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Weekly podcast following Michigan State Spartan athletics, with a blend of Big Ten and national headlines sprinkled in.

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Can't Read, Can't Write episodes:

05.14.2024
Portaling for Spite
It’s a lively Can’t Read, Can’t Write as we dive into MSU Football recruiting and transfer activity before turning our attention to rumors that Izzo is grabbing a center from the portal! We then head Off Grand River to discuss...
05.07.2024
A Diss Track for the Ages
We dig into more transfer portal activity for MSU, discuss if "wish him luck" is the new "thoughts and prayers," celebrate some Spartan accomplishments, and lol at Mel Tucker. It's a vital episode because we begin outlining this year's twitter...
04.30.2024
Changing of the Hoggard Part Deux: Electric Boogaloo
It’s a jam-packed Can’t Read, Can’t Write! We’ve got a high school commit, half the football team in the portal, and some portal commits too! Izzo finally gets his Fiddler and doesn’t want any insurance. Women’s hoops is heating up...
04.23.2024
"Looked Like Football Out There"
We take a deep dive on the MSU Spring Game drawing conclusions with all the conviction of nihilists. We then discuss portal movements, portal fatigue, and what the portal means in the era of team sports. Afterwards we discuss mens...
04.16.2024
Commitment Issues
We talk commitment, or lack thereof. No commitments in football. A lack of commitment to holding onto the football. AJ not committing to staying or going. No commitment from a transfer in hoops. No commitment from a new coach. An...
04.09.2024
Not the Title We Want
Spring is in the air, and moves are being made in the football and basketball programs. We cover it all, take a stroll off Grand River, and then take your Twitter questions. Follow us on Instagram and Twitter @spartan_pod Or watch on...
04.02.2024
Players & Portals & Pucks, Oh My!
It's a packed Can't Read, Can't Write! We dive into Spartan player availability in Spring Football, Tom Izzo's portal usage (or lack thereof) so far, a sad ending to an otherwise wonderful Michigan State Hockey season, and so much more! Follow...
03.26.2024
Microcosms
In this episode we look back at MSU Mens' Basketball short-lived tournament appearance, winning against Mississippi State and then losing to North Carolina before turning our attention to the future of the program. We then discuss Robyn Fralick's first tournament...
03.19.2024
Fast Friends with Matt Sheehan
Matt Sheehan of @LockedOnSpartans joins us to breakdown Michigan State's tournament berth, the emotional rollercoaster of Selection Sunday, and our games against the Minnesota Golden Gophers and Purdue Boilermakers. We of course chat about the teams that don't make us...
03.13.2024
Bet (You Wish You Won More Games)!
This week we breakdown Michigan State Basketball's last two games - a rock fight victory over Northwestern and an infuriating loss to the Indiana Hoosiers. Then we turn our ire to complaining about honorifics. We turn our attention to successes...
03.05.2024
“If only we tried this hard all the time"
The men's hoops team is on a three game skid, and the trustees are up to their old tricks. But hockey are B10 champions, and the women's team earned a double bye! We discuss it all, and more, then take...
02.27.2024
Past Tense Title: This is Terrible
This week is not a good week, you guys. The hoops team drops two home games to unranked teams, which has put us in our feelings. So, we talk about it. We look forward to Purdue (though I'm not sure I...
02.20.2024
A Good Week to be a Spartan
In this episode, we discuss winning! Winning the breakup (Spartan football), winning in hoops (MSU men's), more winning in hoops (MSU women's), winning the bye week (MSU hockey), winning Michigan State gymnastics, allll the winning... except for Gus Johnson, because...
02.13.2024
Izzo Goes Shopping for Adderall at Costco
We dive into Jonathan Smith’s use of preferred walk-ons, adding Prairie View A&M; to the football schedule, and the torment of a hoops road loss to Minnesota and a home win against ranked Illinois. Then we go Off Grand River...
02.06.2024
1-800-700-CLUB
It's a good week in Spartan athletics! The men's hoops defeat UM and Maryland, Gymnastics wins at Crisler, Hockey splits with Notre Dame, and the football team is gearing up. We cover it all look forward to this week's games...
01.30.2024
Live from Wisconsin: The Aristocrats!
The men's hoops team get run off the court in Madison, but things are looking up in other areas of the athletic department. We break it all down, chat about the Lions, and then take your Twitter questions. Join in...
01.23.2024
Couched in Optimism - A Good Week for MSU
We're joined by Lansing State Journal columnist Graham Couch to cover the week that was at MSU. We chat about the games, NIL, and BTN+, then take your Twitter questions. Join in next week @ Spartan_Pod on Twitter and Instagram....
01.15.2024
They Call Him Stevie Buckets
We react to a rough road loss and a strong victory at the Breslin before giving a millisecond by millisecond emotional reaction to Stevie's first points. Then we chat updates to the football roster and the 2024 schedule. Then it's...
01.10.2024
Northwestern Breaks Izzo: A CRCW Live Episode
The boys huddle around a single microphone to break down the breakdown, talk about developments in the football team, and take your Twitter questions. Join in next week @Spartan_Pod on Twitter and Instagram
01.02.2024
A New Year & New Hoops Team?
MSU kicks off 2024 with an encouraging win against the Sycamores of Indiana State. We break down the game, keep an eye on the football transfer portal, and take a stroll Off Grand River. Then, as always, your Twitter questions....
12.27.2023
An Old Dog Learns a NET Trick
The final recording of 2023 isn't quite a Scotch episode, but it does feature Courage and Conviction. We talk about football signing day, the hoops matchups against Oakland and Stony Brook, and how Jeremy Fears has been shot in the...
12.18.2023
Defend, Rebound, and Run
It’s an exciting episode where we break down a much needed MSU Basketball victory before turning our attention to MSU Football picking up a ton of commitments. We head Off Grand River and then take your Twitter Questions. Participate next...
12.11.2023
Maybe CRCW Should Hit the Transfer Protal?
Editors note: This episode was recorded in the immediate aftermath and misery of the Nebraska loss. The basketball team is 0-2 in conference, half of the football team is in the portal, and our pet's heads are falling off. But, there's...
12.04.2023
It Pays to be Friends with Jonathan Smith (and his $10 Million+ Coaching Pool)
Coach Jonathan Smith is formally introduced to the Spartan community, men's basketball gears up for league play, and there are general happenings around the college sporting landscape. We discuss it all, and then take your Twitter questions. Join in the...
