Welcome back to Power Hour, the Athletics Tuesday National College Football podcast, hosted by yours truly, Nicole Auerbach.

Thrilled to be joined this week by my friend and colleague, Chris Vanini, to break down the biggest storylines in college football this week in an hour or less.

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Because much like your favorite recruits, we always want to make an immediate impact.

And Chris, I am very glad that you're here, although I guess I probably should have timed it a little better, because

I guess you kind of have some bragging rights based on our alma maters this week.

And honestly, one of the most surprising results of the whole season, Michigan State

beating Michigan and giving Mel Tucker his first win as a Spartan's head coach, and it just so happens to come in the rivalry game.

Nicole, it is great to be here.

For those who don't know, Nicole is a Michigan alum.

I am a Michigan State alum.

Our rivalry goes back to when we were students.

And for those who don't know, we'll hit this quickly.

But the Michigan and Michigan State student newspapers play each other in football every year,

except this year, obviously, for pandemic reasons.

They play a flag football game or a touch football game the night before Michigan State.

And we always, since in the four years now, we've worked together.

We always taunt each other leading up to that game.

It didn't actually happen this year.

Unfortunately, it might happen in the spring, maybe, hopefully.

But Nicole and I have known each other for a while back before we worked together.

And for quite a long time, we did not like each other.

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