Can't Read, Can't Write
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Can't Read, Can't Write
Weekly podcast following Michigan State Spartan athletics, with a blend of Big Ten and national headlines sprinkled in.
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When the Going Gets Tough, the Tough Stop Trying
Misery. The guys delve into the UCLA game, analyzing the team's performance and the broader implications for the season. And program, for that matter....

Overthrown and Overblown: A Breakdown-filled Break Down with Matt Sheehan
Matt Sheehan joins us to discuss MSU's performance against Nebraska. What are the implications for this team, season, and program moving forward. Then...

Can't Read, Can't Write, Can't Math: An Empirical Study of Victory/Loss Correlation Matrices Based on Three-Way Transitive Relationships in College Football
It's a bye week, so what have we to do but speculate? The boys preview Nebraska, look at the college football landscape, and draw conclusions. Then th...

Jimmy and Joe and Down They Go
The guys breakdown MSU's 45-31 loss to USC and walk away impressed by the team's resiliency. We get into scheme vs. personnel, the growth this team ha...

X's and Oh No's with Dante Razzano
We're joined by Dante Razzano of YouAreTheProgram to discuss the Michigan State Spartans' recent performance against Youngstown State.
We bre...

Eckley! Eckley! Hey's our (Ray) Guy!
Kicker U is 2-0 , defeating the Boston College in a double overtime thriller. The guys got together after the game to record their reactions, look for...

From Lean & Mean to Fat & Sassy: a Tale of 2 Halves
Your Spartans are 1-0, but how did it look? The guys hopped on a call after the game to discuss and take your social media questions.
Join us n...

Hot and Ready (for Kickoff)!
In this episode of 'Can't Read Can't Write', we dive into the excitement surrounding the upcoming football season, specifically the first game against...

MSU Hot Seats while UM Cheats
College football is nigh (but not next week), and the NCAA finally releases its findings on the UM cheating scandal. And you have social media questio...

Hold on to Your Butts: An Offensive Preview
Woke is dead, so the bro-cast gets as offensive as it can get! MSU football offensive, that is. Got em! Man, we're ready for the Comedy Mothership.

Will the Defense be Offensive? A 2025 Defensive Primer
Defense wins championships. So, let's preview them to find out if they have the goods.
Oh, and Plum get's going about Tre Holloman at Moneyball...

Kicking Off Football Previews (get it? it's a special teams joke)
We kick off our 2025 Spartan Football season preview with Special Teams. You know, punting, fielding, driving fans crazy. That stuff. Then we talk abo...

It's a CRCW F, Mary, Kill Variety Show!
The Social Media questioners have spoken, and there's a lot of heavy F, Mary, Kill questions in this one! But first we take a walk off Grand River, an...

Teenage Boys and Conference Noise
We're back! And we're bringing the football recruits! And the conference realignment! And the social media questions!
Join us next week on T...

Allocating Resources
Kind of a lot has happened in two weeks. MSU football is on a roll (?), The board has passed revenue sharing among student athletes, and THE WHOLE CRC...

Sweet Tea AD
Like a Bigfoot sighting, this is an extremely rare, well-timed episode. We break down a teenage boy choosing our school PLUS hiring a new AD who appea...

Jonesy Puts Izzy on a Pedestal
There's a new addition to the basketball team, and a new addition to the Jones family. And the LSJ tells its readers to shut their yap about 'juice' i...

Matt Sheehan Joins for a Papal Blessing!
Plum's cousin is Pope, and that calls for a special occasion. So, he's back! The Dean of MSU Podcasts, Mr Matt Sheehan. And he stays for your Social M...

News! MSU is in the AD Market.
After three years that feel like a lifetime, Allan Haller is out as MSU's Athletic Director. What does this mean for the department moving forward, it...

No News is Good News?
It's been a relatively quiet transfer window for the MSU football team. Some new additions, few significant departures. But is there any heat? Does th...

SD4L SZN
It's transfer season in college sports, but are these guys truly SDF4? We get to the bottom of it once and for all.
Then we take your social me...

“Business is always personal,” with Graham Couch
In this episode of 'Can't Read, Can't Write', we're joined by Graham Couch of “Couch and the Rube” and the Lansing State Journal. It's a great, wid...

Take a Trey, Leave a Tre
One Trey staying, one Tre going. It's transfer portal season, and MSU is in the thick of it. We talk about that, explore spring football, and take a s...

Trauma Bonding
Sadness. Euphoria. Sadness. A tough weekend to be a Spartan as a special team exits the tournament.
We breakdown MSU’s losses, re...

It's Winning Time!
Your MSU Men's Hoops Team is advancing to the Sweet Sixteen, and Ice Hockey starts its NCAA Tournament journey on Thursday. We break down the games pl...

Hop in the Carr, We're Going Dancing!
It's not the BTT we wanted, but MSU is the 2 seed in the south. We talk about the games played, the games to play, and what's happening with Ice Hocke...

Back.
It's a celebratory pod as we breakdown MSU's 2-0 finish (including thorough Tre Holloman appreciation) in men's hoops to bring home an outright Big Te...

Let the Good Times (please continue to) Roll!
Ice Hockey are B10 champs, and Men's Hoops are on the precipice of a conference championship of their own. Oh, and Tre Holloman had the three-quarters...

Go Win This Thing
Jace and Tre lead the hoops team to huge back to back wins, now they just need to go take the B10 championship. Unfortunately Ice Hockey is no longer...

354 Reasons (But a Chair Ain't One)
Tom gets his big win, Ice Hockey controls its destiny, and women's hoops give UCLA everything they can handle.
We cover it all, and take your Tw...

Not Perfect, But a Lot of Fun
The men's hoop's team has come back down to earth a little bit, but that just set up a raucous Oregon game! Oh, and Ice Hockey absolutely wallops UM a...

Nothing Gold Can Stay
We knew this day would come, a non-win on the road in the B10. But will the team right the ship? We break it all down and look at the other sports acr...

The Best Week of the Year (so far?)
Everyone is rolling!
Men's hoops: W - Ice Hockey: W - Women's basketball: W - Gymnastics: W - Everyone: W
We break down the best...

Old Dogs Can Learn New Tricks
The hoops team is on a roll, and Tom Izzo is doing things we've never seen before! Oh, and Ice Hockey, Women's Basketball and Gymnastics are securing...

Officially Having Fun!
It was a great week for MSU hoops, with convincing wins against conference foes Washington (the extra huskies) and Northwestern. Meanwhile, the footba...

Grit in the Post and on the Ice: Here Comes 2025
It was a good week in sports. The hoops team wins a tough one on the road in the Big Ten, Ice Hockey wins in OT on the biggest and coldest stage, and...

2-0 vs Western Michigan
Ice hockey and hoops are in action while we all nap through the holiday season. Oh, and there are further updates with the NCAA and we take your Twitt...

Portalpolooza & Rising Hoops Expectations
The transfer portal is heating up, and the Men's hoops team continues to roll. But what lessons have we to learn from all of this? Surely none.
...

Of Allyship & Sweater Gents
It's a big week for Ice Hockey and Women's Basketball, and the transfer portal is beginning to churn. We break it all down, take a stroll off Grand Ri...

Stockholm Syndrome
The football season is ending, so change is in the air! There's a new recruiting class to break down, and we discuss its implications for the program...