The Michigan State bench overcame Rutgers painting Madison Square Garden red. Spartans win 12th straight
@MSU_Basketball @RutgersMBB
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Thx @DrivewithJack for having me on about @MSUMBB this year & @MSUfootball under Duffy Daugherty leading CFB integration. MSU is a singular story. No other school blazed as many trails. I will debate this with anybody, anytime, anywhere.
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Pete Carroll taking @Raiders job instead of college position like Belichick means Don Coryell remains only coach w/100 wins @NFL and college. Carroll left @USC w/97 wins for @Seahawks before @NCAA posse arrived in town with probation for Reggie Bush and other infractions.

we watch Coen Carr soar for dunks, my mind drifts to David “Skywalker” Thompson, model of leaper with complete game. Carr, to his coachable credit, has demonstrated strides his sophomore year toward an all-around game
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Tyrone Willingham, a pioneer Black coaches with pioneers as mentors, on a new barrier about to be broken.

tomshanahan.report/2025/01/tyro...

I'd vote for Eric Allen if I had @ProFootballHOF ballot. But I'd also vote for another San Diegan not on ballot, Willie Buchanon. The @NFL careers of Allen (Point Loma, @ASUFootball & @Eagles ) and Buchanon (Oceanside, @AztecFB @chargers @Packers) similar Pro Bowls, stats, etc.

So, what @MSU_Football getting w/@davidsantiiago? QBs have good eye on their team & Santiago's HS QB @m_fortune11
now in college said he's relent;ess player & lifts his teammates. I saw them play @MBrookFootball a traditional North Carolina state power

I asked @CUBuffsFootball Joe Romig, a @cfbhaller from single-platoon era, about @TravisHunterJr as an Iron Man. He said Hunter has it tougher going both ways. Hunter my vote for Maxwell Award, which has better record than @Heisman
picking non-QBs, RBs, WRs.
@MaxwellFootball

On thecuriosmanspodcast @tcmpctweets I talk CFB integration in my book, THE RIGHT THING TO DO. CFB lore stewards (the media) inaccurately credit Bear Bryant over Duffy Daugherty. I call out a few, including disappointment w/Bryant Gumble.
@MSU_Football
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SPARTAN NATION relieved Jace Clarizio flipped
@Alabamaftbl back to @MSU_Football. Clarizio now spared Bear Bryant revisionist history shoveled at him. MSU needs teach players & campus Duffy Daugherty history.
Suggested reading material: tinyurl.com/yeywp3ne

Thx Curiousmanspodcast having me 11-18 on to discuss THE RIGHT THING TO DO. Like others reading my book, host Matt Crawford baffled media credits Bear Bryant over Duffy Daugherty. I call out Bryant Gumble/others in media failing to understand MSU, Duffy and Jimmy Raye stories.
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Sweet Sixteen for second year in a row for Michigan State soccer. Spartans meet Duke, which is playing in the Sweet Sixteen for the 14th time in 16 years.
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My story on Michigan State women's soccer beat Texas 3-2 in overtime in the NCAA second round. The Spartans play Sunday against host Duke.
Note my comments at the end of story about how Biggie Munn would have loved this team.
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With ArmyWP_Football and NDFootball playing, re-posting my podcast. More CFB integration untold stories.
tinyurl.com/5cxzfjen
41:40, Army beats ND, 1958
47:20, ND-Army-Alan Page-Gary Steele, 1966
51:15, Tennessee-Army, Townsend Clarke, 51:15
1:00:00, John Robinson and Jimmy Raye

Attn: MSU fans: My website w/NIL videos from MSU women’s golf’s Katie Lu and Brooke Biermann and MSU football’s Rustin Young and Kekai Burnett on College Football Hall of Fame coach Duffy Daugherty’s leadership of CFB integration as Spartans’ coach, 1954-72. Give it a watch.
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The End Game, Episode 30
tinyurl.com/42xv2twa
18:50, South Carolina football desegregates with Jackie Brown, Bill Rowe
41:40, Army beats Notre Dame, 1958
47:20, Notre Dame-Army-Alan Page-Gary Steele, 1966
51:15, Tennessee-Army, Townsend Clarke, 51:15
1:00:00, John Robinson and Jimmy Raye

A fairytale exists Bear Bryant led integration (sadly,
@ESPN, @SInow, @HBO, @Showtime et al still sell it). Facts: In 1971, @Vol_Football 7 Black players, including Sr. team cap Jackie Walker, first @SEC Black All-American. @AlabamaFTBL
2 Black players & one was a JC transfer.

RIP John Robinson.
Robinson’s obituaries fail to include he advanced opportunities for Black coaches. Jimmy Raye only 2nd Black OC in @NFL when JR hired him in 1983 w/@Rams. He needed NFL experience to join his staff from USC. Raye honored in 2022 w/NFL Awards of Excellence.