WEBVTT 1 00:00:12.199 --> 00:00:16.399 Get some facts and come back and Seebee. Get some facts and come back 2 00:00:16.440 --> 00:00:20.640 and Seebee. Don't throw out salaries or other things. Get some facts and 3 00:00:20.760 --> 00:00:25.000 come back and Seebee. You can't handle the true now told our players you 4 00:00:25.079 --> 00:00:27.800 need a bit more like a dog. We don't need a bunch of cats 5 00:00:27.800 --> 00:00:31.399 in here. Looking in the mirror, I look good. I got my 6 00:00:31.480 --> 00:00:35.320 extra bands on, I got my other shoes. Be a doll. We 7 00:00:35.359 --> 00:00:38.960 don't need no meals. We don't need no cats. We need more dogs. 8 00:00:39.280 --> 00:00:44.159 Were out a detainer. Ah, you're not that decayed. We weren't 9 00:00:44.159 --> 00:00:46.679 good. There's no sense of asking me things about the game. I'm telling 10 00:00:46.679 --> 00:00:48.960 you. We laid an egg. So I'm not gonna break it down for 11 00:00:49.039 --> 00:00:54.000 you. He sucks. He sucked. We laid an egg. That's all 12 00:00:54.000 --> 00:00:56.079 I have to say. Guys, I'm sorry. I'm not gonna break it 13 00:00:56.119 --> 00:00:59.119 down for you. Nothing went well for us. It's on us. We 14 00:00:59.280 --> 00:01:06.000 have to figure it out every way. A da Are you a dog or 15 00:01:06.040 --> 00:01:08.840 are you a cat? I don't care as long as you're a sports fan. 16 00:01:10.079 --> 00:01:12.799 Welcome to Exus and Bros. Monday through Friday from six until nine. 17 00:01:14.359 --> 00:01:15.840 Thanks for spending some of your Thursday with us. We know you got some 18 00:01:15.920 --> 00:01:21.200 options, so it's important that we talked sports with you. Meyer hotline is 19 00:01:21.200 --> 00:01:23.200 open for you as always eight six six eight three eight forty eight forty three 20 00:01:23.239 --> 00:01:26.840 in the text line is Sports Radio to twenty one thousand on Matt Sheppard. 21 00:01:26.840 --> 00:01:32.400 Trent Bally is our producer. Tiger is a winner yesterday by a run. 22 00:01:33.239 --> 00:01:38.400 They have at least salvaged a split with Cleveland with the series wrap up. 23 00:01:38.480 --> 00:01:44.079 Jack Flaherty on the bump here today. Meanwhile, Team USA beats Team Canada 24 00:01:44.599 --> 00:01:49.000 in the US Olympic Exhibition game in Vegas. Right it was in Vegas or 25 00:01:49.079 --> 00:01:55.159 was it Arizona? I thought it was in Vegas. And Derek White takes 26 00:01:55.200 --> 00:02:00.519 the place of Kawhi Leonard, who's off Team USA because of an injury. 27 00:02:00.920 --> 00:02:05.000 Our poll question for you today, and we have one for you every day. 28 00:02:05.439 --> 00:02:08.400 Which of these events are you most interested in? Euro Soccer Championships, 29 00:02:08.800 --> 00:02:15.919 Wimbledon, Scottish Open, NBA Summer League. You can vote on our Twitter 30 00:02:15.960 --> 00:02:21.120 handle XP Mornings. You can vote on our Facebook page X's and brose. 31 00:02:21.639 --> 00:02:24.759 We'll give you the results at this time tomorrow morning. Our pole question from 32 00:02:24.840 --> 00:02:30.319 yesterday, who was the best free agent? Acquisition in Detroit. Was it 33 00:02:30.400 --> 00:02:37.520 Vladimir Tarasenko with the Red Wings, Tobias Harris with the Pistons, DJ Reader 34 00:02:37.560 --> 00:02:40.080 with the Lions, or Kevin Zeitler with the Lions Trent Bally? What were 35 00:02:40.080 --> 00:02:46.000 the final results? A little surprising but a welcome surprise for Lions fans. 36 00:02:46.080 --> 00:02:52.639 DJ Reader gets forty five percent of the vote. Wow. I think that 37 00:02:52.759 --> 00:02:55.759 speaks to how high Lions fans are and Alie McNeil, they're big on the 38 00:02:55.879 --> 00:03:02.560 defensive middle DJ Reader, that's huge. Oh that stuns me me too. 39 00:03:04.000 --> 00:03:09.000 I thought I thought it would have been number one Zeitler, number two Tarasenko, 40 00:03:09.479 --> 00:03:14.280 number three Reader and number four Harris. That was my prediction and you're 41 00:03:14.319 --> 00:03:16.159 almost correct. I mean you're correct. With Harris in last place. He 42 00:03:16.240 --> 00:03:21.280 got seven percent of the vote. Vladimir Tarasenko got second place with thirty one 43 00:03:21.319 --> 00:03:23.199 percent. Zeitler got seventeen percent. But I'm with you, Shev. I 44 00:03:23.280 --> 00:03:30.080 thought Zeitler would be the popular pick there. Yeah, just because we believe 45 00:03:30.759 --> 00:03:32.120 I paint us all with the broad brush. I think it's fair. We 46 00:03:32.159 --> 00:03:36.680 believe that's the strongest part of the Detroit Lions is their offensive line. When 47 00:03:36.719 --> 00:03:39.599 you lose a keeb component to that in Jonah Jackson going to the Rams. 48 00:03:40.199 --> 00:03:45.280 You need to replace that with a solid player. Zeitler is that guy. 49 00:03:46.560 --> 00:03:51.479 Really good guard, but good results. We appreciate it. Again. We've 50 00:03:51.479 --> 00:03:54.680 got our poll question up there for you to talk about and for you to 51 00:03:55.400 --> 00:03:59.199 vote on as often as you want, and we'll give you the results at 52 00:03:59.199 --> 00:04:04.039 this time tomorrow morning. Jim Camberoni's going to join us from Spartan mag at 53 00:04:04.080 --> 00:04:08.439 eight thirty five. We'll talk a little Michigan State football. Change things up. 54 00:04:08.560 --> 00:04:12.120 Speaking of football, though, and I do want to before we do 55 00:04:12.159 --> 00:04:16.199 that, let me just get to a tweet that somebody sent me regarding the 56 00:04:16.319 --> 00:04:21.959 Jim Bowden discussion we had earlier on where the Tigers and other teams stand with 57 00:04:23.000 --> 00:04:28.360 about twenty days left before the trade deadline. We read you that article a 58 00:04:28.399 --> 00:04:31.360 lot of it. Coach aj En sent me a tweet and said, we 59 00:04:31.480 --> 00:04:36.399 stand pat don't do either. Might be the only way to get Mayaida off 60 00:04:36.439 --> 00:04:44.839 the team. There's another person, not a fan of Kenta Maaida. I 61 00:04:44.879 --> 00:04:49.560 tweeted this out because I think it's a really cool, really cool article on 62 00:04:50.040 --> 00:04:57.199 Peyton Manning. Peyton Manning is very likable otherwise he doesn't do as many commercials 63 00:04:57.240 --> 00:05:00.160 as he does. He and Shaquille O'Neal and Charles Barkley very likable people. 