What we're looking to see from MSU's football team against Toledo
Detroit Free Press writer Chris Solari and Lansing State Journal columnist Graham Couch discuss the most intriguing areas of this Michigan S...
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Spartan Speak
Weekly discussion from the Lansing State Journal sports staff on Michigan State football/basketball and beyond.
Episodes
20 of 105 episodesMSU gets a new athletic director (again) as Dan Bartholomae takes over
Detroit Free Press beat writer Chris Solari and Lansing State Journal columnist Graham Couch discuss Michigan State's hiring of Dan Bartholo...
Pat Fitzgerald era gets underway at MSU
On the latest Spartan Speak podcast, Detroit Free Press writer Chris Solari and Lansing State Journal columnist Graham Couch discuss MSU's f...
An intriguing MSU basketball roster takes the floor at Moneyball; and dysfunction in MSU's administration
Chris and Graham analyze what they've seen from MSU's basketball team at the Moneyball Pro-Am, taking a look at each player, before digging...
The impact of Jeremy Fears Jr.'s return and the broader mess at MSU
Lansing State Journal columnist Graham Couch and Detroit Free Press writer Chris Solari discuss why Jeremy Fears Jr. is returning to the Mic...
MSU basketball heads to D.C. to take on UConn in the Sweet 16
Graham and Chris preview Michigan State men's basketball game against Connecticut in the Sweet 16 in Washington, D.C., and, peeking behind t...
Previewing MSU's NCAA tournament opener against North Dakota State
Graham Couch and Chris Solari look at the Spartans' NCAA tournament opener Thursday against North Dakota State, as well as MSU's chances of...
The state of MSU's basketball team as the postseason begins
Lansing State Journal sports columnist Graham Couch and Detroit Free Press beat writer Chris Solari take a look at the state of Michigan Sta...
MSU basketball gets set for another swing at Michigan
Graham Couch and Chris Solari discuss the Spartans' recent performances and look at the keys and what's at stake in Sunday's MSU-Michigan re...
Where is this MSU basketball team headed?
Lansing State Journal columnist Graham Couch and Detroit Free Press sportswriter Chris Solari discuss the MSU men's basketball team's place...
Michigan vs MSU preview with Hail Yes! and Spartan Speak
In a Detroit Free Press and Lansing State Journal collaboration, the "Hail Yes!" and "Spartan Speak" podcasts join to preview Michigan vs. M...
A deeper look at Michigan State's 15-2 basketball team
Lansing State Journal columnist Graham Couch and Detroit Free Press beat writer Chris Solari discuss Michigan State's 15-2 men's basketball...
Hello, Pat Fitzgerald. Goodbye, Jonathan Smith, as MSU football changes course
The Michigan State football program has a new leader: former Northwestern coach Pat Fitzgerald. Lansing State Journal columnist Graham Couch...
Postgame reaction to MSU football's loss to Iowa
Graham Couch of the Lansing State Journal and Chris Solari of the Detroit Free Press discuss Michigan State football's loss to Iowa on Satur...
MSU hoops serves notice. MSU football served by the NCAA.
Lansing State Journal sports columnist Graham Couch and Detroit Free Press writer Chris Solari discuss Michigan State basketball's win over...
MSU football is on probation. How and why it happened and what it means for the program
On this week's Spartan Speak podcast, Lansing State Journal columnist Graham Couch and Detroit Free Press writer Chris Solari discuss the pr...
Massive weekend ahead for MSU sports, minus football
Lansing State Journal columnist Graham Couch and Detroit Free Press writer Chris Solari discuss Michigan State basketball's win over Colgate...
Minnesota preview, plus a discussion on MSU basketball vs UConn
Lansing State Journal columnist Graham Couch and Detroit Free Press writer Chris Solari discuss MSU's football team and program heading into...
MSU-Michigan preview with 'Hail Yes!', the Detroit Free Press' U-M podcast
The boys from the Spartan Speak podcast, Graham Couch and Chris Solari, joined Andrew Birkle and Tony Garcia of the Detroit Free Press and t...
Can Jonathan Smith win back MSU fans by beating Michigan?
Lansing State Journal columnist Graham Couch and Detroit Free Press writer Chris Solari discuss the angst surrounding Jonathan Smith and Mic...