Just seen this that Martin enters transfer portal ( package deal) ?

"The NCAA on Thursday said it had reached an eight-year agreement with ESPN worth $115 million annually to televise 40 college sports championships each year, including the marquee Division I women’s basketball tournament that many people within college sports had hoped would be primed for even bigger returns given a wave of recent popularity."

Article goes on to mention:

"The NCAA’s current contract with ESPN, which was extended in 2011 and runs through the end of this season, brings in $34 million per year and includes 29 championships."

And that a 2021 study claimed the NCAA could earn as much as $81 million per year on a media deal for WBB if it was unbundled, though skeptics in the industry believed that was overly inflated.

"Ultimately, the NCAA and ESPN agreed to keep the bundle and valued the women’s basketball tournament at about $65 million per year under its portion of the agreement."

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There is an article from On3 going around that USC head coach Lincoln Riley has identified Aidan Chiles as a potential transfer portal quarterback target. The article also says the Trojans may be pursuing two transfer quarterbacks. It isn't entirely surprising to me that USC would be interested in an incredibly talented southern California transfer quarterback, especially since the the team is in dire need of quarterbacks.

A source told Spartans Illustrated earlier this week that USC was pursuing Chiles, according to an agent on the West Coast.

I have been told that Chiles has been respectful about taking calls from others coaches and would listen, but that Jonathan Smith is "his guy" and "his person." Chiles wants to play for Smith.

I have also been told by sources extremely close to Chiles that the USC report is "bananas" and "I"m not worried. Let people speculate. Aidan is committed to MSU."

So, things can always change, but I don't expect anything to come of this. He plans to arrive at Michigan State on Jan. 4 and begin classes on Jan. 8.

Update: I have a feature story on Aidan's journey, told through the eyes of his parents, right here:

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HOFFMAN ESTATES, Ill. – Six Michigan State Spartans – 125-pound redshirt junior Tristan Lujan, 141-pounder senior Jordan Hamdan, 157-pound senior Chase Saldate, 165-pound senior Caleb Fish, 197-pound redshirt freshman Kael Wisler, and 285-pound redshirt freshman Josh Terrill – each had individual place finishes at the two-day Ken Kraft Midlands Championships this weekend.



MSU finished fourth out of 49 total participating squads with a total team score of 84.5.



Hamdan and Fish were the two highest place finishes, each finishing fifth in their respective weight classes.



Hamdan (Hudson, Mich.) went 6-2 over the weekend. The senior dropped his second match on Friday to Evan Mougalian (Penn RTC) in a 9-5 decision. In the consolation rounds, Hamdan won four-straight matches that was highlighted with his biggest win of the year, defeating No. 23-ranked Dylan Layton out of Cleveland State in a 14-2 major decision. Hamdan controlled Layton the entire seven minutes of wrestling recording four takedowns and allowing Layton's only points coming off two escapes in the third period. Hamdan would fall to Tom Crook in an 8-2 decision in the consolation semifinal match then captured fifth with a medical forfeit.



No. 10-ranked Fish (Eaton Rapids, Mich.) started his weekend off to a fast start with his fastest fall of the season defeating Air Force's Jack Ganos in 54 seconds, advancing to the quarterfinals where he defeated Harvard's Josh Kim in a 2-0 decision. After falling to Peyton Hall from West Virginia, and Beau Mantanona (Michigan), the senior captain would win his fifth-place match for his third-straight tournament podium finish.



No. 16-ranked Saldate (Gilroy, Calif.) went 5-2 overall with a pair of first round falls over Jorden Johnson (SIU Edwardsville) at the 1:50 mark, and James Harrington (Harvard) in a season-high 1:07, followed by tech fall and major decision victories to capture seventh.



Terrill (Holt, Mich.) entered the week tied second in the country in wins (16) and added five more wins to that total recording two falls and major decision victories. Terrill registered the second fastest fall on the team in his seventh-place match against John Stout (Penn) in 28 seconds for his third tournament placement this season.



No. 32-ranked Lujan (Selma, Calif.) placed eighth with back-to-back tech fall victories against Davian Guanajuato (SIU Edwardsville), 17-2, and a 15-0 shutout over Kaden Chinavare (Central Michigan). In a razor-thin seventh-place match, Lujan fell to Ohio State's Vinny Kilkeary in a sudden-victory match, 4-1, to finish eighth.



Wisler (New Boston, Mich.) went 4-3 overall to place eighth. In the consolation round of six, Wisler met No. 32-ranked John Crawford (Franklin & Marshall) for the second time this season, and defeated Crawford for the second time this season in a tight 4-1 tiebreaker battle.