11.27.2023
He Only Goes By Jonathan
MSU has a new football coach with an old name. We break down the hire and discuss the program moving forward. As if that wasn't enough, there's basketball and hockey! And your Twitter questions! Join in the conversation next week...
11.20.2023
A Weekend of Winning (Mostly)
It was quite the week in MSU sports! Football reclaims the Ole Brass Spittoon, Mens Hoops has three (!) games, Hockey hosts the #1 team in the country, and women's soccer played BYU in the sweet sixteen. We break it...
11.13.2023
The Buckeyes Ply Their Foul Wares on MSU
Editor's note: Interesting title, huh? It's a Twitter questions reference, so stick around. It's a demoralizing weekend as OSU delivers an all too familiar trouncing of MSU. We cover the game, talk about basketball, go off Grand River to discuss...
11.08.2023
It's Not NOT an Emergency Episode
The James Madison Dukes drop a dookie on Breslin Center, humiliating the #4 team (and "national title contender") at home and leaving them 0-1. We break down the game, decide who to blame, and try to look at the silver...
11.06.2023
Winner, Winner, Husker Dinner!
MSU finally, mercifully, gets win number three! We break down the game, react to the defense and QB situations, and look forward to the rest of the season. Then we take a stroll off Grand River to discuss possible future...
10.30.2023
Life is Pain
The MSU Spartans football team suffer another excruciating loss to a sub-par opponent. Though basketball is on the way! That's good. But we lose in exhibition to Tennessee. That's bad. But it doesn't count! That's good. So, it's not all that...
10.24.2023
Austria
So. It's been quite a week. There's the game. There's the board. There's Hitler on the Jumbotron. But, through all of it, there's also a championship winning women's soccer team, a competitive hockey team going on the road for a...
10.16.2023
Hate (Ourselves) Week
Defeat is once again snatched from the jaws of victory. As MSU squanders its fourth quarter lead to The Rutger, hopes for this season are lost like tears in the rain. We rant. We Rave. We muster the will to...
10.16.2023
Urban Meyer & The Blue Wall
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10.02.2023
Program Loss
MSU goes on the road to Kinnick Stadium and insists that Iowa win the game (though Iowa, graciously, did everything it could to decline that offer). We talk about the game, we talk about the program, we talk about SD4L....
09.25.2023
B.D.E.
MSU beats Maryland in every statistical category except points, which leads to us wondering: could this team be good? We then wonder what's best for the program going forward. After we review the latest in the Mel Tucker Saga before turning...
09.18.2023
Is. This. Sparta?!
The Huskies lifted their leg and marked Spartan Stadium as their own, and the Spartans could do very little to stop them. We talk about the team, and what it means for the program moving forward. Then we look ahead...
09.11.2023
Mel Gets Taken to the Woodshed
Mel Tucker has almost certainly coached his last game at MSU. In what will hopefully be a cathartic episode, we explore the failings of Mel Tucker himself, the failings of university leadership in the press conference, and the failings of Ross...
09.04.2023
This Game Against the Chips Got Us Fired Up
It's a tale of two halves, as the Spartans defeat the Chips and start the 2023 campaign 1-0! We welcome Locked On Spartans' Matt Sheehan (@Sheehan_Sports) to break down the game, adjust expectations, and talk about our appreciation for field...
08.28.2023
Hey, Y'all, it's Time for Football!
The moment has arrived, we close out our coverage of football camp, preview the actual game against CMU, and finally get into the Harbaugh suspension situation. Then, as always, we take your Twitter questions. Follow us on Twitter and Instagram...
08.23.2023
Graham Couch Said What?!
We’re joined by @graham_couch of the Lansing State Journal to talk 2023 MSU Football, what “good” might look like, Harbaugh swiping right for literally any NFL job, and why he’s him for Noah Kim. Then, of course, we take your...
08.14.2023
Hate in the Heart: Previewing MSU Football with @thiccstauskas
We start getting into Football SZN form and brought on someone from enemy lines to give a very biased preview from his Ivory Tower. @thiccstauskas joins to discuss what he sees in MSU for his article series with meetatmidfield.com
08.07.2023
There Can Only Be One!
We begin previewing Fall camp before diving into conference realignment. Of course we take your Twitter Questions to wrap the show. Participate next week @spartan_pod
08.01.2023
"They are Athletic. They are Young. They are Bigger. They are Longer."
Mel Tucker describes the 2023 defensive line (among other things). As the college football season nears, we cover media days, Spartan Dawg Con, and the announcement that the Michigan game will be played at night in Spartan Stadium. Then we...
07.29.2023
They Drank Lagavulin Without Me (and other grievances and contrivances): The Alex Plum Story
It's a live episode of Can't Read, Can't Write (so, please, do pardon some audio issues)! We managed to get shredded on Twitter durring our week off, so we talk about that, discuss the general happenings on campus (and off),...
07.10.2023
Recruiting Rebounds & Off Grand River
It's a doozy of a week, with big recruiting moves and a lot happening in the wider world of sport. We get into what's happening at West Virginia, Northwestern, and here closer to home. And then, at long last, the...
07.03.2023
Can't Read. Can't Write. Can't Believe it's Been 200!
There's further movement on the recruiting front, and basketball fans are getting to see the freshman class for the first time at Moneyball. We talk it over, take a walk Off Grand River, and then take week 5 of your...
06.26.2023
Hold on to Your Butts.
The 2024 MSU football class is filling out, with two new additions this week. We take a look at those, look at the program moving forward, and take a walk off Grand River. Then, it's week 3 of Twitter Questions....
06.19.2023
The Stars Are Not Aligning
MSU Football receives verbal commitments from two crucial recruits - is this class reminiscent of yesteryear? We review a lot that’s happened Off Grandriver before taking your Week 3 Twitter Questions. Get in on the action next week @spartan_pod
06.12.2023
Protected Rivalries & Week 2 of Twitter Inquiries
We have seen the future of football scheduling, and it is good. There's also a new CB on campus by way of lowa/Miami, and recruits are in town for visits. We cover it all, and then embark on week 2...
06.05.2023
The Washington Game gets P'cocked
Just a week after MSU does the conference and NBC a favor, the Washington game gets moved to streaming. There's also news on the basketball and conference realignment fronts. And most importantly, it's week one of the Twitter question competition!...

