Spotlight Productions

We answered your Twitter questions – on Michigan State basketball, whether this MSU team still has a chance to make a run and how, the program's future under Izzo and with the transfer portal, on MSU football, the Tigers, Big Ten football on Friday nights, life's predicaments and more.

We opened talking about Michigan State basketball – MSU's senior night win over Northwestern, where the Spartans stand on the NCAA tournament bubble and whether this team has a chance to make a run, like others have. Then a good conversation with The Athletic's Brendan Quinn – on his story on Steven Izzo, how it came together, his life as reluctant national writer and his perceptions of Tom Izzo and MSU and Michigan's programs (24:00).

We dug into our hot takes and yours – largely on Michigan State basketball, this senior class, the lineups, the Spartans' NCAA tournament path, Izzo's future and more.

We answered your Twitter questions – largely on Michigan State basketball, on Tom Izzo's response to criticism, MSU's chances and approach against Purdue, next year's roster and more.

We dug into our hot takes and yours – mostly on Michigan State basketball after Sunday's loss to Ohio State, on Tom Izzo, his future, on the decision not to bring Xavier Booker back in the game for the final 15 minutes, on the second-half rotations, this MSU team's postseason fate and more.

We answered your Twitter questions – largely on Michigan State basketball, on Tom Izzo's roster and playing time decisions, on Xavier Booker and Coen Carr's futures, on this MSU team's chances to do anything in the postseason, on next season's team and where and whether the portal will be needed. Also, Lions and Tigers expectations, movies, marriage advice and more.

We dug into our hot takes and yours – on MSU basketball, changes at center, playing time for Jaxon Kohler, Xavier Booker and Coen Carr, the Spartans' NCAA tournament seeding, Gus Johnson and the blue wall and more.

Live from Midtown Brewing Company, we talked MSU basketball, then dug into our worst hot takes and most cringe moments, as suggested by listeners, before answering your Twitter questions.

We answered your Twitter questions – largely on Michigan State basketball, on how sustainable Malik Hall's performance at Penn State is, on Tyson Walker's health, Mady Sissoko's playing time, Xavier Booker, the playing rotations and more.

We dug into our hot takes and yours – on Michigan State basketball, what MSU's win over Illinois says about their ceiling, on A.J. Hoggard and Tom Izzo, why MSU is not on the NCAA tournament bubble, regardless of what you hear, on the Chiefs' Super Bowl win, the experience for Lions fans, on MSU hockey and football and more.

We answered your many, many Twitter questions – most of them on Michigan State basketball, the future of MSU's program under Izzo, what's fair to expect, whether the program will ever rise to elite status again, the hopes for the rest of this season and more. Plus, questions on MSU football, whatever the heck the Pistons are doing, the Lions, Super Bowl dishes, life and more. And, at the 88-minute mark, an interlude to talk Super Bowl lines and prop bets with the great Harry Gagnon, before more of your Twitter questions.

We dug into our hot takes and yours – on Michigan State basketball, the keys to maximizing this MSU season, the futures of Xavier Booker and Jaxon Kohler, MSU football thoughts, a trade the Pistons should make, the Lions, Super Bowl bets and more.

We answered your Twitter questions – on Michigan State basketball, what this MSU team needs, the coaching, the rotation decisions, how this team compares to others in recent Spartan history, on MSU football and impressions of Jonathan Smith, on the health of MSU's athletic department, on U-M football and hoops, the Lions' future and more.

We dug into our hot takes and yours – beginning with a good conversation on the Lions after a heartbreaking loss in the NFC championship game, their future, our feelings, where criticism is warranted and more. Plus, lot of discussion on Michigan State basketball, Tom Izzo, the construction of the roster and more.

We picked this weekend's Lions-49ers NFC championship game and the AFC game, including Harry Gagnon's favorite prop bets, then spent the rest of the show answering your Twitter questions (23:30) – on MSU basketball, Jim Harbaugh and Michigan football, the Lions and more.

We dug into our hot takes and yours – on the Lions in the NFC championship game, facing the 49ers, Jared Goff's contract, Dan Campbell's place historically, and on the state of Michigan State basketball after a win at Maryland, on Jaxon Kohler's role, Tre Holloman, next year's center position and more, including The Rube surviving being searched on the way back from Mexico.

On a rare Saturday night show, we answered your Twitter questions – on Michigan State's basketball team, its 9-7 start, what the Spartans are still capable of this season, the center position, Coen Carr, and Tom Izzo, and on MSU football and Jonathan Smith, on the Lions' heading into their playoff game against Matthew Stafford and the Rams, and more.

We dug into our hot takes and yours – on Michigan football winning the national championship, how MSU fans feel and how to deal with the Wolverine fan in your life; on Michigan State basketball and whether the loss at Northwestern was really damning; on the Lions' heading into the playoffs and more.

We opened digging into Michigan State basketball's win over Penn State and why the Spartans are playing so well. Then we picked the College Football Playoff national championship game and this week's key NFL games with Harry Gagnon (13:00). Plus we answered your Twitter questions (38:00) – on MSU hoops and football, the Lions and life, which led to a couple stories worth telling.

We dug into our hot takes and yours – on the Lions getting hosed, their playoff chances, whether Jared Goff and Dan Campbell can be a Super Bowl pairing, on what Michigan and Washington in the College Football Playoff told us about where MSU's program is and why the Huskies' and Wolverines' performances are actually encouraging for the Spartans, on MSU basketball entering Big Ten play and more.