The Michigan State wrestling team will be back in action on Jan. 5 as it takes on American in East Lansing.



Men`s 125

Tristan Lujan

Champ. Round 2 - Tristan Lujan (Michigan State) won by major decision over Koda Holeman (Cal Poly) (Maj 15-6)

Champ. Round 3 - Blake West (Northern Illinois) won by decision over Tristan Lujan (Michigan State) (Dec 5-4)

Cons. Round 4 - Tristan Lujan (Michigan State) won by tech fall over Davian Guanajuato (SIU Edwardsville) (TF 17-2)

Cons. Round 5 - Tristan Lujan (Michigan State) won by tech fall over Kaden Chinavare (Central Michigan) (TF 15-0)

Cons. Round 6 - Tristan Lujan (Michigan State) won by decision over Sean Spidle (Central Michigan) (Dec 4-3)

Cons. Round 7 - Eric Barnett (Wisconsin) won by decision over Tristan Lujan (Michigan State) (Dec 7-0)

7th Place Match - Vinny Kilkeary (Ohio State) won in sudden victory - 1 over Tristan Lujan (Michigan State) (SV-1 4-1)



Nick Corday

Champ. Round 2 - Nick Corday (Michigan State) won by fall over Ryan Miller (Penn) (Fall 2:57)

Champ. Round 3 - Sean Spidle (Central Michigan) won by injury default over Nick Corday (Michigan State) (Inj. 6:48)

Cons. Round 4 - Max Elton (Buffalo) won by medical forfeit over Nick Corday (Michigan State) (MFF)



Men`s 133

Andy Hampton

Champ. Round 1 - Nicholas Kayal (Princeton) won by decision over Andrew Hampton (Michigan State) (Dec 13-6)

Cons. Round 2 - Vincent Perez (Central Michigan) won by fall over Andrew Hampton (Michigan State) (Fall 3:46)



Men`s 141

Jordan Hamdan

Champ. Round 2 - Jordan Hamdan (Michigan State) won by decision over Tyler Vazquez (Princeton) (Dec 10-3)

Champ. Round 3 - Evan Mougalian (Penn RTC) won by decision over Jordan Hamdan (Michigan State) (Dec 9-5)

Cons. Round 4 - Jordan Hamdan (Michigan State) won by decision over Jacob Brya (Northern Illinois) (Dec 8-5)

Cons. Round 5 - Jordan Hamdan (Michigan State) won by decision over Hunter Mason (Virginia Tech) (Dec 4-2)

Cons. Round 6 - Jordan Hamdan (Michigan State) won by major decision over Mac Church (Virginia Tech) (Maj 10-2)

Cons. Round 7 - Jordan Hamdan (Michigan State) won by major decision over Dylan Layton (Cleveland State) (Maj 14-2)

Cons. Semi - Tom Crook (Virginia Tech) won by decision over Jordan Hamdan (Michigan State) (Dec 8-2)

5th Place Match - Jordan Hamdan (Michigan State) won by medical forfeit over Jimmy Nugent (Central Michigan) (MFF)



Men`s 149

Clayton Jones

Champ. Round 1 - Corbyn Munson (Central Michigan) won by fall over Clayton Jones (Michigan State) (Fall 1:24)

Cons. Round 2 - Joseph Zargo (Wisconsin) won by tech fall over Clayton Jones (Michigan State) (TF 23-8)



Braden Stauffenberg

Champ. Round 2 - Caine Tyus (SIU Edwardsville) won by major decision over Braden Stauffenberg (Michigan State) (Maj 9-1)

Cons. Round 2 - Jackson Polo (Penn) won by decision over Braden Stauffenberg (Michigan State) (Dec 7-3)



Men`s 157

Chase Saldate

Champ. Round 1 - Chase Saldate (Michigan State) won by fall over Jorden Johnson (SIU Edwardsville) (Fall 1:50)

Champ. Round 2 - Chase Saldate (Michigan State) won by major decision over Devin Alexander (Cal Poly) (Maj 8-0)

Champ. Round 3 - Chase Saldate (Michigan State) won by decision over Munktulga Zuunbayan (Northern Illinois) (Dec 9-3)

Quarterfinal - Johnny Lovett (Central Michigan) won by decision over Chase Saldate (Michigan State) (Dec 9-6)

Cons. Round 6 - Chase Saldate (Michigan State) won by tech fall over NIck Sanko (Virginia) (TF 17-1)

Cons. Round 7 - Lucas Revano (Penn) won by decision over Chase Saldate (Michigan State) (Dec 10-6)

7th Place Match - Chase Saldate (Michigan State) won by fall over James Harrington (Harvard) (Fall 1:07)