64 00:05:00.959 --> 00:05:05.199 There was a recent question, I think it was from NFL Network who asked 65 00:05:05.279 --> 00:05:12.879 him, if there's one wide receiver you could throw to that you never did, 66 00:05:14.360 --> 00:05:17.040 who would it be. Now, this is a guy who's thrown to 67 00:05:17.079 --> 00:05:21.120 some of the best receivers in the game and helped them become among the best 68 00:05:21.120 --> 00:05:26.199 receivers in the game. Marvin Harrison, Reggie Wayne, Damarius Thomas, Emmanuel 69 00:05:26.279 --> 00:05:30.680 Sanders among the Julian Lleman, all those guys, or I'm sorry, Wes 70 00:05:30.720 --> 00:05:36.839 Welker, not Julian Edelman. Who do you think Peyton Manning chose Jerry Rice? 71 00:05:39.399 --> 00:05:44.000 It's a good one. He chose Raymond Barry, who played for the 72 00:05:44.000 --> 00:05:47.399 Colts from nineteen fifty five through nineteen sixty seven. Six time Pro bowler, 73 00:05:47.680 --> 00:05:53.680 six time All Pro, won a couple of NFL championships, ranks fourth on 74 00:05:53.720 --> 00:05:58.040 the Colts all time receiving list, third on the all time receiving touchdowns list. 75 00:05:58.319 --> 00:06:01.279 Maybe some of it has to do with the fact that Peyton Manning really 76 00:06:01.319 --> 00:06:06.839 respected Johnny Unitas and that was the connection. Remember when Unitas passed and Manning 77 00:06:06.920 --> 00:06:12.800 wanted to play in high top black cleats because that was Johnny Unitas's signature, 78 00:06:14.399 --> 00:06:16.759 and he was going to get fined by the NFL. What a ridiculous thing. 79 00:06:17.000 --> 00:06:21.560 The NFL was going to find that one of the faces of the league. 80 00:06:21.920 --> 00:06:29.199 They were going to find him for wearing high top cleats. That's idiocy 81 00:06:29.360 --> 00:06:32.680 in honor of a legend of said league, right in honor of one of 82 00:06:32.680 --> 00:06:36.639 the greatest players the league has ever had. And that's what you're gonna do. 83 00:06:38.800 --> 00:06:44.439 Idiocy. But whatever, Peyton Manning. Maybe it's because of that connection. 84 00:06:45.360 --> 00:06:47.439 Raymond Burry a longtime great Colt, one of the greatest Colts of all 85 00:06:47.439 --> 00:06:50.759 time. But I still find it pretty interesting. But it did get me 86 00:06:50.800 --> 00:06:57.279 thinking this. So I wanted to ask you and would love your participation. 87 00:06:57.360 --> 00:07:06.000 Somebody's already participated in on Twitter at XP mornings. I ask you this when 88 00:07:06.000 --> 00:07:10.879 it comes to this type of question, let's try to bring fans into it. 89 00:07:11.959 --> 00:07:15.560 If you could watch one player in his prime, pro or college, 90 00:07:15.800 --> 00:07:21.360 somebody you've never seen, you've only heard about, who you never watched, 91 00:07:21.759 --> 00:07:28.480 who would it be? Number of names came flying through my mind, and 92 00:07:28.720 --> 00:07:33.240 we're just talking football here, by the way, just football. Somebody tweeted 93 00:07:33.240 --> 00:07:39.839 at us on XP Mornings Calvin Johnson, which surprises me. Calvin Johnson hasn't 94 00:07:39.879 --> 00:07:44.839 been retired that long. You never saw him play, That's strange. Well, 95 00:07:44.839 --> 00:07:47.240 maybe they're answering it from the from the Manning angle of like, who 96 00:07:47.279 --> 00:07:49.759 would you if you're a quarterback, who do you want to throw to? 97 00:07:50.439 --> 00:07:54.720 Well, I tweeted out this Peyton Manning says he if he could throw to 98 00:07:54.759 --> 00:07:57.839 one receiver he never threw to, who would it be? Raymond Barry? 99 00:07:57.959 --> 00:08:01.040 So we're asking who would be the one player you wish you could see after 100 00:08:01.160 --> 00:08:05.680 missing them in their prime. So we're not restricting this to football. I 101 00:08:05.720 --> 00:08:09.680 am restricting it to football. You are okay, Okay. I gave my 102 00:08:09.720 --> 00:08:13.319 answer yesterday. Lawrence Taylor. I just you hear all about him as a 103 00:08:13.319 --> 00:08:16.000 football fanatic and how much of a freak he was. I would have loved 104 00:08:16.000 --> 00:08:20.680 to watch Lawrence Taylor rehab it. Yeah, you would have loved it. 105 00:08:22.040 --> 00:08:26.680 So my mind went to a lot of different places, and I think the 106 00:08:26.759 --> 00:08:31.480 easy answer to that is sometimes, well I never saw Bart's Starr play, 107 00:08:33.399 --> 00:08:37.120 so I'd love to see bart Starr. I never saw Johnny Unitas play, 108 00:08:37.240 --> 00:08:43.559 so I would have loved to have seen Johnny Unitas or you know some people 109 00:08:43.639 --> 00:08:48.559 with I don't know Merlin Olsen, who was part of a really good defensive 110 00:08:48.600 --> 00:08:58.399 line. Right. Maybe maybe a guy like Otis Sis drunk back in the 111 00:08:58.399 --> 00:09:03.720 Oakland Day, Bubba Smith, how about that somebody like that. Here's where 112 00:09:03.799 --> 00:09:11.240 my mind went, so to two specific places. I would have loved to 113 00:09:11.240 --> 00:09:16.559 have seen Kirk Gibson play at Michigan State. Now he's a friend of mine, 114 00:09:18.240 --> 00:09:22.039 and I know how good he was. He wasn't good, he was 115 00:09:22.080 --> 00:09:24.879 great. First Team All American, would have been a top five pick in 116 00:09:24.919 --> 00:09:33.440 the NFL. Professionally, I wrote down three names Night Train Lane Hall of 117 00:09:33.440 --> 00:09:39.480 Famer, Gail Sayers Hall of Famer, and Lance Alworth Hall of Famer. 