Couch and The Rube
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Couch and The Rube
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 Michiga...
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Ep. 1160: Hot Takes: MSU football, trading Skubal, Warde Manuel's hush money, and pent-up July takes
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...
Ep. 1159: Twitter Question Friday: Why media tiptoes around criticism of Michigan athletics
We answered your questions on Michigan athletics and how the media covers the Wolverines, on MSU football and basketball, ways to fix college football...
Ep. 1158: Joe Rexrode on college football and the drama at Michigan
The Athletic's Joe Rexrode joined us for a conversation on the saga at Michigan and the situation at Michigan State (and why MSU is a football school)...
Ep. 1157: Hot Take Monday: Ward Manual's exit,MSU Football and more
We dug into our takes and yours — on accountability at Michigan and for athletic director Warde Manuel, on MSU football, on lingering World Cup Fever,...
Ep. 1156: Twitter Questions: MSU football and hoops, U-M's mess, and who the Tigers should trade
We answered your questions — increasingly on Michigan State football, on MSU basketball too, on the mess at Michigan, on the World Cup, the Tigers and...
Ep. 1155: Shawn Windsor on the drama in Michigan athletics, MSU, Pistons, and our British Open picks
We open talking about the mess with University of Michigan athletics. Then a conversation with Detroit Free Press columnist Shawn Windsor on the drama...
Ep. 1154: Hot Take Monday
We opened with our takes — on the drama at Michigan State, with President Kevin Guskiewicz returning and AD J Batt's departurne to Kentucky, on what t...
Ep. 1153: Twitter Question Friday: MSU basketball, J Batt, Dusty May, the Pistons, and the World Cup
In our last show before a two-week break, we answered your questions on what we're learning about Michigan State's basketball team at the Moneyball Pr...
Ep. 1152: MSU's basketball team debuts at Moneyball, and Cody Stavenhagen on the Tigers
We opened talking MSU basketball after the opening night of the Moneyball Pro-Am — who stood out and what we saw, especially among MSU's freshmen, big...
Ep. 1151: Hot Take Monday: Dusty May leaves U-M for the NBA, while MSU athletics remains in flux
We dug into our takes and yours — on Dusty May's departure from Michigan, J Batt's exit from MSU, on MSU basketball and football, the Tigers, U.S. Ope...
Ep. 1150: Twitter Question Friday: MSU basketball buzz, MSU athletics woes and World Cup mania
We answered your questions on Michigan State basketball's roster heading into the summer and Moneyball Pro-Am, on the dram with MSU and MSU athletics,...
Ep. 1149: J Batt bolts, MSU in flux; James Edwards on covering the Knicks and the Pistons' future
We opened with a conversation on J Batt bolting MSU after one year as athletic director, following the news that President Kevin Guskiewicz would leav...
Ep. 1148: Twitter Questions, and Chris Vannini on college football, Brendan Sorsby and MSU
The Athletic's Chris Vannini joined us for a conversation on Brendan Sorsby, Texas Tech, what's coming down the pike in college football and hope for...
Ep. 1147: Hot Take Monday: MSU football, basketball and the president; and the Brendan Sorsby ruling
We dug into our takes and yours — on the Brendan Sorsby ruling, allowing the QB to play for Texas Tech after betting on college football, including hi...
Ep. 1146: Chris Castellani on the Tigers; and Twitter questions on MSU basketball and football
Chris Castellani joined us for a conversation on the state of the Detroit Tigers, the roster, trade deadline decisions, best prospects in the organiza...
Ep. 1145: Hot Take Monday: MSU basketball, football and the BOT, and Hinch, Harris and the Tigers
We dug into our takes and yours — the Tigers' and A.J. Hinch and Scott Harris, on MSU football and the Spartans' recruiting momentum, MSU basketball a...
Ep. 1144: Hot Takes and Twitter Questions on Guskiewicz, Batt, Fears and MSU's wild world
We dug into our takes and listener takes and answered your questions on the drama and happenings at Michigan State, on President Kevin Guskiewicz's un...
Ep. 1143: Twitter Question Friday: Jeremy Fears' future and MSU basketball, and Tigers' lost summer
We answered your questions — on Michigan State basketball and Jeremy Fears Jr., on MSU football and college football playoff expansion, on the Tigers'...
Ep. 1142: MSU basketball with or without Jeremy Fears; and Omari Sankofa on the Pistons' future
Off the top, we dug into the Jeremy Fears Jr. NBA decision, the discourse around it and what MSU might look like without him. Then a conversation with...