Men`s 165

Caleb Fish

Champ. Round 2 - Caleb Fish (Michigan State) won by fall over Jack Ganos (Air Force) (Fall 0:54)

Quarterfinal - Caleb Fish (Michigan State) won by decision over Josh Kim (Harvard) (Dec 2-0)

Semifinal - Peyton Hall (West Virginia) won by fall over Caleb Fish (Michigan State) (Fall 2:59)

Cons. Semi - Beau Mantanona (Michigan) won by fall over Caleb Fish (Michigan State) (Fall 2:53)

5th Place Match - Caleb Fish (Michigan State) won by decision over Chris Moore (Illinois) (Dec 1-0)



Men`s 174

Marty Larkin

Champ. Round 1 - Edmond Ruth (Illinois) won by major decision over Marty Larkin (Michigan State) (Maj 16-5)

Cons. Round 2 - Marty Larkin (Michigan State) won by major decision over Ceasar Garza (Michigan State) (Maj 13-4)

Cons. Round 3 - Marty Larkin (Michigan State) won by tech fall over Antonio Torres (SIU Edwardsville) (TF 15-0)

Cons. Round 4 - Cael Valencia (Arizona State) won by decision over Marty Larkin (Michigan State) (Dec 10-7)



Ceasar Garza

Champ. Round 2 - Justin McCoy (Virginia) won by decision over Ceasar Garza (Michigan State) (Dec 8-7)

Cons. Round 2 - Marty Larkin (Michigan State) won by major decision over Ceasar Garza (Michigan State) (Maj 13-4)



DJ Shannon

Champ. Round 1 – DJ Shannon (Michigan State) won by decision over Payton Geigner (North Central) (Dec 8-5)

Champ. Round 2 - Jared Stricker (UW-Eau Claire) won by decision over DJ Shannon (Michigan State) (Dec 6-3)

Cons. Round 2 - Joseph Walker (Michigan) won by major decision over DJ Shannon (Michigan State) (Maj 11-0)



Men`s 184

Jacob Lee

Champ. Round 1 - Troy Fisher (Northwestern) won by fall over Jacob Lee (Michigan State) (Fall 2:46)

Cons. Round 2 - Kole Mulhauser (Unattached) won by major decision over Jacob Lee (Michigan State) (Maj 9-1)



Layne Malczewski

Champ. Round 2 - Layne Malczewski (Michigan State) won by fall over Andrew Wenzel (Air Force) (Fall 2:54)

Champ. Round 3 - Layne Malczewski (Michigan State) won by fall over Kendall La Rosa (Cal Poly) (Fall 3:17)

Quarterfinal - Nate Dugan (Princeton) won by major decision over Layne Malczewski (Michigan State) (Maj 13-4)

Cons. Round 6 - Troy Fisher (Northwestern) won by decision over Layne Malczewski (Michigan State) (Dec 12-10)



Misha Lomboy

Champ. Round 1 - Misha Lomboy (Michigan State) received a bye () (Bye)

Champ. Round 2 - Tony Negron (Arizona State) won by major decision over Misha Lomboy (Michigan State) (Maj 11-1)

Cons. Round 3 - Misha Lomboy (Michigan State) won by decision over Deron Pulliam (SIU Edwardsville) (Dec 2-1)

Cons. Round 4 - Brian Soldano (Rutgers) won by fall over Misha Lomboy (Michigan State) (Fall 6:25)



Men`s 197

Carter Blough

Champ. Round 2 - Michael Beard (Lehigh) won by tech fall over Carter Blough (Michigan State) (TF 18-1)

Cons. Round 3 - Carter Blough (Michigan State) won by decision over Cole Matulenko (UW-Eau Claire) (Dec 9-3)

Cons. Round 4 - Kael Wisler (Michigan State) won by major decision over Carter Blough (Michigan State) (Maj 9-0)



Kael Wisler

Champ. Round 2 - Kael Wisler (Michigan State) won by fall over Cole Robertson (Ohio State) (Fall 4:31)

Champ. Round 3 - Aidan Conner (Princeton) won by decision over Kael Wisler (Michigan State) (Dec 6-0)

Cons. Round 4 - Kael Wisler (Michigan State) won by major decision over Carter Blough (Michigan State) (Maj 9-0)

Cons. Round 5 - Kael Wisler (Michigan State) won by decision over Luke Cochran (Central Michigan) (Dec 7-2)

Cons. Round 6 - Kael Wisler (Michigan State) won in tie breaker - 1 over John Crawford (Franklin & Marshall) (TB-1 4-1)