118 00:09:41.600 --> 00:09:46.320 Those are the guys that I would have loved to have seen. What name 119 00:09:46.320 --> 00:09:50.399 comes to your mind? Meyer? Hotline is there? Eight six six eight 120 00:09:50.480 --> 00:09:54.600 three eight forty eight forty three Sports Radio twenty one thousand. Maybe we'll ask 121 00:09:54.919 --> 00:09:58.000 Jim Camparoni that he is spartan mag He joins his at eight thirty five on 122 00:09:58.039 --> 00:10:03.240 EXS and Bros. Bill Simonson here from my good friend Josh Garvey. 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Jim Cambarani will join us at the bottom of 157 00:13:15.600 --> 00:13:18.399 the hour, looking forward to that. He has sparkan mad. We will 158 00:13:18.440 --> 00:13:22.639 talk MSU football and really looking forward to him. Welcome back, x'es and 159 00:13:22.679 --> 00:13:26.639 bros. Monday through Friday from six until nine. Just before the break, 160 00:13:28.519 --> 00:13:33.000 we referenced the article where Peyton Manning revealed the one wide receiver in NFL history 161 00:13:33.240 --> 00:13:37.679 he'd like to throw a pass to who he never got to, and it 162 00:13:37.759 --> 00:13:43.639 was Raymond Berry of the Baltimore Colts. I ask you give me the player 163 00:13:43.320 --> 00:13:48.200 you would love to watch in his prime but never had a chance to. 164 00:13:48.600 --> 00:13:56.440 Who's the one player college bro one of both Just football now on Twitter, 165 00:13:56.600 --> 00:14:01.399 and you can follow us on TWITTERP Mornings or you can follow me at SHEP 166 00:14:01.440 --> 00:14:07.759 Matt feel Free. It's fine either way, we'll get to it. You 167 00:14:07.799 --> 00:14:13.039 can you can also, if you'd like, you can also follow our producer 168 00:14:13.639 --> 00:14:18.159 Trent Bally at Trent Bally b A double l e y. He's got the 169 00:14:18.200 --> 00:14:24.279 picture with the lion's hat on there. So here's here's the Twitter. Let's 170 00:14:24.320 --> 00:14:31.039 see. Somebody wrote Calvin Johnson and I wrote back, h good one. 171 00:14:31.759 --> 00:14:35.200 It's too bad you never got a chance to see him. I'm surprised that 172 00:14:35.320 --> 00:14:39.919 must be a very young person on Twitter who's sending us that. Yeah, 173 00:14:39.919 --> 00:14:41.799 if your answer is Kellen Johnson, I don't think you're legally allowed to have 174 00:14:41.840 --> 00:14:46.159 a Twitter account. Yeah, not just not just that you must not be 175 00:14:46.200 --> 00:14:50.320 a football fan. I mean that's that's crazy because he hasn't been retired too 176 00:14:50.360 --> 00:14:58.080 long. Andrew on Twitter said, ray Nichke grew up listening to my grandfather 177 00:14:58.559 --> 00:15:01.879 telling me stories about him. See. I love that. That's why I 178 00:15:03.159 --> 00:15:07.159 gave it a love. I think it's awesome that he goes that deep. 179 00:15:07.279 --> 00:15:18.919 Ray Nichki was an absolute badass. I'm not let's not don't go Hollywood and 180 00:15:18.279 --> 00:15:22.159 the longest yard. Ray Nichki, he was in the original movie there, 181 00:15:24.120 --> 00:15:28.200 but this is a guy who played for the Green Bay Packers. Was actually 182 00:15:28.200 --> 00:15:33.639 a third round draft pick. Yeah, a third round pick round draft pick 183 00:15:33.840 --> 00:15:37.480 in the nineteen fifty eight NFL draft. A guy by the name of King 184 00:15:37.639 --> 00:15:41.600 Hill was the first player chosen in that draft. I know. But Ray 185 00:15:41.679 --> 00:15:52.600 Nichki ended up being a Hall of Famer and won plenty of championships, five 186 00:15:54.080 --> 00:16:00.240 NFL championships with Vince Lombardi and the Green Bay Packers. A phenomenal player. 187 00:16:00.000 --> 00:16:08.960 He was as mean and tough as Dick Buckus no teeth, He's the He 188 00:16:10.080 --> 00:16:15.159 was the first Jack Lambert no teeth in the middle as a linebacker, adjusting 189 00:16:15.240 --> 00:16:18.399 his mask and wanted to tear your head off. That's a really good one. 190 00:16:19.480 --> 00:16:26.639 Here's another one from Randy Bobby Lane. There's some Lions love right there, 191 00:16:26.480 --> 00:16:33.200 no doubt about that. I'm going to ask Jim Camperoni that very question. 192 00:16:33.080 --> 00:16:36.440 Just ask him, get his thoughts on it. He writes for Spartan 193 00:16:36.440 --> 00:16:40.159 magg He's going to join us at thirty five after the hour, I wrote 194 00:16:40.200 --> 00:16:42.000 Gail Sayers. Now, I'm sure a lot of people have heard of Gail 195 00:16:42.080 --> 00:16:48.759 Sayers. Please not because of the Brian Piccolough story, just because he was 196 00:16:48.559 --> 00:16:53.080 one of, if not well Jim Brown. He's one of the greatest running 197 00:16:53.080 --> 00:16:57.039 backs of all time. Here's the unique thing about Gail Sayers, not that 198 00:16:57.080 --> 00:17:03.160 he played at Kansas. The unique thing about him is that he only played 199 00:17:03.240 --> 00:17:10.079 seven years in the NFL. And you really can't even call it seven because 200 00:17:10.079 --> 00:17:17.319 his last two years he played it combined four games because of injury, So 201 00:17:17.359 --> 00:17:22.319 he really only had five really good years, and one of those years he 202 00:17:22.400 --> 00:17:26.640 was injured as well, because he only played nine of the fourteen games back 203 00:17:26.640 --> 00:17:33.160 then. In fact, today Gabel Sears would be severely criticized for being injury 204 00:17:33.200 --> 00:17:38.039 prone and not being a gamer because of the five If I can call him 205 00:17:38.039 --> 00:17:42.279 full seasons again, in nineteen sixty eight, when he was twenty five years 206 00:17:42.319 --> 00:17:48.400 old, he only played nine games, so on those five seasons, he 207 00:17:48.480 --> 00:17:53.000 only played a full season three times. He was Rookie of the Year in 208 00:17:53.079 --> 00:18:00.920 nineteen sixty five, again out of Kansas, Rookie of the Year unanimous I 209 00:18:00.960 --> 00:18:07.160 think, finished fourth in the MVP the following season, led the league in 210 00:18:07.319 --> 00:18:11.519 rushing and yards per game. Two years after that, at the age of 211 00:18:11.559 --> 00:18:17.799 twenty five, led the league in yards per attempt and in his last full 212 00:18:17.799 --> 00:18:21.119 season before he got injured in nineteen sixty nine, he led the league in 213 00:18:21.160 --> 00:18:29.759 attempts, in yards and yards per game. But if I said to you 214 00:18:30.039 --> 00:18:37.559 this player, forget about the name for a minute. This player played seven 215 00:18:37.640 --> 00:18:48.160 seasons, sixty five games, rushed for under five thousand yards, but is 216 00:18:48.319 --> 00:18:53.720 in the Hall of Fame and only rushed for thirty nine touchdowns. He only 217 00:18:53.839 --> 00:18:59.680 back in the day when they actually ran the ball a lot more than they 218 00:18:59.759 --> 00:19:10.759 do today, Gail Sayers had double digit touchdowns once his rookie year. His 219 00:19:10.839 --> 00:19:22.240 rookie year, here's the difference. Gail Sears not only was majestical and fluid 220 00:19:22.279 --> 00:19:26.359 as a running back, he was the best kick and punt returner of his 221 00:19:26.519 --> 00:19:37.039 era. They did the double duty back then. So he's scoring touchdowns, 222 00:19:37.079 --> 00:19:42.880 he's returning kicks, he's returning punts. He was phenomenal in that regard to 223 00:19:44.559 --> 00:19:52.119 part of the reason he's a Hall of Famer. Plus he was a rock 224 00:19:52.160 --> 00:19:57.160 solid human being. So Gail Sears is that guy for Kirk Gibson. Is 225 00:19:57.160 --> 00:20:02.039 some of it personal? Yes? Yes? And I was really little when 226 00:20:02.039 --> 00:20:06.880 he played, and I do remember him catching passes from Eddie Smith just from 227 00:20:07.279 --> 00:20:11.519 discussions of people talking about it. You know, college football, it's not 228 00:20:11.559 --> 00:20:18.839 like every game was on TV back then, but that dude was an absolute 229 00:20:18.920 --> 00:20:23.640 man amongst boys. When he played at Michigan State University. He would literally 230 00:20:23.680 --> 00:20:29.440 tell guys, Trent, you're trying to cover me, I'm going to run 231 00:20:29.440 --> 00:20:32.279 a post and there's nothing you can do about it. And he would do 232 00:20:32.440 --> 00:20:36.880 just that. And he is a legend on that campus and rightfully so, 233 00:20:37.359 --> 00:20:41.839 absolutely as an All American in football and an All American in baseball, would 234 00:20:41.839 --> 00:20:47.799 have been a first round pick in the NFL draft had he chosen to play 235 00:20:47.880 --> 00:20:53.079 NFL, and he was a first round pick in Major League Baseball. You 236 00:20:53.119 --> 00:20:59.759 talk about an athlete like he could have run track too. He would have 237 00:20:59.799 --> 00:21:04.839 won as fast as a guy back then as you could find. He could 238 00:21:04.839 --> 00:21:11.960 have done the decathlon. Yeah, yeah, he would have been. Yeah, 239 00:21:12.119 --> 00:21:15.079 I would have put him up against Bruce Jenner. Different now, but 240 00:21:15.079 --> 00:21:18.839 I would have put him up against Bruce Jenner back then, no question, 241 00:21:21.680 --> 00:21:25.680 not just because of his athleticism, but because of his attitude too. He 242 00:21:25.720 --> 00:21:30.599 would will himself into events that maybe he wasn't as strong at and he's still 243 00:21:30.599 --> 00:21:33.480 doing that great attitude, great fighters mentality right now. KRK Gibson had a 244 00:21:33.480 --> 00:21:37.480 great teammate, Love the man. Jim Comperoni, good dude, really good 245 00:21:37.480 --> 00:21:41.359 teammate at Spartan mag He joins us to talk issue football when we return. 246 00:21:41.880 --> 00:21:47.240 The Super Sale is back this Friday and Saturday only at Meyer. 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He's 272 00:24:15.720 --> 00:24:22.480 covered MSU football and basketball and recruiting since nineteen eighty eight. He's a lead 273 00:24:22.519 --> 00:24:26.920 analyst and sports editor for Spartan Magazine and he's covered NCAA tournaments, He's covered 274 00:24:26.920 --> 00:24:30.079 final fours, he's covered bowl games. He's got great stuff. You can 275 00:24:30.079 --> 00:24:36.960 follo him on Twitter or on x at Jim Camperoni and check out a lot 276 00:24:37.000 --> 00:24:40.319 of the different things that he does, like on three dot com where he's 277 00:24:40.519 --> 00:24:44.160 really good in breaking down a lot of the things that Michigan State football has 278 00:24:44.200 --> 00:24:47.240 done and their depth chart and things of that. Everything that has go green, 279 00:24:47.279 --> 00:24:49.599 go white you can find with Jim Comperoni. And we welcome him in 280 00:24:49.799 --> 00:24:53.559 on this Thursday morning. Jim, appreciate the time very much. Jonathan Smith 281 00:24:53.880 --> 00:24:59.480 has hit the ground running. What's impressed you most in his first few months 282 00:24:59.480 --> 00:25:03.319 at the Helm there at East Lansing. Hey, great, It's great to 283 00:25:03.319 --> 00:25:07.079 be on man. I really appreciate things for that introduction Helloed everybody, Detroit. 284 00:25:07.680 --> 00:25:10.160 This is a lot of fun for me. I appreciate it. You 285 00:25:10.160 --> 00:25:14.480 know Smith, you know, a lot of things are impressive. His temperament, 286 00:25:15.440 --> 00:25:18.279 the things you hear about him from other people that have played for him 287 00:25:18.319 --> 00:25:25.640 as a player or coached with him. Solid human being which we need more 288 00:25:25.640 --> 00:25:29.559 of in college football. You hear a lot of those things from a lot 289 00:25:29.599 --> 00:25:33.680 of people. You know. Demetrius Martin is his cornerbacks coach. He's coming 290 00:25:33.680 --> 00:25:38.279 from the University of Oregon. Demetri is also coached at UCLA Arizona State. 