The tigers should wear some green and white for the next month so I can pretend MSU is still playing and is doing well

(Bonus take: you guys should advertise ways to submit takes/questions via email or something! Keep missing these since I’ve been on a social media diet)

Sick thanks!

(Also bonus, are there good places to submit questions for those looking at going on a social media diet for the foreseeable future? Do want to keep up with the show but doomscrolling doesn’t seem to be good for the brain)

If the Jake Boss extension was enough to upset Louisville twice, how much do we need to pay him to finish in the top half of the conference?

Are we in danger of this becoming the next great What If basketball season, or was there always a decent chance of it ending up a little hairy like this?

FOX/FS1 probably has the worst announcers in terms of seeming to favor one team over another; I’m biased and will admit Michigan women’s hoops was playing well, but it seems like actual alums calling games on BTN are less openly celebratory of only one team in a game

man I was doing so good at focusing at work and then the verlander news came across my phone

Crazy work for the gym to be playing All By Myself during the same week as Valentine’s Day lmao I gotta respect it

just gonna say I think IU hoops is built well to make a surprise elite 8 run, they shoot phenomenally and when they lock in on D they’re just really hard to keep up with

That’s my gut but seeing Izzo ski jump would also be just a spectacle (of course only with a guarantee he’ll make it out in one piece lmao)

What Winter Olympics event would you like to see Tom Izzo try? I’m sure yoopers have some sorta instinct for cold-weather sports

Why does Fears get seemingly more intense scrutiny than Brad Davison (like nobody ever seriously entertained suspending him) for doing hilariously less? Don’t get me wrong he’s gotta be careful but for the most part he actually hoops and is crafty at baiting opponents who aren’t paying attention

This is crazy to say because MSU hoops is my favorite sport, but if hockey can pull off the title I may be able to forgive a slightly disappointing tourney run

Bonus: if Fears was half as egregious as Brad Davison, he still wouldn’t deserve the attention he’s getting (though he should be careful)

also realizing maybe you’d have to cut like half of La Mudanza to get it past the FCC but we did get Apagón and Baile Inolvidable so solid imo

we’ve got a goated bad bunny show, a Kenneth Walker all-timer, and cereal companies telling you to shit your pants hell yeah brother

OK "god bless america" and then naming every country in the americas from south to north is absolute king shit

Gonna need an extra-long version of La Mudanza with a full band and brass section tbh

The February Slide seems consistent enough to be deliberate; I don’t think Izzo is intentionally throwing games, but do you notice him stepping back and not giving as much guidance during this part of the season?

If BTN/FOX is gonna have so many ad breaks can they run more than 5 total unique ads?

so when does the arbitration result drop exactly

Honestly I feel like half the reason the February Slide has been so brutal is I’ve been subjected to BTN/FS1/FOX playing a grand total of 5 unique commercials that repeat EVERY break

and since it’s fox affiliates you’re getting ad breaks every 5 minutes irl

It’s just fucking embarrassing really like I know this happens every year but cmon

Like maybe he should try to be a little less dramatic with the reputation he’s getting with other teams but the refs are so soft if they call anything about this

is Jeremy not allowed to lose his balance and maintain a pivot to avoid a travel Jesus Christ dude

man I was really looking forward to the MSU basketball double feature what the hell is this

I think real maturation happens as an American sports fan when you go from thinking college football is our funniest sport to recognizing that baseball is and always has been the absolute king of sports comedy

listen I want to make a better joke but this is what happens when I had to teach my high school football coach/gov teacher what feudalism was like they’re not gonna know what Puerto Rico is on the football team

the drop in visits to businesses is probably because people are poorer since the pandemic and there’s a whole 2 blocks with no places really worth visiting, not because of the pedestrian zone taking away a street that hasn’t been a useful throughway since like the 80s

saw Bloomington isn’t gonna be doing pedestrian Kirkwood this summer which absolutely sucks good lord

I expect both MSU hoops teams to beat Michigan next time around; both games were frustrating this weekend, but each team was right there and just needed a few more shots to fall back

Ice out

hindsight is 20/20 but maybe selecting university presidents on their willingness to debase themselves for private donor money is related to the current difficulties in defending academia from fascism