Anything. Thumb wrestling. Yes, Corey Tropp returned to Yost and he and his Spartans got over on Michigan 3-2. Tropp scored a beautiful top-shelfer right in front of me for an extra kick in the nads. I felt nothing. The game was for the most part free of violence, although it seems the Wolverines had a guy in the penalty box most of the night. The Spartan goal that turned out to be the game winner looked a little suspicious (it was reviewed) although I haven’t seen a replay, but overall I think MSU played a bit better tonight. I don’t know what the deal is with this team. It seems they had everything going in– the right chemistry and leadership, plenty of talent, etc.,—but it’s just not working right now. I heard some say that Michigan outplayed Miami last Friday (despite losing) before getting crushed Saturday. They didn’t outplay the RedHawks in either game and State deserved to win tonight. From my hockey novice eyes, it seems like Michigan never really gets rebound chances or their sticks on any pucks bouncing around the net. The scores seem to come on bang-bang finesse plays and their opponents have kept them from getting good angles for shots. On the other side, teams seem to be finding the loose pucks and…
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Rich Rodriguez joins Larry Lage (WTKA audio)
Props to AP beat writer Larry Larry and Ira Weintraub for landing Rich Rodriguez for a segment this morning on WTKA 1050AM. (Sam Webb is out on vacation). In the aftermath of Media Day, the guys discussed a few items with coach, from the fan day turnout, the quarterback position of course, they got into a little bit on Denard Robinson’s habit of not tying his shoelaces. Rich Rod marveled how they don’t come off. I’ll join him on that: They also went in on the comparisons to Pat White (with Denard), on the general philosophy of competition at each position, on Rodriguez’s “campaign” to scrimmage or at least practice against other schools in the preseason, on the general state of U-M recruiting and finally on the schedule for this week (they start preparation for Western tomorrow). Here’s the audio: [display_podcast] Related: Media Day: Chicken Scratch Media Day: Rodriguez on the Quarterback position Media Day: Greg Robinson on the Field Level Advantage Media/Fan Day: Photo Gallery Media Day: The Stadium Renovation (Photos) Follow MVictors on Twitter