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I’ll be in and out the next few weeks and months, hanging out with this little one, who joined our family on April 11.
Graham Couch
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Graham Couch
@Graham_Couch
Lansing State Journal columnist, sports and otherwise; Co-host of @CouchandTheRube podcast live online 3 days a week. Ideas, criticism welcome at [email protected]
- Dantonio on whether this win changes the rivalry: "I don't know, we've done it 8 times."
- “If everybody’s out there hugging and kissing, it wouldn’t be a rivalry,” Izzo saiid. “I don’t get mad when they call me an angry midget.”
- Dantonio on Michigan being chosen ahead of Michigan State for the Outback Bowl: “The records are what they are. I’ll just continue to focus on beating Michigan.”
- Mel Tucker has likely coached his last game at Michigan State. Column.
- Drew Valentine will be the next head basketball coach at Loyola Chicago, I’m told. Valentine, who turns 30 in May, is a former Lansing Sexton star, Oakland University standout and MSU graduate manager. He spent the last four seasons as an assistant coach with the Ramblers.
- You know when you’re 12 years old and you screw something up - an honest mistake - but you’re so embarrassed that you just keep on with the lie, placing blame elsewhere, digging a deeper hole? ⬇️Cowboys-Lions pool report:
- I believe Ono sent a similar letter urging due process after the tunnel situation, asking that his own coach and Big Ten “respect the reputation and livelihoods of students.” Must have gotten lost in the mail. I hate whataboutisms. But this is rich coming from U-M’s leadership.ESPN has obtained the email Michigsn president @SantaJOno sent to B1G commissioner Tony Petitti in advance of their meeting Friday in Ann Arbor. First reported by @Balas_Wolverine. Email reads in part:
- Lions-Seahawks on Monday night Tigers-Astros Tuesday afternoon Tigers-Astros Wednesday afternoon Tigers-Astros Thursday afternoon (maybe) MSU football at Oregon Friday night U-M football at Washington Saturday night Pretty good six days. Never mind the Champions League midweek.
- Harlon Barnett says he’s staying at MSU on Jonathan Smith’s staff, unless a head coaching opportunity presents itself. He doesn’t know yet what his new role will be. Smart move by Smith, keeping the guy who did a lot to keep MSU’s team together and has deep Ohio recruiting ties.
- Purdue, right?7’5 class of 2025 Olivier Rioux making noise at Adidas Indy for Brookwood Elite! #3SSB @brookwoodelite
00:00 - MSU’s Kenneth Walker is not one of four finalists for the Heisman Trophy. He was my 2nd-place vote behind Bryce Young. Walker elevated an entire program. The four - Young, Hutchinson, Pickett and Stroud - are all deserving. I thought Walker was more deserving than three of them.
- Dane Fife told me on the court that the final play was supposed to be a lob from Kenny Goins to Xavier Tillman. Tillman hadn’t come off the screen yet when Goins realized Zion was too far back. So he let it go. Said he knew the shot was good the second it left his hands.
- Most 24-year-old sports reporters are better off spending a couple years cutting their teeth covering preps in a small town.
