Prediction: MSU vs 'Bama
You can read all the other predictions out there. It will be one helluva bruiser contest. In the end: #7 Spartans 27, #15 Tide 23. See ya at the Peanut Barrell at 1 pm tomorrow.

Treadwell
As you've all learned by now, Spartan football OC Don Treadwell has been named the head coach of the Miami at Ohio. This is a good gig - Miami has a gem of a football tradition in the Mid American Conference, it also happens to be Treadwell's alma mater. He was certainly an asset for the Spartans this year.

For those not in the know, Tread used to be the ES' neighbor, when he was an assistant under the befuddled leadership of Bobby Williams. The ES still has Tread's MSU leather jacket. The ES wishes the Treadwell family well...

FYI - who is the current OC for Miami-Ohio? None other than... Morris Watts, the former OC for Michigan State under Nick Saban and Bobby Williams, who actually coached the final three games of the 2002 season after BW was fired. Wow, college FB can be incestual.

MSU Hoops
The Big Green opened its Big Ten season at home, as a #20 rank to host the #14 Minnesota Golden Gophers. MSU is ranked lower than Minny? ??? That didn't add up, and it showed. The Spartans shot 1-14 from behind the arc in the first half and trailed by 7 at the break... but went on a torrid 21-3 run, with Summers hitting 4 straight threes. MSU won, 71-62 but were up by as many as 15 in the second half. Jeez. Wake up, Big GREEN.

HAVE A SAFE AND HAPPY NEW YEAR!