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The foregone conclusion became official early on Monday morning as Kentucky announced they have signed a deal to make J Batt their new athletic director. Just one year into his term with the Spartans, the nomadic fundraising guru is on the move again. It probably was not too tough to predict this happening as soon […]
Of course the big news over the weekend was the expected departure of athletic director J Batt to Kentucky and the possibility of Jon Palumbo replacing him on an interim basis. Nothing was finalized as of this writing (early Sunday morning) but it appears that Batt is likely gone. We had featured Batt in a […]
New Head Coach Pat Fitzgerald continues to make an impact on the recruiting trail by landing his 14th commit of the 2027 class in 4-star OT Caleb Johnson – the first 4-star, so far. Check out his highlight reel: Johnson attends Noblesville High School in Noblesville, Indiana and chose Michigan State over fellow B1G teams […]
Although his appointment was announced on June 2, J Batt was formally approved as Michigan State’s athletic director one year ago today – on June 13, 2025. He officially began his duties on June 17. Unfortunately, we may have to wonder how much longer Batt will remain in East Lansing given that the person who […]
We are already midway through June with the official start of summer just a week away. Before we know it, kids will be going back to school and football will be back in season. But until then, we are talking about basketball and futbol in this week’s surveys. Our first question of the week asked […]
There has been more negative news about the Board of Trustees in the past few years than anything I’ve heard since I graduated from Michigan State in 2014. The past month should be the tipping point. It’s been roughly two weeks since we wrote about the news of President Guskiewicz leaving Michigan State for Clemson […]
Our incoming freshmen series takes a turn to the defensive side of the ball as we look at defensive back, Brayden Thomas. Thomas is listed at 6’1” and 175 pounds and is listed as a safety and cornerback. It looks as if he’s played free, strong, nickel and CB in the secondary which tells you […]
The greatest competition in sports begins tomorrow. And with this year’s version being super-sized from 32 to 48 teams, the largest competition in sports history will also be getting underway. For those of you who are unfamiliar with the format of the World Cup and are thinking of a traditional American tournament where 48 teams […]
Hey TOC Nation, we are going back to posting the surveys in articles to see if that will help elicit more voting. We just popped the surveys from The Feed here for you to vote and discuss. First up, we are asking you to look several months down the road and predict which of the […]
Spartan basketball commits Jasiah Jervis and Ethan Taylor made the Team USA roster for the 2026 FIBA Under-18 AmeriCup tournament, held in Leon, Mexico from June 1-7. The Americans had to settle for silver in the tournament, falling to Canada 67-65 on Sunday night. Here, we briefly recap the American’s run in the tournament and […]
It is certainly not an easy time to be an MSU sports fan right now. Our football program has not been to a bowl game since we defeated Pitt in the Peach Bowl at the end of the 2021 season. Our hockey team spent a large chunk of this past season at the top of […]
Next up in our series of focusing on incoming freshmen football players is tight end Joe Caudill. Caudill is from Lexington, Ohio and is listed at 6’ 4” and 232 lbs. He’s rated as a four-star recruit and a top-300 (#235) player by Rivals. He’s ranked by Rivals as the 13th best tight end in […]
Article update Wednesday evening, following today’s hearing: After the Save College Sports Act failed to make it to a vote in the US House of Representatives, Senators Maria Cantwell (D-WA) and Ted Cruz (R-TX) reached an agreement on the Protect College Sports Act after months of negotiations. The bill is scheduled for a Senate Commerce […]
Introduction Now that the deadline for players to withdraw from the NBA Draft and return to college has passed (you made us sweat it out, Jeremy Fears, but thank you for returning), we thought it might be interesting to compare roster retention and turnover among Big Ten men’s basketball teams. We’re going to look at […]
I’m sure we all exhaled a sigh of relief with some of the bigger news this week. If you don’t know what I’m referring to, then check out O’s article here about Jeremy Fears Decision Gate 2026. Track & Field competed in the NCAA first and quarter final rounds Wednesday May 27 through May 30. […]
Next up in our series of incoming freshman football players is wide receiver Samson Gash. Gash comes to MSU via Detroit Catholic Central. He stands at 6’0” and 180 pounds and is ranked anywhere between the 28th and 60th best incoming receiver. On3 gives him his highest rating and ESPN the lowest but both, as […]
Just a couple hours before midnight and the deadline for withdrawing from the NBA Draft, Michigan State’s All-American point guard announced he would be coming back for another season in East Lansing. Jeremy Fears Jr. certainly used up about as much of the clock as possible before finally announcing his decision. For Tom Izzo, the […]
On a day when the big piece of news was supposed to be the pending decision coming from Jeremy Fears, Michigan State University was met with the blindside announcement that Kevin Guskiewicz, the school’s president, is resigning in order to take the same position at Clemson. Sports Illustrated has a good piece on it. For […]
Hello TOC. This week we’ll obviously be keeping our eyes on “The Decision – Jeremy Fears Edition.” We’ll also continue previewing the top incoming freshman for Spartan Football. O looked at Collin Campbell last week. But let’s begin the week with a very brief recap of some of the less-publicized areas of MSU Athletics. Women’s […]
First and foremost, all of us at TOC would like to take a moment to thank those who gave their lives to serve our country as we honor you this Memorial Day. Our gratitude goes out to all of your families and the sacrifices you have made. There are many times that those of us […]
I hope you are all enjoying your holiday weekend. This past week, I posted a handful of surveys in The Feed. There were a few pertaining to basketball, one on football, and one on the general level of fan engagement in the new world we live in. Some of our questions were looking back on […]
The Only Colors recently completed a series of articles analyzing the four-member recruiting class that Tom Izzo is bringing to the Breslin in 2026-27. We now shift our attention down Shaw Lane to Spartan Stadium. New Head Coach Pat Fitzgerald will have a 21-player haul for his first recruiting class, many of whom were recruited […]
When a program hires a new football coach, the first high school recruiting class – the class of 2026 in this case – is more a reflection of the previous staff. The new coach is often just trying to hold the group together and hang on to commitments. Here, the real value of the new […]
Happy Monday, TOC! Men’s Baseball will be the No. 12 seed in the 2026 Big Ten Conference Baseball Tournament that starts Tuesday, May 19 in Omaha, Nebraska. They’ll open against No. 5 Purdue at 10AM EST on Tuesday in the double-elimination tournament. Men’s Golf will see two seniors, Caleb Bond and Ashton McCulloch, play in […]
MSU recently released some football schedule news with various night games and future opponents. This got us thinking at TOC about Batt’s fundraising and planned changes for Sparta. There was some recent conversations about Spartan Stadium and the surrounding areas so let’s take a closer look and we look forward to the open discussions that […]