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Fieri was so impressed with the Flavortown trip this place's smoked brisket banh mi sandwich sent him on that he's back just a few years later.

Peacock lost NBC more than a half-billion dollars in the third quarter of 2023 alone. You can bet your ass that the suits in the NBC boardroom are going to leverage the Big Ten properties they're paying through the nose for to drive their streaming subscriptions.

Michigan got away — at least in season — despite being caught red-handed in the worst cheating scandal college football has seen in some time. But the Playoff committee has meted out the ultimate punishment to U-M — a CFP semifinal date with Nick Saban and Alabama.

Thirteen Michigan State players — and counting — have entered the transfer portal since Jonathan Smith was named the Spartans' new head football coach.

The 44-year-old has a reputation for developing physical, balanced, and explosive offenses along with aggressive and confounding defenses. But his career record is below .500, and he didn't turn in his first winning season with Oregon State until his fourth year.

Leavitt, who looked primed to become the Spartans' new starting quarterback in 2024, is leaving MSU because of a grudge he's held for a long time against Jonathan Smith.

Tom Izzo had been 74-0 at Breslin Center in the month of November. Make that 74-1 now that MSU has become the first AP Top 5 team in 18 years to lose its season opener to an unranked opponent.

If Big Ten Commissioner Tony Pettiti won't take action against Michigan in-season, two of the league's biggest football brands could force his hand by threatening to hit the conference where it matters most — in the checkbook.

The latest unpredictable development in Michigan's illegal-scouting/sign-stealing scandal reads like a swerve from a classic Tom Clancy novel.

Two trustees are calling for Rema Vassar to step down, alleging she has acted in an inappropriate unilateral manner on several occasions, meddled into several university issues, bullied others, and violated ethical standards.