291 00:25:38.519 --> 00:25:42.279 They're both you know, grew up around the Pasadena area. They've known each 292 00:25:42.319 --> 00:25:45.480 other a long time. They're finally coaching together now. Demetris Martin played at 293 00:25:45.480 --> 00:25:51.559 Michigan State in the in the mid nineteen nineties, first for Perlis and then 294 00:25:51.640 --> 00:25:56.599 for Staban. So Demetrius Martin has coached against Jonathan Smith a number of times. 295 00:25:56.680 --> 00:26:02.480 Jonathan Smith coming from Arizona State and coached out of the Pac twelfth and 296 00:26:02.680 --> 00:26:06.960 Martin says he's a defensive coach. Getting prepared for those Oregon State teams, 297 00:26:07.039 --> 00:26:10.720 especially his last two teams at Oregon State. He said it was a headache 298 00:26:11.240 --> 00:26:17.920 Oregon State made you defend every blade of grass vertically, horizontally, and physically, 299 00:26:18.000 --> 00:26:22.359 and then they would hit you with with deep shots. An interesting style 300 00:26:22.400 --> 00:26:26.119 of offense. They'll go under center more than any At Oregon State, they 301 00:26:26.160 --> 00:26:32.200 were under center for the quarterback position more than any team in the Power five, 302 00:26:33.359 --> 00:26:37.559 but they would also go deep off of that and just keep you guessing. 303 00:26:37.599 --> 00:26:41.799 That established the physicality and then go to the air. You know. 304 00:26:42.519 --> 00:26:47.799 Offensive style wise, Oregon State last year reminded me a lot of the way 305 00:26:47.880 --> 00:26:52.359 Jim Harbaugh's offenses were at Michigan the last few years. So Jonathan Smith, 306 00:26:52.680 --> 00:26:59.440 former college quarterback, has I would say like a Jim Harbaugh outlook on how 307 00:26:59.480 --> 00:27:03.839 to attack defenses. And I think that style of play can play well in 308 00:27:03.880 --> 00:27:07.519 the Big Ten and they will recruit to it, primarily with the Midwest and 309 00:27:07.599 --> 00:27:11.279 branching out from there. So the things I hear about him from people that 310 00:27:11.319 --> 00:27:15.000 have played for him and coached against him, coach with him, good person 311 00:27:15.680 --> 00:27:21.119 and competitive, which doesn't always come across when you talk to him. Always 312 00:27:21.119 --> 00:27:23.759 talk about how competitive he is. So all those things, step by step 313 00:27:25.039 --> 00:27:29.400 give Michigan State a chance to rebuild a program from foundational standpoint it's going to 314 00:27:29.480 --> 00:27:33.920 take a while, but I think they've got a pretty good person to try 315 00:27:33.920 --> 00:27:36.799 to get those things done. Yeah, I agree, And I think it 316 00:27:36.839 --> 00:27:40.200 says an awful lot about Michigan State when you can take a guy from his 317 00:27:40.319 --> 00:27:45.839 alma mater to come to East Lansing in this type of quote unquote rebuild. 318 00:27:45.039 --> 00:27:48.160 Whether we like it or not, Jim, we're all compared to somebody, 319 00:27:48.359 --> 00:27:52.680 Okay, and with Jonathan Smith, he's going to be compared and every football 320 00:27:52.720 --> 00:27:59.319 coach at MSU probably should be compared to Mark D'Antonio. And you mentioned a 321 00:27:59.359 --> 00:28:02.920 good person, Well, I think that's similar to D'Antonio, because D'Antoni was 322 00:28:02.960 --> 00:28:07.759 a good man. Right. There are other aspects of him as a coach 323 00:28:07.039 --> 00:28:11.799 that he will have to adjust to and that he will have to be in 324 00:28:11.920 --> 00:28:15.960 order to try and create his own shadow rather than Mark D'Antonio. What will 325 00:28:17.000 --> 00:28:22.640 be his biggest challenge in his first year? In his first year, you 326 00:28:22.640 --> 00:28:27.160 know, taking over a program that's had a lot of players leaving and a 327 00:28:27.200 --> 00:28:33.519 lot of players coming in. I think forty or more new new faces and 328 00:28:33.559 --> 00:28:40.119 new scholarship players when he count the incoming freshmen. So getting a team atmosphere, 329 00:28:40.720 --> 00:28:45.200 finding leaders, gaining the trust of the players, which I think he 330 00:28:45.359 --> 00:28:48.839 has. You know, that's that's that's one thing. You know, the 331 00:28:48.839 --> 00:28:52.799 Big ten is strong. Everybody knows that Michigan State's schedule is difficult. Everybody's 332 00:28:52.799 --> 00:28:57.000 scheduled the Big that is difficult, but it's also somewhat manageable in some ways. 333 00:28:57.079 --> 00:29:03.559 But in terms of what you said about biggest challenges, you know, 334 00:29:03.720 --> 00:29:07.279 in the middle of the schedule, dealing with Ohio State, Michigan, Oregon 335 00:29:07.680 --> 00:29:11.680 in Iowa. Those four games come right in the middle of the schedule. 336 00:29:11.640 --> 00:29:18.279 But I think the thing that's going to determine the direction of the season will 337 00:29:18.319 --> 00:29:23.640 be two early season games at Maryland at Boston College. So these, you 338 00:29:23.680 --> 00:29:27.759 know, challenges is getting off to a good start. Winning those two manageable 339 00:29:27.839 --> 00:29:33.920 road games difficult Maryland, you know, that's an established program, you know 340 00:29:33.519 --> 00:29:37.039 that's been in bowl games the last couple of years. Going on the road, 341 00:29:37.640 --> 00:29:41.519 that'll be that's going to be a test to see if to see where 342 00:29:41.559 --> 00:29:45.559 Michigan State is there early in the year doing that with Aid and Giles a 343 00:29:45.599 --> 00:29:48.599 new quarterback. Giles has all kinds of talent. He needs to show that 344 00:29:48.599 --> 00:29:52.000 he can make reads and lead the team. Offensive line has had a lot 345 00:29:52.000 --> 00:29:56.200 of change over It was somewhat disappointing the last couple of years. Now there's 346 00:29:56.240 --> 00:29:59.519 new people, a lot of unproven parts of that offensive line, So a 347 00:29:59.559 --> 00:30:04.319 lot of in terms of unproven players offensive line and quarterback, and going on 348 00:30:04.359 --> 00:30:07.640 the road for those two early games in September. I think those are the 349 00:30:07.640 --> 00:30:14.720 immediate challenges. Yeah, that's a really good point, especially with Maryland. 