Stars Matter: Could Marcus Freeman's decision-making hurt Notre Dame recruiting & Michigan State's next steps
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🗓️ 28 September 2023
⏱️ 62 minutes
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(Timestamps/links in notes) The Stars Matter quartet discusses Michigan State officially firing Mel Tucker for cause. Who could replace him, and how has/will this impact the Spartans' recruiting? The crew also chats Notre Dame and Penn State's weekend bumps for the class of '25 as well as in-state struggles for some programs.
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Rundown:
(1:00) Mel Tucker officially out // HC candidates & recruiting impact
(13:00) Class of '24 commits
(16:30) Notre Dame, Penn State '25 surge BUT Freeman's decision-making could hurt ND in future
(24:00) In-state question marks for UGA, Penn State and more
(38:00) Would you eat off of some else's used plastic plate?
(42:15) Mailbag: Should QBs count more towards rankings?
(58:00) Producer Cam is the trivia king
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| 0:44.7 | I'm Mitch Light, joined by Ari Wasserman. |
| 0:47.5 | Ari, a national college football reporter for us, covers the nation and recruiting. |
| 0:52.5 | Ari fresh off of a trip to South Bend, Indiana, your first time there. |
| 0:58.0 | Quite the ball game you saw. |
| 0:59.4 | How you doing, buddy? |
| 1:00.6 | That was a wonderful trip. |
| 1:01.8 | Definitely a bucket list stadium. |
| 1:04.1 | And the university's campus is truly remarkable in the fact that we got to see a game that was decided at the last minute. |
| 1:10.4 | Sorry, the last second, the last play is something I'll never forget. |
| 1:13.0 | It was super, super fun. |
| 1:14.3 | Yeah, a rare walkoff in football. |
| 1:17.6 | Also joined by Grace Rainer, Grace, a national reporter for us as well, covers recruiting. |
| 1:21.8 | And Grace was back in her old stomping grounds, Clemson, South Carolina. |
| 1:26.7 | Also saw a very good game and |
| 1:28.7 | overtime game, some drama there. So how was the return, Grace? And welcome to the pod. |
| 1:34.8 | Oh, thanks. It was a lot of fun. Heck of a game. It was much closer than I thought it was going to be. |
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