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Valenti and Rico put a bow on today's proceedings with their thoughts on how both Michigan and Michigan State played in the first round and how this does (or doesn't) change their predictions for how far they will go. They took a few of your calls and read some texts before wrapping up.
Mike and Rico spent the first segment of the show giving their thoughts on Michigan + MSU's wins yesterday in the first round of the NCAA Tournament. Then, this conversation was upended by the guys' live reactions to Santa Clara not fouling up 3 and allowing Kentucky to tie and eventually win their game in OT. They asked if this move is the worst a coach can make in all of sports.
Valenti and Rico kicked off the final show of the week with their reactions to how both Michigan and MSU fared in their first round matchups in the NCAA Tournament. The guys debated the worst decisions a sports coach could make before they revealed if the Red Wings have pulled them back in after their big win against the Canadiens last night. In the third hour, they previewed some big games yet to come in the Round Of 64 and played "Who Said It?"? They concluded the show discussing how far Michigan & MSU will end up going in March Madness.
How far will Michigan and Michigan State basketball go in the NCAA Tournament?
Valenti and Rico communicate with the people, who respond to their question regarding what round Michigan and Michigan State will make it to in the NCAA Tournament.
Mike and Rico began with their reactions to Michigan and Michigan State's tournament draws. They offered a few opinions and took your calls before David joined with some potential March Madness upsets.
Mike and Rico begin the show with their thoughts on Michigan and Michigan State's NCAA Tournament regional draws.
Jim and Jon react to former Virginia Tech coach turned CBS analyst Seth Greenberg picking a Wolverines-Spartans championship game in the NCAA Tournament. How improbable is this, and would you even want to see it?
Costa, Jansen and Heather discuss the big storylines from the weekend: The Oscars, and Selection Sunday for the NCAA Tournament. The Wolverines received a No. 1 seed, while the Spartans got a third. Both teams will play their first-round games in Buffalo, N.Y.
Breaking down the brackets.
Valenti and Rico kicked off the show with their immediate reactions to the Lions signing C Cade Mays to a multi-year deal. They explained why they weren't excited about the move before shifting their focus towards Michigan/MSU yesterday and what Tom Izzo had to say after the game. Then, the guys wondered how worried the Pistons should be with Jayson Tatum now back for the Celtics and reset all of today's topics at the beginning of the final hour.
The guys covered a lot of ground in the second hour, beginning with their thoughts on Michigan/MSU and what Tom Izzo had to say about the Crisler Center crowd, amongst other topics. Then, they briefly touched on the likelihood of Tigers top prospect Kevin McGonigle making the Opening Day roster.
The guys rounded out today's show asking two separate hypotheticals concerning Michigan and MSU fans, respectively.
Mike and Rico react to Michigan's win over MSU last Friday night. Plus, they do a Super Bowl "By The Numbers", go over the top-10 selling NFL jerseys this season, discuss the Pistons doing nothing at the deadline, and go over a list of the top Super Bowl foods.
Mike and Rico give their thoughts on Michigan's win over MSU basketball this past Friday night.
Valenti and Rico take your calls and read your texts to hear your main takeaways from Michigan-MSU from last Friday.
Will you be tuning into Michigan-MSU tonight?
The guys discuss some of their favorite moments from the MSU-Michigan basketball rivalry and let the people chime in on their conversation as well.
Valenti and Rico hear from a few of the people about the importance of the Michigan-MSU basketball rivalry.
Valenti and Rico spent the final hour taking some more of your Michigan-MSU calls and doing the Gus Johnson draft. Then, Riger joined in cross-talk to finish off today's show.
The guys did part 2 of the top 25 storylines of the 2025 NFL season at the start of the third hour. Then, they offered a few more Michigan-MSU thoughts before playing "Who Said It?" to round out the hour.
Valenti and Rico kicked off the final show of the week with their complaints about the NFL season being too dragged out. They took this topic until the second hour, where they discussed their interest levels in Michigan-MSU basketball tonight and whether there's any hate remaining in the rivalry. The guys took a bunch of your calls relating to that topic up until the end of the show.
Valenti and Rico opened the third hour joined by David for their second "In Football Today". Then, they spent the rest of the hour discussing Michigan and Michigan State basketball and whether they're interested in what they're seeing, even given the current state of college basketball, which is less than ideal.
In our final hour, we were joined by former Michigan Basketball Head Coach John Beilein and Josh Garvey from Doeren Mayhew for our weekly "Talking Hoops" segment. Huge, John, and Josh talked previewed tonight's Michigan/Nebraska game as well as the MSU/Rutgers game, looked ahead to Michigan/MSU on Friday, talked about the Pistons and JB Bickerstaff, and more. Clayton Sayfie from theWolverine.com then joined us to preview tonight's Michigan/Nebraska game. Huge and Clayton talked about how the two teams stack up, gave their predictions on the game, and more. We wrapped up the show talking with Destiny Vargas and Mackenzie Swartz from Metro Cars and Metro Cabs of Grand Rapids. They're helping to sponsor our Rivalry week and also wanted to come on to tell us what Metro Cars and Metro Cabs of Grand Rapids is all about, to talk about the areas they cover, told us how you can set up your pick up/drop off, and more. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.
We were joined by former Michigan Basketball Head Coach John Beilein and Josh Garvey from Doeren Mayhew for our weekly "Talking Hoops" segment. Huge, John, and Josh talked previewed tonight's Michigan/Nebraska game as well as the MSU/Rutgers game, looked ahead to Michigan/MSU on Friday, talked about the Pistons and JB Bickerstaff, and more. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.
