There are no waffling flakes when it comes to the Spartan Speak podcast with Detroit Free Press Michigan State beat writer Chris Solari and Lansing State Journal sports columnist Graham Couch.

It's been a busy week in Spartan world, as MSU officially announced its new football coach with the hiring of Mel Tucker, in which news broke in the middle of the night Wednesday morning following the Illinois game. 

This week, Graham and Chris:

- Discuss everything that's happened this week, from Wednesday morning to Thursday afternoon's release of the contract details

- Break down the hoops team's Tuesday night win over Illinois and preview Saturday night's Maryland game.

How Mel Tucker became Michigan State's new football coach

Lansing State Journal columnist Graham Couch and Detroit Free Press Michigan State beat writer Chris Solari try and catch their breath after a whirlwind two weeks that saw Mark Dantonio resign as the Spartans' football coach and the hiring of Mel Tucker. 

This week, Graham and Chris: 

- discuss the hiring of Ron Burton, Mike Tressel and Chris Kapilovic as assistant coaches, along with the reported hiring of Jay Johnson as offensive coordinator

- Predict what will happen within the next month or so for the football program

- Break down the basketball team's 67-60 loss to Maryland on Saturday

- Preview and make predictions for Thursday's game at Nebraska

Mel Tucker's coaching hires, MSU hoops loses to Maryland, Nebraska preview

Michigan State's comeback win over No. 17 Iowa on Tuesday night wasn't a dream. That actually happened, and could be a turning point in the Spartans' season. That's just one of the items Lansing State Journal columnist Graham Couch and Detroit Free Press Michigan State beat writer Chris Solari discuss on this week's podcast.

The full list of topics include:
-MSU's win over Iowa
- Saturday's game vs. Maryland
- Predicting the final Big Ten standings
- Projecting NCAA Tournament seeds for B1G teams
- Mel Tucker's new assistant coaches
- Mel Tucker's press conference
- Predictions for Maryland game

MSU's win over Iowa might change the course of the season

Lansing State Journal sports columnist Graham Couch and Detroit Free Press Michigan State beat writer Chris Solari spent the past week at Maryland and Penn State, witnessing a pair of crucial wins for the Spartans basketball team. 

This week's topics:

- The importance of the wins over Maryland and Penn State

- How the Big Ten regular season and tournaments are shaping up

- Picking the best moments from each of MSU's seniors: Cassius Winston, Kyle Ahrens, Joshua Langford and Conner George

- Scottie Hazelton hired as MSU football's defensive coordinator

- Prediction for Sunday's game vs. Ohio State

Showing an appreciation for Michigan State basketball's seniors

Weekly discussion from the Lansing State Journal sports staff on Michigan State football/basketball and beyond.

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