350 00:30:14.920 --> 00:30:18.400 I would argue that, you know, what Mike Loxley has done there has 351 00:30:18.440 --> 00:30:22.640 been pretty impressive. You get a road win there at Maryland early on in 352 00:30:22.640 --> 00:30:25.720 the schedule. I think that's something on which you can build. You bring 353 00:30:25.799 --> 00:30:32.000 up the quarterback Giles and you said learning to read defenses as a former quarterback 354 00:30:32.079 --> 00:30:37.519 himself, Jonathan Smith, how much will it help building a quarterback room in 355 00:30:37.599 --> 00:30:45.000 East Lansing And what's the depth chart look like? You know, Chiles has 356 00:30:45.039 --> 00:30:48.920 all kinds of talent. He was a four star guy out for California. 357 00:30:49.200 --> 00:30:53.480 He's a big time recruit that went to Oregon State last year backed up d 358 00:30:53.599 --> 00:30:59.400 de huey i'ngalalay at Oregon State. When Jonathan Smith and the staff came to 359 00:30:59.440 --> 00:31:07.319 Michigan State Child's game with him, and he's a dynamic talent, dynamic personality. 360 00:31:07.799 --> 00:31:11.839 He does have some natural leadership skills, all kinds of arm, six 361 00:31:11.880 --> 00:31:15.720 foot four, really good quickness, really good speed. They used him as 362 00:31:15.720 --> 00:31:21.599 a backup last year. You know, they'd usually give him one series per 363 00:31:21.680 --> 00:31:25.759 game in the second quarter. I mean he's out there in Utah when Utah 364 00:31:25.920 --> 00:31:27.920 was four and oh, and he's got a series early in the second quarter, 365 00:31:29.880 --> 00:31:33.000 so he had some real experience. It was not just mop up duty. 366 00:31:33.400 --> 00:31:37.880 He needs to show he can make reads. That's something I ate Matt. 367 00:31:37.920 --> 00:31:41.640 I went over every pass completion that he made last year on TATE and 368 00:31:41.680 --> 00:31:47.279 I watched the entire Utah game, the entire Stanford game, and you don't 369 00:31:47.319 --> 00:31:52.799 really see him make reads and go to his second and third option. He 370 00:31:52.839 --> 00:31:55.359 didn't do that yet, and he didn't do it in the spring game. 371 00:31:55.759 --> 00:32:01.039 So in terms of reading a defense and those progressions, that's something that needs 372 00:32:01.039 --> 00:32:06.720 to come around as he gets gets set for his sophomore year and then it'll 373 00:32:06.759 --> 00:32:12.519 run some you know. No, they began that Utah game empty, you 374 00:32:12.559 --> 00:32:15.359 know, with the receiver a tight end out five wide and the defense of 375 00:32:15.400 --> 00:32:19.799 scrambling a point, decide what they're gonna do, because they prepared for a 376 00:32:19.839 --> 00:32:22.079 team that would go, you know, tight end one back and ram it 377 00:32:22.119 --> 00:32:24.799 down your throat. So they'll do all those things, and he can run 378 00:32:24.839 --> 00:32:29.880 a lot of those things. And they've got the tight end Jack Velling coming 379 00:32:29.880 --> 00:32:34.559 with him from Oregon State. You know, one publication ranked Velling the Pac 380 00:32:34.680 --> 00:32:37.720 twelve tight end of the Year last year, so the tight end position is 381 00:32:37.759 --> 00:32:42.240 in good hands. The center position is also coming from Oregon State, Tanne 382 00:32:42.279 --> 00:32:46.160 Miller, second team of All Pac twelve. So those things helped Smith as 383 00:32:46.200 --> 00:32:52.880 he gets his offense established and it's going to be a physical style of offense, 384 00:32:52.960 --> 00:32:57.960 but that doesn't guarantee immediate success of course. You know at Oregon State 385 00:32:58.000 --> 00:33:00.240 he began to inten in his first year, then five and seven, then 386 00:33:00.240 --> 00:33:06.279 the COVID year. Then they started getting a lot of momentum seven and six 387 00:33:06.319 --> 00:33:07.960 and twenty twenty one, and then had a big year in twenty twenty two, 388 00:33:08.000 --> 00:33:10.920 going ten and three, beating Florida in a Bowl game, finishing number 389 00:33:10.920 --> 00:33:15.039 seventeen in the country, and last year eight and four and also the top 390 00:33:15.079 --> 00:33:19.640 twenty five. So it's going to take a while, but I'm impressed with 391 00:33:19.680 --> 00:33:22.000 the offensive line coach and the style of play, Brian Linkred coming with him 392 00:33:22.000 --> 00:33:25.880 from Morgan State to be offensive coordinator. A lot of interesting things to watch 393 00:33:27.279 --> 00:33:30.319 and a lot of new names at Michigan State for Michigan State fans to try 394 00:33:30.319 --> 00:33:35.319 to memorize and become familiar with. Yeah, so much good stuff at Spartan 395 00:33:35.319 --> 00:33:38.880 Meg. We're talking with Jim Camperoni, who is the editor and the main 396 00:33:38.920 --> 00:33:43.000 guy right there right the publisher of Spartan Mag. And he's been doing it 397 00:33:43.000 --> 00:33:47.559 sinceeen ninety seven. It's amazing how much content you provide. You brought up 398 00:33:47.559 --> 00:33:52.920 a couple of names and folks. If it's not just Michigan State players now 399 00:33:52.799 --> 00:33:58.559 even the radar like so, it's a really good recruiting piece on Spartan Mag. 400 00:33:58.640 --> 00:34:01.839 On the Radar for twenty six of five Wars star quarterback Nathan Bernhard providing 401 00:34:01.880 --> 00:34:06.559 an eye full at Michigan State camp. It's worth a read if you follow 402 00:34:06.599 --> 00:34:08.599 the green and the white. Now you mentioned the offensive line, which is 403 00:34:09.519 --> 00:34:13.599 it's the backbone, man, It's the reason you win. I believe in 404 00:34:13.639 --> 00:34:16.360 football. Dan Campbell has proved with the Lions last year. Jim Harbaugh was 405 00:34:16.360 --> 00:34:21.559 a big believer in it. I would assume Jonathan Smith has a similar philosophy. 