Today on the show, we're talking about the Detroit Lions, the NFL, Michigan and Michigan State Basketball, and more as we were joined by some of our great guests. Throughout our first two hours, we were joined in studio by Jeff Risdon from the Detroit Lions Podcast, Sports Illustrated, and Real GM. During that time, Jeff and Huge talked about the Lions hiring Drew Petzing and Mike Kafka to handle the Offense, discussed what pieces the Lions need to pick up in the off-season, talked about expectations for the off-season and next season, talked about the Seahawks and Patriots playing in the Super Bowl, discussed some of the storylines surrounding the NFL, and much more. In our final hour, we were joined by former Michigan Basketball Head Coach John Beilein and Josh Garvey from Doeren Mayhew for our weekly "Talking Hoops" segment. Huge, John, and Josh talked previewed tonight's Michigan/Nebraska game as well as the MSU/Rutgers game, looked ahead to Michigan/MSU on Friday, talked about the Pistons and JB Bickerstaff, and more. Clayton Sayfie from theWolverine.com then joined us to preview tonight's Michigan/Nebraska game. Huge and Clayton talked about how the two teams stack up, gave their predictions on the game, and more. We wrapped up the show talking with Destiny Vargas and Mackenzie Swartz from Metro Cars and Metro Cabs of Grand Rapids. They're helping to sponsor our Rivalry week and also wanted to come on to tell us what Metro Cars and Metro Cabs of Grand Rapids is all about, to talk about the areas they cover, told us how you can set up your pick up/drop off, and more. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.
Kanye West apologizes for Anti-Semitic remarks, Dave Landau back in studio, Eli Zaret joins us as Super Bowl LX is set, Jaden Smith's fashion line, Meghan Markle at Sundance, Nicki ‘MAGA' Minaj, and funeral twerking. Eli Zaret joins the show to discuss the NFL Conference Finals, Super Bowl LX, the fall of Tony Romo, Erin Andrews' fashion sense, Eli vs Bad Bunny(though he LOVED Michael Jackson), the Detroit Lions hire of Drew Petzing, the Charles Bediako v. NCAA saga, Michigan/MSU basketball preview, Eli gives up on the 2026 Detroit Tigers, Alex Honnold's Skyscraper Live on Netflix and more. Comedian Dave Landau stops by the studio. Check out his next tour dates right here. Drew watched a YouTube video with 1 view. Nicki Minaj is MAGA these days. She recently saved her mansion at the very last second. Funeral twerking is a real thing and it's fantastic. Nancy Lee Grahn has a boycott against American Idol on Jimmy Kimmel. Stephen A. Smith's ‘Brick' is a soap opera superstar. Free Bert might be better than we initially thought it'd be. It's currently #4 on Netflix. Smith Shenanigans: Jaden Smith's fashion line is overpriced and ugly as hell. We watch Will Smith fake freestyle rap. Will is facing some sexual harassment claims. Kanye West backtracks on that whole Nazi thing by placing a statement in the Wall Street Journal. Hinck-Dogg has a big anniversary coming up. He totally made Jodie Foster gay according to him. Vito Luprano is spilling on Celine Dion's career & relationships. Skyscraper Live was a watchable debacle. We're reminded of Karl Wallenda. Meghan Markle is the worst and she's trying to be special at Sundance. Smell good at shopmando.com using promo DREW! Merch remains available. Click here to see what we have to offer for a limited time. If you'd like to help support the show… consider subscribing to our YouTube Channel, Facebook, Instagram and Twitter (Drew Lane, Marc Fellhauer, Trudi Daniels, Jim Bentley and BranDon)
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Lions, Tigers, Pistons, Picks.
Another FBI probe in to sports betting?
Mike and Rico continue their conversation about the lack of interest in college football to start the show, trying to find other reasons besides the Lions that fans may be turned off to Michigan and Michigan State football.
Valenti and Rico kicked off this "Can We Say That?" Monday with the first version of their famous segment surrounding Michigan-MSU football and their takeaways from the game. They stuck with this topic in the second hour, pausing for a bit in the third hour to break down a few NFL discussions, before returning to the Michigan-MSU discourse to wrap up the show.
David reads a few ticket texts, which the guys react to.
The guys put a bow on today's show rounding out the topic they dedicated the entire show to: Michigan-MSU from this past weekend.
Pistons look good, Lions trade?
Tough loss for MSU.
Immediate thoughts after the game.
Valenti and Rico take some more of your calls on their MSU/Michigan football discussion.
It's Michigan-MSU rivalry week on The Picks!
Valenti and Rico opened the third hour with a "Who Am I?" Then, they expanded on their Michigan/MSU football rivalry conversation to include college sports as a whole.
The guys spent the second hour with an extended conversation on the Michigan/MSU football rivalry and if it means anything to you anymore. They took plenty of your calls and read your ticket texts.
The guys discuss the importance of Michigan-MSU for Jonathan Smith and MSU Football.
Valenti and Rico kicked off the show sharing their thoughts on the season-changing win for the Lions last night over the Ravens. They discussed what this means for their expectations for the team before shifting gears to give their main takeaways from Michigan & MSU football's games this past weekend. Then, the guys spent the final hour previewing the Tigers' make-or-break double series with the Tigers starting with their first matchup tonight.
TJ offers his two cents on which of the Lions and Michigan/MSU football has the most to prove this week.
The guys started today's show asking which of the Lions + Michigan & MSU football have the most to prove this weekend. Then, they did the Prop Bet Casino to round out the hour.
The guys wrapped up today's show with a question: which of Michigan and MSU football + the Lions' games are the most must-win this weekend?
The guys hear from more of the people.
The Valenti Show, Karsch & Anderson & Costa & Jansen with Heather preview this college football season and talk storylines for Michigan and Michigan State
Mike and Rico reacted to some concerning comments from Brad Holmes about his expectations for the Lions in 2025. Then, the guys gave their predictions for MSU/Michigan football in 2025.