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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.

Ranked #1

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"Hey MSU, hold this L" - Luke Fickell & Jeff Jackson (probably)

"Hey MSU, hold this L" - Luke Fickell & Jeff Jackson (probably)

We pull out the red yarn and start mapping out MSU’s coaching search after we were rejected by Luke Fickell. Basketball ... Read more

11 Feb 2020

1hr 35mins

Ranked #2

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Heartbreak & Hate Week

Heartbreak & Hate Week

We start somber, recap a basketball victory and a football collapse, reconsider everything we thought we knew about the ... Read more

14 Nov 2019

1hr 27mins

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Ranked #3

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Two Spartan Wins & a U of M Loss: Ringing in 2020 Right!

Two Spartan Wins & a U of M Loss: Ringing in 2020 Right!

MSU defeats Wake Forest in the Pinstripe Bowl, Basketball has Illinois and Michigan this week, Minnesota is rowing the b... Read more

2 Jan 2020

1hr 18mins

Ranked #4

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Cassius Winston in God Mode & Mark Dantonio - Very Stable Genius

Cassius Winston in God Mode & Mark Dantonio - Very Stable Genius

MSU gives UM & Illinois the business, Mark Dantonio doesn't care what you think, we look around the league in B10 ba... Read more

9 Jan 2020

1hr 19mins

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Ranked #5

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Program Wins & Program Losses: The MSU Comedy

Program Wins & Program Losses: The MSU Comedy

A football post-mortem, we fret (mildly) about basketball, a tour of the coaching carousel, Rutgers getting more mention... Read more

5 Dec 2019

1hr 22mins

Ranked #6

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Revenge of the Bye-Week & Keeping up with the Kentuckians

Revenge of the Bye-Week & Keeping up with the Kentuckians

Covering the MSU football bye-week featuring injuries and suspensions, big time basketball at the Garden, Twitter questi... Read more

7 Nov 2019

1hr 20mins

Ranked #7

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It's Over & A Season Unfulfilled

It's Over & A Season Unfulfilled

The NCAA and Big Ten Tournaments are canceled for public health reasons. Basketball careers have been tragically cut sho... Read more

13 Mar 2020

41mins

Ranked #8

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Pinstripes & Seersucker: The Legend of Joey Freshwater

Pinstripes & Seersucker: The Legend of Joey Freshwater

MSU football is headed to the Big Apple, Rutgers was in town for a B10 basketball brawl, @JD_Jerbear stops by to talk ho... Read more

12 Dec 2019

1hr 21mins

Ranked #9

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Stevie Izzo Hits the Stat Line & The Land Grant is Gone!

Stevie Izzo Hits the Stat Line & The Land Grant is Gone!

Do we dare utter 'Same ole Spartans'?  Michigan gets an (irrelevant) signature win.  The XFL is a golden parachute.  The... Read more

31 Oct 2019

1hr 21mins

Ranked #10

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EMU Deletes its Account, Terrible Takes, & Previewing the Pinstripe

EMU Deletes its Account, Terrible Takes, & Previewing the Pinstripe

Eastern Michigan gets Henry'd & Loyer'd, we defend your least popular opinions, preview Bronco basketball & Demo... Read more

26 Dec 2019

1hr 28mins

Ranked #11

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Thanksgiving: Thankful for Rutgers, Arguing about Bill Walton, and Coming Together with Dan Hodgman

Thanksgiving: Thankful for Rutgers, Arguing about Bill Walton, and Coming Together with Dan Hodgman

Rutgers is a football vaccine, Maui vacation does not go as planned, U of M has a massive game, we talk to a special gue... Read more

28 Nov 2019

1hr 28mins

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Breslin is Booby Trapped & Penn State Preview

Breslin is Booby Trapped & Penn State Preview

We cover more ground than you would expect on a bye week, including:  transfers, tragedy, the transitive property, Twitt... Read more

24 Oct 2019

1hr 26mins

Ranked #13

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Jack Hoiberg is the future & Mel Tucker finds his guy(s)

Jack Hoiberg is the future & Mel Tucker finds his guy(s)

Mel Tucker is (kinda?) in buy mode, there was a Hoiberg family reunion in Lincoln, MSU basketball has Iowa and Maryland ... Read more

24 Feb 2020

1hr 24mins

Ranked #14

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Gettin' Balls and Coronavirus: It's a March Thing.

Gettin' Balls and Coronavirus: It's a March Thing.

Grech decides vacation is more important than the pod, so @plumalex joins Mike for a lo-fi edition of Can’t Read, Can’t ... Read more

10 Mar 2020

1hr 23mins

Ranked #15

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Breslin Built of Bricks, Kids Sign Things & We Get the Schemmys (eww)

Breslin Built of Bricks, Kids Sign Things & We Get the Schemmys (eww)

National Signing Day, the ground rules for contacting recruits through social media (do not), basketball shooting woes (... Read more

19 Dec 2019

1hr 15mins

Ranked #16

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Basketball Aches & Mel Tucker Fever

Basketball Aches & Mel Tucker Fever

We tell a tale of two teams: Illinois and Maryland, talk about the early days of Mel Tucker, have a look at developments... Read more

18 Feb 2020

1hr 32mins

Ranked #17

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Hate Week Defeat & #SpartansWill (Defeat Pirate Mascots)

Hate Week Defeat & #SpartansWill (Defeat Pirate Mascots)

Trounced by Michigan, Mark Dantonio says “I’ll be back,” Minnesota gets dropped by (should-have-been-unranked) Iowa, Twi... Read more

21 Nov 2019

1hr 24mins

Ranked #18

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Izzo Izzos Again: The Spartans Are Clicking In March

Izzo Izzos Again: The Spartans Are Clicking In March

We talk about a big road win at Maryland, the scope of the B10 title race, a fully formed football staff, take a stroll ... Read more

3 Mar 2020

1hr 35mins

Ranked #19

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MSU Gets Boilered Up & Football is Stuck in 2016

MSU Gets Boilered Up & Football is Stuck in 2016

We cover that game against Purdue, MSU football is in the (Detroit) News, take a stroll off Grand River, discuss your tw... Read more

14 Jan 2020

1hr 19mins

Ranked #20

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Mark Dantonio Steps Down: Loss is a Fickell Mistress

Mark Dantonio Steps Down: Loss is a Fickell Mistress

It's an emergency podcast! Mark Dantonio has stepped down as head football coach. We reflect on the Dantonio legacy, tal... Read more

5 Feb 2020

1hr 2mins

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