We answered your Twitter and YouTube questions – many of them on Michigan State's football team, on Aidan Chiles' performance and future, the receivers and tight ends, the defense, injuries, Jonathan Smith and more, along with questions on Michigan football, the Lions, Tigers, life decisions, movie and music taste and more. Plus, what we're betting this weekend.

Off the top, we talked with Baltimore Sun Maryland football beat writer Ed Lee about what to expect from the Terrapins in their matchup with MSU this Saturday. Then we picked this week's college football and NFL games with Harry Gagnon, including MSU-Maryland, Michigan-Texas and the Lions-Rams (26:00).

We dug into our hot takes and yours – on Michigan State football's 16-10 win over FAU, including MSU's laboring offense and the play of QB Aidan Chiles and a defense that looked promising, and on Michigan's uninspiring start against Fresno State, the Tigers playing meaningful baseball and more.

We answered your Twitter and YouTube questions – on Michigan State football heading into the Spartans' opener, on Michigan football and Connor Stalions, on the Tigers suddenly being in the wildcard hunt, the Lions being Super Bowl favorites and more, including a story worth telling of the time The Rube broke a kid's finger while stealing his candy on Halloween.

We opened digging into the flawed Connor Stalions Netflix film that is far from a documentary. Then a conversation with Florida Atlantic beat writer Robbie Lastella on what to expect from the Owls in their game at MSU Friday night (14:30). Before we picked the Week 1 college football games with the great Harry Gagnon (32:00).

We dug into our hot takes and yours – on the reasons for increasing optimism for MSU football, why Aidan Chiles is and isn't the key to all of it, on Michigan football having received a notice of allegations from the NCAA, on the Tigers becoming fun, bad Jared Goff takes and more.

We answered your Twitter and YouTube questions – on Michigan State football, reasons for optimism with the Spartans, which games might be most thrilling, which MSU might win and which could swing the season, and on MSU basketball's playing rotation, the Lions, the Tigers, live, love and piss troughs.

First, a conversation with NBC Sports' Nicole Auerbach on Big Ten football and the expanded college football playoff (13:00). Then, mid-show, news that the Lions' Penei Sewell is injured breaks and we react (39:00). Followed by a discussion on what we learned from Michigan State basketball's three games in Spain, including a entertaining and challenging game on Tuesday against a Serbian professional team (43:00). Plus, in honor of The Rube's favorite soccer team playing in the Champions League, we play Young Boys trivia (57:00).

We dug into our hot takes and yours – on what we've learned about Michigan State's basketball team through two games in Spain, on real expectations for MSU football, on how U-M fans should feel about the Wolverines' national title, on the Detroit Tigers' big moment Sunday night and whether they're in for a strong finish and more, including a couple stories worth telling.

We answered your Twitter and YouTube questions – on MSU football and the Spartans' most important players, on Michigan football and how much the Wolverines benefited from cheating, on journalism bias, Lions injuries, the Tigers in contention and more, including a couple stories worth telling.