Ep. 1141: Hot Take Monday: Does MSU need a new point guard? A new president? And the Pistons' future
We dug into our takes and yours — on MSU basketball and Jeremy Fears Jr.'s flirtation with the NBA, on the MSU board of trustees' emergency meeting an...
Ep. 1140: Twitter Questions: MSU football, Jeremy Fears and the NBA, the Lions, Tigers and Pistons
We answered your questions — on Michigan State basketball, Jeremy Fears Jr. and the NBA, on MSU football and NIL resources, on the Lions' schedule, th...
Ep. 1139: Hot Take Monday: MSU basketball and football, the surging Pistons, and Skubal's injury
We dug into our hot takes and yours — on Michigan State basketball and football, NIL and MSU, the Pistons first-round rally against the Magic, Jase Ri...
Ep. 1138: Twitter Question Friday
We answered your questions — on whether Michigan State basketball is actually a contender next season, who the Spartans' leading scorer might be, earl...
Ep. 1137: MSU basketball takes shape, an expanded NCAA tournament, and Nick Baumgardner on the Lions
Off the top, we dig into MSU's basketball roster with the NCAA's decision to push forward with five years of eligibility, but not in time for Carson C...
Ep. 1136: Hot Take Monday
We dug into our hot takes and yours — on Michigan State basketball, the addition of center Anton Bonke, whether that's enough to make the roster a con...
Ep. 1135: Twitter Question Friday
We answered your questions on Michigan State basketball, on the addition of transfer center Anton Bonke, what's next with Divine Ugochukwu leaving, wh...
Ep. 1134: Hot Take Tusday
We returned after a week off and the addition of Cora Couch to the Couch and The Rube family, digging into our takes and yours — on MSU basketball and...
Ep. 1133: Hot Take Tuesday: What's next for MSU basketball after Michigan wins the national title
We dug into our takes and yours — on Michigan basketball's national championship, what it means for Tom Izzo and Michigan State, what's next for MSU's...
Ep. 1132: Twitter Question Friday: What's next for MSU basketball and Michigan hoops chases a title
We answered your questions on Michigan State basketball's roster and Tom Izzo's willingness and ability to go get the center his program needs in the...
Ep. 1131: Izzo's Suns comments and media tour, and Nick Baumgardner on the Lions, MSU and Michigan
We opened discussing Tom Izzo's comments about the Phoenix Suns head coaching Job and other upcoming games on MSU's schedule. Then The Athletic's Nick...
Ep. 1130: Hot Take Monday blues: MSU bows out of every NCAA tournament, while Michigan rolls on
We dug into our takes and yours — on Michigan State basketball and hockey bowing out of the NCAA tournament, one frustratingly but expectedly, the oth...
Ep. 1129: Twitter Question Friday: MSU basketball braces for UConn and Kevin McGonigle to the HOF
We answered your questions — on Michigan State basketball's matchup with UConn in the Sweet 16, the Big Ten's NCAA tournament, MSU hockey surviving it...
Ep. 1128: A conversation with Steven Izzo, as MSU basketball gets set for the Sweet 16
We opened with a conversation with Steven Izzo, former MSU player and son of Tom, on this MSU basketball team, his relationship with the current playe...
Ep. 1127: Hot Take Monday
We dug into our takes and yours — on Michigan State basketball, the Spartans' Sweet 16 matchup against Louisville, Trey Fort's emergence, Coen Carr's...
Ep. 1126: Twitter Question Friday: MSU basketball advances withour stress in the NCAA Tournament
We answered your questions about Michigan State's basketball team after the Spartans' NCAA tournament win over North Dakota State — on the game plan a...
Ep. 1125: Hot Take Monday
We dug into our takes and yours — on Michigan State's NCAA tournament draw, the selection committee, the Big Ten tournament, Purdue, Michigan, MSU hoc...
Ep. 1124: Twitter Question Thursday
We answered your questions — on Michigan State basketball, lineup decisions at point guard and elsewhere, the rematch the Spartans want most at the Bi...
Ep. 1123: Hot Take Monday: Varying opinions on MSU basketball's performance at Michigan
We dug into our takes and yours — on the Michigan State basketball team's performance and loss at Michigan, on the Spartans' two point guards (earmuff...
Ep. 1122: Twitter Question Friday: MSU hangs on against Rutgers, as rematch vs. Michigan looms
We answered your questions — on Michigan State basketball's win and escape against Rutgers and Tom Izzo's role in it, the looming matchup against Mich...
Ep. 1121: Joe Rexrode on MSU basketball's NCAA tournament seeding and chances at a run
We opened with discussion Michigan State basketball's seniors heading into the Spartans home finale. Then a conversation with The Athletic's bracketol...