Graham Couch
@grahamcouch.bsky.social
Lansing State Journal columnist, sports and otherwise (a lot of Michigan State football and MSU basketball). Co-host of the Couch and The Rube podcast three days a week.
Some extracurricular fun at Munn. Missed the beginning (though you can see it on the big screen).
MSU leading 3-0 late in the third period.
MSU leading 3-0 late in the third period.
November 8, 2025 at 11:07 PM
Some extracurricular fun at Munn. Missed the beginning (though you can see it on the big screen).
MSU leading 3-0 late in the third period.
MSU leading 3-0 late in the third period.
MSU with great pressure and a flurry of chances on the power play. Nothing gets in, but MSU leads Penn State 1-0 here in the first period of a chippy game, already on its third penalty.
November 8, 2025 at 9:18 PM
MSU with great pressure and a flurry of chances on the power play. Nothing gets in, but MSU leads Penn State 1-0 here in the first period of a chippy game, already on its third penalty.
MSU wins at 2:39 in OT on a goal by Tiernan Shoudy. All the big names on the ice and, like so often, MSU’s fourth-line center comes through.
November 8, 2025 at 2:20 AM
MSU wins at 2:39 in OT on a goal by Tiernan Shoudy. All the big names on the ice and, like so often, MSU’s fourth-line center comes through.
Headed to OT, 1-1, at Munn after a frenzied finish to regulation.
November 8, 2025 at 2:13 AM
Headed to OT, 1-1, at Munn after a frenzied finish to regulation.
Terrific big-game atmosphere here tonight at Munn.
MSU’s Porter Martone just hit with a minor penalty (sort of seen, but definitely heard here).
MSU’s Porter Martone just hit with a minor penalty (sort of seen, but definitely heard here).
November 8, 2025 at 12:18 AM
Terrific big-game atmosphere here tonight at Munn.
MSU’s Porter Martone just hit with a minor penalty (sort of seen, but definitely heard here).
MSU’s Porter Martone just hit with a minor penalty (sort of seen, but definitely heard here).
Here at Breslin Center with @briancalloway.bsky.social, where MSU women’s basketball team leads Mercyhurst 64-13 in the second quarter of their opener.
November 5, 2025 at 12:14 AM
Here at Breslin Center with @briancalloway.bsky.social, where MSU women’s basketball team leads Mercyhurst 64-13 in the second quarter of their opener.
First half box for MSU-UConn.
October 29, 2025 at 12:40 AM
First half box for MSU-UConn.
This is more like the Indiana football crowd I know and love.
October 18, 2025 at 9:39 PM
This is more like the Indiana football crowd I know and love.
This is what’s coming …
October 18, 2025 at 8:53 PM
This is what’s coming …
Such a different energy here than every other time I’ve been to this stadium.
October 18, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Such a different energy here than every other time I’ve been to this stadium.
Ben Derby’s Vegas Knight Hawks beat Green Bay for the IFL championship on Saturday night.
Incredible 16 months from never having kicked a football to a professional who had an important kick late Saturday.
Here’s my column on Derby’s improbable journey: www.lansingstatejournal.com/story/sports...
Incredible 16 months from never having kicked a football to a professional who had an important kick late Saturday.
Here’s my column on Derby’s improbable journey: www.lansingstatejournal.com/story/sports...
August 24, 2025 at 10:50 PM
Ben Derby’s Vegas Knight Hawks beat Green Bay for the IFL championship on Saturday night.
Incredible 16 months from never having kicked a football to a professional who had an important kick late Saturday.
Here’s my column on Derby’s improbable journey: www.lansingstatejournal.com/story/sports...
Incredible 16 months from never having kicked a football to a professional who had an important kick late Saturday.
Here’s my column on Derby’s improbable journey: www.lansingstatejournal.com/story/sports...
And so it begins …
July 29, 2025 at 3:02 PM
And so it begins …
Big Ten football in Vegas? In July?
Psh. It’s #MoneyballProAm season. It’s Coen Carr draining 3s season.
#Knowyourseasons #Geographyfail
Psh. It’s #MoneyballProAm season. It’s Coen Carr draining 3s season.
#Knowyourseasons #Geographyfail
July 22, 2025 at 10:49 PM
Big Ten football in Vegas? In July?
Psh. It’s #MoneyballProAm season. It’s Coen Carr draining 3s season.
#Knowyourseasons #Geographyfail
Psh. It’s #MoneyballProAm season. It’s Coen Carr draining 3s season.
#Knowyourseasons #Geographyfail
⚠️ Pretentious sportswriter post alert:
See you next week.
See you next week.
June 16, 2025 at 7:48 PM
⚠️ Pretentious sportswriter post alert:
See you next week.
See you next week.
So close to the dream. If only one of the three sides that came up this season would’ve been a tad stronger, Tottenham might be going down. #COYS
May 11, 2025 at 2:07 PM
So close to the dream. If only one of the three sides that came up this season would’ve been a tad stronger, Tottenham might be going down. #COYS
A letter from Alan Haller to the MSU community:
May 2, 2025 at 5:53 PM
A letter from Alan Haller to the MSU community:
Mentioned in here that the only previous meeting between MSU and Auburn was in the 1989 Great Alaska Shootout, the opener for the Spartans in what turned out to be a Big Ten championship season.
Here's the box score from that game.
Here's the box score from that game.
March 29, 2025 at 10:38 PM
Mentioned in here that the only previous meeting between MSU and Auburn was in the 1989 Great Alaska Shootout, the opener for the Spartans in what turned out to be a Big Ten championship season.
Here's the box score from that game.
Here's the box score from that game.
