{"podcast":{"title":"Couch and The Rube","slug":"couch-and-the-rube-780757","podcast_index_feed_id":780757,"rss_url":"https://www.spreaker.com/user/5707063/episodes/feed","website_url":"http://www.couchandtherube.com","image_url":"https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/a74224ce5cfbd5b6509cd54ddbfd8931.jpg","author":"SPOTLIGHT Radio Network","episode_count":1000,"summary":"Graham Couch and Jason Knick are a dynamic duo that get together every afternoon to discuss Michigan State and Big Ten football and men’s basketball, Detroit pro sports and the buzz nationally. The show is a fun, engaging, and thought-provoking all-in-one radio and podcast experience for the Michigan State, Michigan and Detroit sports fan whose assorted interests also might include the outrageous national story, sports gambling and life’s relatable predicaments. Hosts Graham Couch, a sports columnist at the Lansing State Journal, and Jason Knick, “The Rube,” bring you two hours a day of the topics and stories that grab you — often with your input and through insightful interviews with those who know the stories best.","last_synced_at":null,"page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/couch-and-the-rube-780757"},"episode":{"title":"Ep. 1121: Joe Rexrode on MSU basketball's NCAA tournament seeding and chances at a run","slug":"ep-1121-joe-rexrode-on-msu-basketball-s-ncaa-tournament-seeding-and-chances-at-a-run","published_at":"2026-03-04T19:23:52+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/couch-and-the-rube-780757/ep-1121-joe-rexrode-on-msu-basketball-s-ncaa-tournament-seeding-and-chances-at-a-run","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/couch-and-the-rube-780757","url":"https://www.spreaker.com/episode/ep-1121-joe-rexrode-on-msu-basketball-s-ncaa-tournament-seeding-and-chances-at-a-run--70448774","audio_url":"https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/70448774/ep_1121_joe_rexrode_on_msu_basketballs_ncaa_tournament_seeding_and_chances_at_a_run.mp3","summary":"We opened with discussion Michigan State basketball's seniors heading into the Spartans home finale. Then a conversation with The Athletic's bracketologist and former MSU beat writer Joe Rexrode on the Spartans' most likely NCAA tournament seed, their chances of making a run, and whether Jeremy Fears Jr. or Michigan's Yaxel Lendeborg deserves to be the Big Ten player of the year (21:00). Finally, we talk Tigers, Pistons and Lions at the end (56:00).","meta_description":"We opened with discussion Michigan State basketball's seniors heading into the Spartans home finale. Then a conversation with The Athletic's bracketologis…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":4313,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/couch-and-the-rube-780757/episodes/ep-1121-joe-rexrode-on-msu-basketball-s-ncaa-tournament-seeding-and-chances-at-a-run/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/couch-and-the-rube-780757/ep-1121-joe-rexrode-on-msu-basketball-s-ncaa-tournament-seeding-and-chances-at-a-run.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}