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Graham Couch and Jason Knick are a dynamic duo that get together every afternoon to discuss Michigan State and Big Ten football and men’s basketball, Detroit pro sports and the buzz nationally. The show is a fun, engaging, and thought-provoking all-in-one radio and podcast experience for the Michigan State, Michigan and Detroit sports fan whose assorted interests also might include the outrageous national story, sports gambling and life’s relatable predicaments. Hosts Graham Couch, a sports columnist at the Lansing State Journal, and Jason Knick, “The Rube,” bring you two hours a day of the topics and stories that grab you — often with your input and through insightful interviews with those who know the stories best.
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Couch and The Rube
NOTE: The audio has been fixed to include the start of the show. We dug into our takes and yours — on MSU hiring WMU's Dan Bartholomae as its next athletic director, on the Spartans' looming football season and hopes, excitement and lack thereof for it, on the Tigers, the Lions, the start of the Premier League, life's pet peeves and more.
Couch and The Rube
We answered your questions — on Michigan State football and early thoughts on Pat Fitzgerald and his team as fall camp begins, on MSU basketball and the roster coming out of the summer, on the Tigers and whether we gave up on them too soon, on the Lions, now that Jahmyr Gibbs has signed, and more.
Couch and The Rube
We dug into our takes and yours, beginning with ours on the Tigers' trades of Tarik Skubal and Casey Mize and the return they got back (6:30), on the Lions' negotiations with Jahmyr Gibbs (22:00), and on MSU basketball's roster, the five-year eligibility rule and why Jaxon Kohler is unlikely to return (30:30), followed by listener takes and our reactions to them — on MSU football this season, Pat Fitzgerald, the Tigers' trades, Jaxon Kohler and MSU basketball, Tom Izzo and more (41:00).
Couch and The Rube
We answered your questions — on MSU football, hopes for this season and whether what Pat Fitzgerald said at Big Ten media day got you fired up and believing, on Michigan football and the coverage of it, the Tigers and a looming Tarik Skubal trade, the Lions at training camp and the Jahmyr Gibbs contract situation, and more.
Couch and The Rube
We dug into our takes and yours — on MSU football expectations, Warde Manuel's cushy go-away-quietly package, the frustrating Tigers and trading Tarik Skubal, the Lions' window, and a number of July takes that listeners just needed to get off their chests.
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