406 00:34:21.920 --> 00:34:24.760 And you brought up the center Tanner Miller, but also you wrote about 407 00:34:24.880 --> 00:34:29.679 Luke Newman, who's poised to make an impact at right guard. Give me 408 00:34:29.760 --> 00:34:36.440 the overall philosophy you think that jon Jonathan Smith brings to Michigan State and how 409 00:34:36.559 --> 00:34:42.119 quickly he can implement that in this program. Yes, in a moment ago 410 00:34:42.159 --> 00:34:45.639 you asked me on the death start at quarterback, I wanted to mention also 411 00:34:45.760 --> 00:34:52.559 that the second stringer is Tommy Schuster from Chippewa Valley High School, Macomb Township, 412 00:34:52.559 --> 00:34:55.559 Michigan. Yeah, transferring in from North Dakota, and he went out 413 00:34:55.599 --> 00:35:00.800 to North Dakota through for nine thousand yards you know, school wrecord holder in 414 00:35:00.920 --> 00:35:05.679 yards and touchdowns and you know sixty seven completion. He's only six feet tall, 415 00:35:06.320 --> 00:35:08.000 you know. I I've not spoken with him yet. I'm pretty sure 416 00:35:08.000 --> 00:35:12.199 that the Max schools did not recruit him coming out of Chippewaba. I think 417 00:35:12.199 --> 00:35:15.320 I think you're right about that. I think he played in a state championship 418 00:35:15.360 --> 00:35:19.039 and I called his game, so I think you're right about that. I 419 00:35:19.079 --> 00:35:22.519 was surprised that no Max School jumped on him. Good point. Yeah, 420 00:35:22.800 --> 00:35:23.880 and by the way, a great job of those high school games. Just 421 00:35:24.000 --> 00:35:29.719 last night, I was I was watching Trey McKenny from Older Lake Saint Mary's 422 00:35:29.880 --> 00:35:31.480 McCormick and the other guy called that one. But I went over. I 423 00:35:31.519 --> 00:35:35.199 was clearing my DVR, and you know, I didn't really get a chance 424 00:35:35.239 --> 00:35:38.320 to watch. I was covering the NCAA tournament and I watched some of your 425 00:35:38.360 --> 00:35:42.440 calls just last night. It's a great job either state championship cull. Okay, 426 00:35:42.480 --> 00:35:45.159 yeah, you call it game with Tommy Schuster and you know Shuster. 427 00:35:45.320 --> 00:35:52.199 You may remember they won the state title at Chippewah Valley and he was something 428 00:35:52.239 --> 00:35:54.840 like fourteen of fourteen in the state title game. The only person that's ever 429 00:35:54.920 --> 00:35:59.880 done that really good. You talk about making reads, I went back of 430 00:36:00.239 --> 00:36:04.440 some of the North Dakota games. Makes Reid's very accurate. He's only six 431 00:36:04.480 --> 00:36:07.960 feet tall and he's not that fast. So that's that's why he ended up 432 00:36:08.000 --> 00:36:10.760 at North Dakota. He went there, started for four and a half years, 433 00:36:10.760 --> 00:36:15.400 set school records, you know, graduated there, went into the portal 434 00:36:15.840 --> 00:36:17.519 and you know, always wanted to play in the Big Ten always wanted to 435 00:36:17.559 --> 00:36:21.360 see if he could make it at a school like Michigan State, and Michigan 436 00:36:21.360 --> 00:36:24.440 State did a good job going into the portal and getting him presumably his backup. 437 00:36:24.880 --> 00:36:29.280 But I tell you what the coaches when you ask him about Schuster, 438 00:36:29.599 --> 00:36:31.039 they smile and they just kind of nod and say, man, that guy 439 00:36:31.039 --> 00:36:37.360 can play quarterback. So when Smith took over, Mischigan State's quarterbacks went into 440 00:36:37.360 --> 00:36:40.880 the portal, you know, Noah Kim and kateon Hauser, and you know 441 00:36:43.199 --> 00:36:47.039 when they showed up, they had no scholarship quarterbacks on campus. That's the 442 00:36:47.039 --> 00:36:50.760 first time that's been the case of Michigan State's at the World War Two, 443 00:36:51.360 --> 00:36:54.320 So they had to completely stock the quarterback position. Chiles was coming in, 444 00:36:54.559 --> 00:36:59.199 they went and got Schuster and a couple of high school guys. So that 445 00:36:58.960 --> 00:37:01.440 that's that's what the depth chart looks there. You know you mentioned Luke Newman. 446 00:37:01.840 --> 00:37:05.239 You know, what we're doing is a series right now in Michigan State. 447 00:37:05.400 --> 00:37:08.119 We are going over every single position on the depth chart I'm doing. 448 00:37:08.559 --> 00:37:14.440 I'm doing a series of stories in which I project what I think the depth 449 00:37:14.519 --> 00:37:19.280 chart is. Because Michigan State has not released an official depth chart since Mark 450 00:37:19.360 --> 00:37:22.480 D'Antonio was at Michigan State. So I'm just going by what I saw in 451 00:37:22.559 --> 00:37:24.400 the spring game, what I've heard from coaches here and there, what I've 452 00:37:24.400 --> 00:37:29.480 seen with my own eyes. A lot of these players coming in as as 453 00:37:29.519 --> 00:37:31.599 transfers, so you have to imagine some of these things. Now, Luke 454 00:37:31.679 --> 00:37:35.920 Newman. I did ask Michigan State's off at the Wine coach Jim Halting, 455 00:37:35.960 --> 00:37:37.760 when I saw him at one of the camps out at Wayne State a few 456 00:37:37.800 --> 00:37:42.760 weeks ago. I asked him about Newman because Newman didn't play for Mischigan State 457 00:37:42.840 --> 00:37:46.360 during spring practice. He's transferring in from holy Cross. He's from Birmingham Brother 458 00:37:46.480 --> 00:37:51.719 Rice. Really good offensive lineman, but we was recruited at kind of that, 459 00:37:51.880 --> 00:37:57.119 you know FCS level went to holy Cross three times all Patriot League. 