.com/story/sports...

Pat Fitzgerald era gets underway at MSU | Spartan Speak podcast

On the latest Spartan Speak, Chris and Graham the beginning of the Pat Fitzgerald area with MSU football, plus a recap on MSU basketball's summer.

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🚨🎙️📺 Friday's Couch and The Rube show, answering your questions — on MSU football and hoops, whether we gave up on the Tigers too quickly, the Lions, our flaws as people, and more — begins now. The pod will be up when the show ends. Watch/Listen now on YouTube ⬇️ www.youtube.com/live/BFD1APB...

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

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Here is a 3 quick takes column on Michigan State football after beginning fall camp under Pat Fitzgerald. www.lansingstatejournal.com/story/sports...

Couch: 3 quick takes on Michigan State football after practice begins under Pat Fitzgerald

The Pat Fitzgerald era of MSU football more officially kicked off Thursday, with the first day of fall camp. His way of doing things was on display.

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🚨🎙️❔ Couch and The Rube listeners: We'll answer your questions during our Friday show, presented by Front 43 Neighborhood Pub and Cask & Co. Have one? Reply by 11 a.m. Friday or email graham.couch@gmail.com

Doctors told Sam Schulz that his time was running out. He told his mom there was one thing still to do: Visit Tom Izzo and the Spartans in East Lansing. www.lansingstatejournal.com/story/sports...

Sam Schulz's last wish: To visit MSU's basketball team in East Lansing

Doctors told Sam Schulz that time was running out. He told his mom there was one thing still to do: Visit Tom Izzo and the Spartans in East Lansing.

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The new NCAA rule allowing college athletes 5 seasons of eligibility doesn't make sense, even if it makes sense for Jaxon Kohler somewhere. Column. www.lansingstatejournal.com/story/sports...

Couch: 5 seasons of eligibility doesn't make sense, even if it makes sense for MSU's Jaxon Kohler, somewhere

MSU's Jaxon Kohler and Carson Cooper probably deserve a fifth season of eligibility. Overall, though, the rule doesn't make sense.

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Graham Couch@grahamcouch.bsky.social · 4w ago

I get into the 5-for-5 rule and the Kohler situation at the 30-minute mark for 10 minutes.

🚨🎙️📺 Tuesday's Couch and the Rube show, digging into our takes and yours — on Tigers' trade hauls for Skubal and Mize, MSU football optimism, MSU basketball roster talk, and more — begins now. The podcast will be up when the show ends. Watch/Listen now on YouTube ⬇️ www.youtube.com/live/v6ecEZz...

Ep. 1162: Hot Take Tuesday: Tigers get a haul in trades? MSU football with a chance?

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