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Can't Read, Can't Write episodes:

Portaling for Spite

A Diss Track for the Ages

Changing of the Hoggard Part Deux: Electric Boogaloo

"Looked Like Football Out There"

Commitment Issues

Not the Title We Want

Players & Portals & Pucks, Oh My!

Microcosms

Fast Friends with Matt Sheehan

Bet (You Wish You Won More Games)!

“If only we tried this hard all the time"

Past Tense Title: This is Terrible

A Good Week to be a Spartan

Izzo Goes Shopping for Adderall at Costco

1-800-700-CLUB

Live from Wisconsin: The Aristocrats!

Couched in Optimism - A Good Week for MSU

They Call Him Stevie Buckets

Northwestern Breaks Izzo: A CRCW Live Episode

A New Year & New Hoops Team?

An Old Dog Learns a NET Trick

Defend, Rebound, and Run

Maybe CRCW Should Hit the Transfer Protal?

It Pays to be Friends with Jonathan Smith (and his $10 Million+ Coaching Pool)

He Only Goes By Jonathan

A Weekend of Winning (Mostly)

The Buckeyes Ply Their Foul Wares on MSU

It's Not NOT an Emergency Episode

Winner, Winner, Husker Dinner!

Life is Pain

Austria

Hate (Ourselves) Week

Urban Meyer & The Blue Wall

Program Loss

B.D.E.

Is. This. Sparta?!

Mel Gets Taken to the Woodshed

This Game Against the Chips Got Us Fired Up

Hey, Y'all, it's Time for Football!

Graham Couch Said What?!

Hate in the Heart: Previewing MSU Football with @thiccstauskas

There Can Only Be One!

"They are Athletic. They are Young. They are Bigger. They are Longer."

They Drank Lagavulin Without Me (and other grievances and contrivances): The Alex Plum Story

Recruiting Rebounds & Off Grand River

Can't Read. Can't Write. Can't Believe it's Been 200!

Hold on to Your Butts.

The Stars Are Not Aligning

Protected Rivalries & Week 2 of Twitter Inquiries

The Washington Game gets P'cocked