460 00:37:57.320 --> 00:38:00.840 I went and watched his film against Boston College. They're one game against a 461 00:38:00.880 --> 00:38:06.960 Power five team, and he was left tackle for holy Cross, and I 462 00:38:07.000 --> 00:38:09.719 think he looked better at left tackle against Boston College to Michigan State's left tackles 463 00:38:09.719 --> 00:38:13.719 half the last two years. I think Luke Newman from Brother Rice comes in 464 00:38:13.760 --> 00:38:16.480 as a graduate as a senior. Now, Mahaltick told me he's going to 465 00:38:16.519 --> 00:38:22.000 be beginning at right guard, so that's where I'm writing about him in this 466 00:38:22.119 --> 00:38:23.719 depth chart preview. But I like it. He's got quickness, he's a 467 00:38:23.760 --> 00:38:30.320 mature, mature athlete, and he's sitting nicely in there at right guard. 468 00:38:30.400 --> 00:38:32.960 I don't discount the possibility that he could end up at tackle. And I 469 00:38:32.960 --> 00:38:37.480 think he's a good, solid, bona fide Big Ten player transferring in a 470 00:38:37.559 --> 00:38:40.320 brother Rice product come in from Holy Cross. Yeah, and you wrote about 471 00:38:40.400 --> 00:38:46.239 Christian Phillips at left guard. How does this team you mentioned first year there's 472 00:38:46.239 --> 00:38:50.360 going to be some growing pains. We get it. We understand that he's 473 00:38:51.039 --> 00:38:53.480 changing the culture to a certain extent by bringing some guys in. How does 474 00:38:53.519 --> 00:38:58.320 this team, lack of a better phrase, tread water in year one? 475 00:38:58.360 --> 00:39:02.039 Do you think what do they rely on? Got to get that run game 476 00:39:02.119 --> 00:39:08.679 going and from their counter boot play action, rollout passing quarterbacks, got to 477 00:39:08.679 --> 00:39:12.880 make reads, offensive lines, got to keep them clean to an extent. 478 00:39:13.400 --> 00:39:15.840 You know, they got a couple good running backs show Nathan Carter's coming back, 479 00:39:15.880 --> 00:39:20.320 had a pretty good year last year. Kay Ron Adams is the guy 480 00:39:20.360 --> 00:39:27.000 transferring in from U mass Those two running backs solid players. You know, 481 00:39:27.079 --> 00:39:32.679 Jalen Berger transferred out. He was repping behind those guys, and you know, 482 00:39:32.719 --> 00:39:36.639 the wide receivers need to come around. You know, Montory Foster is 483 00:39:36.639 --> 00:39:39.840 a senior more than forty catches last year, But I'm not sure they've that 484 00:39:39.880 --> 00:39:45.119 they've got, like, you know, real game breaking, proven type wide 485 00:39:45.119 --> 00:39:47.920 receivers. And as you know, over the years of State, when they 486 00:39:49.000 --> 00:39:52.559 whether they've had good teams or bad teams, they've always had really good wide 487 00:39:52.559 --> 00:39:54.760 receivers, proven wide receivers. This year, going into the year, this 488 00:39:54.880 --> 00:40:00.400 might be the most unproven batch of wide receivers i've seen a mission State Gates. 489 00:40:00.440 --> 00:40:02.800 That doesn't mean that they won't get it done. But you know, 490 00:40:02.920 --> 00:40:07.599 Nick marsh coming in as a true freshman from River Rouge, the most talented 491 00:40:07.639 --> 00:40:08.639 guy in the room, I would say, I think he's going to have 492 00:40:08.679 --> 00:40:15.119 an impact. So there's a lot of question marks, but you know, 493 00:40:15.159 --> 00:40:16.760 there's a smattering of talent and a lot of these guys want to be coached 494 00:40:16.840 --> 00:40:22.960 up. They want some discipline. I think that discipline and attentiveness was lacking 495 00:40:22.000 --> 00:40:27.599 the last two years with mel Tucker defense. A lot of transfers coming in 496 00:40:27.639 --> 00:40:31.480 the defense ranked outside the top one hundred the last two years. Scotty Hazelton 497 00:40:31.559 --> 00:40:37.320 never really got his defense, you know, untracked and you know, tightened 498 00:40:37.360 --> 00:40:40.199 up it. It didn't work out. Joe Rossi coming in as the new 499 00:40:40.199 --> 00:40:45.079 defensive coordinator was good at Minnesota. You know last year they were young at 500 00:40:45.079 --> 00:40:47.360 Minnesota on defense. Prior to that, I thought Minnesota was one of the 501 00:40:47.400 --> 00:40:52.079 more underrated defenses in the Big Ten. And I wrote and told my writers 502 00:40:52.280 --> 00:40:57.119 when they played Minnesota two years ago, everybody, this is after Michigan State 503 00:40:57.239 --> 00:41:00.679 won the Peach Bowl. Missisters State was in the top twenty and they just 504 00:41:00.760 --> 00:41:06.320 lost out at Washington. Coming back home, I said, I predicted Minnesota 505 00:41:06.360 --> 00:41:08.000 is going to beat Michigan, mister State. It's gonna be a tough game. 506 00:41:08.159 --> 00:41:10.519 And a lot of my readers gave me a lot of flak for that. 507 00:41:10.639 --> 00:41:14.400 Man, they didn't believe it at all. But that defense that Joe 508 00:41:14.519 --> 00:41:19.199 Rossi had at Minnesota, I was impressed with, reminded me of Iowa defenses 509 00:41:19.199 --> 00:41:22.440 a little bit. I think Jonathan Smith did a really great job going to 510 00:41:22.480 --> 00:41:25.800 get a Big Ten defensive coordinator with Midwestern ties to come in and take over 511 00:41:25.840 --> 00:41:29.639 a defense that had been the leaguer for two years. Yeah, that's good 512 00:41:29.679 --> 00:41:32.320 stuff, man. There's a reason you're the king of East Lansing and Michigan 513 00:41:32.360 --> 00:41:36.519 State. Jim Comperoni, thanks for all the insight. We could talk to 514 00:41:36.559 --> 00:41:39.400 you all day because your knowledge is vast and it's incredible. Folks. You 515 00:41:39.440 --> 00:41:44.480 got to follow him on Twitter, on x at Jim Camparoni and subscribed to 516 00:41:44.559 --> 00:41:47.440 Spartan mag if you're a Spartan fan. 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