Cons. Round 7 - JT Davis (Lehigh) won by major decision over Kael Wisler (Michigan State) (Maj 17-4)

7th Place Match - Aidan Conner (Princeton) won by decision over Kael Wisler (Michigan State) (Dec 8-1)



Luke Daly

Champ. Round 2 - Luke Daly (Michigan State) won by major decision over Nolan Pozzobon (U. of Chicago) (Maj 9-0)

Champ. Round 3 - Andy Smith (Virginia Tech) won by decision over Luke Daly (Michigan State) (Dec 4-2)

Cons. Round 4 - Isiah Pettigrew (Illinois) won by decision over Luke Daly (Michigan State) (Dec 5-1)



Men`s 285

Josh Terrill

Champ. Round 1 - Josh Terrill (Michigan State) won by major decision over Pete Christensen (Wisconsin) (Maj 11-1)

Champ. Round 2 - Chase Horne (North Carolina State) won by decision over Josh Terrill (Michigan State) (Dec 2-1)

Cons. Round 2 - Josh Terrill (Michigan State) won by major decision over Donovan Sprouse (George Mason) (Maj 15-3)

Cons. Round 3 - Josh Terrill (Michigan State) won by fall over Jacob Christensen (Northern Illinois) (Fall 2:59)

Cons. Round 4 - Josh Terrill (Michigan State) won by decision over Cole Jackson (Cal Poly) (Dec 8-4)

Cons. Round 5 - Jimmy Mullen (Virginia Tech) won by decision over Josh Terrill (Michigan State) (Dec 7-2)

7th Place Match - Josh Terrill (Michigan State) won by fall over John Stout (Penn) (Fall 0:28)

Match recap courtesy of MSU Athletics.

MSU OL signee Rustin Young will play in the Under Armour All-American Game today. The game is at 4:00 Eastern Time on ESPN.

Young is on Team Fire and will wear No. 73.

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Michigan State cornerback Charles Brantley has withdrawn from the transfer portal, Spartans Illustrated has confirmed. He plans to return to MSU as a redshirt junior in 2024.

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A roller coaster of a month for head coach Tom Izzo and the Michigan State men's basketball team in December should prepare the Spartans for what will likely be another fun (?) Big Ten season.

It’s well documented what this program can do when it is counted out. Now, moving forward, the Spartans finally have a bit of momentum to move them through the beginning of the Big Ten gauntlet.

Let’s take a look at how some of the current players are trending entering the new year.

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Indiana States HC coaching at a BIG Time school soon. I came away so impressed from two games so far this year when it comes to the other schools. They both are coached so well... JMU and this Sycamores team.

Very well coached... I just hope they dont come to the B1G.

Louisville transfer defensive tackle Jeff Clark will take an official visit to Michigan State beginning on Thursday, Jan. 4 and going until Saturday, Jan. 6. Spartan Tailgate's Corey Robinson was first on the report.

He appeared in 13 games as a reserve defensive tackle for the Cardinals in 2023, recording 14 total tackles and two tackles for loss. He is listed at 6-foot and 290 pounds.

Prior to his time at Louisville, Clark played three seasons at Georgia State. He finished his career there with 19.5 tackles for loss and nine sacks, which ranked top-10 in program history.

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Happy New Year SI posters!

The College Football Playoff is here. Michigan takes on Alabama at the Rose Bowl and Texas plays Washington in the Sugar Bowl.

Here are my score predictions:

Alabama: 27
Michigan: 21

Texas: 34
Washington: 27

Gimme an Alabama vs. Texas rematch in the National Championship!

Drop your score predictions. I think these two matchups will be exciting to watch.

Good Friday afternoon to you all. I've spent quite a bit of time trying to get a good sense of what the last 30 days was like under Jonathan Smith and I think you will enjoy this Spartans Illustrated subscriber exclusive. In order to tell the story most effectively, I talked with a handful of sources in the football program and granted them anonymity so they could speak freely; some were already on the Spartan staff when Jonathan Smith arrived and some arrived with Smith. If you have any follow up questions, hit me up here. I'm on vacation with my family, but should have time to get back to you!

Running back Jaren Mangham will return to Michigan State in 2024, he announced on Tuesday evening. It will mark Mangham's sixth year of college football and his second with the Spartans.

It was previously unclear if Mangham planned to return to MSU, enter the transfer portal again or pursue professional football, but he will be a part of the Spartans' backfield in 2024.

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Maybe I should be blaming his OC instead but there were a couple of head shaking play calls late in that game.

1. Up 9 with a little over two minutes left. Instead of running they throw an incompletion that saves Texas a timeout.
2. Up 6 with under a minute left and Texas out of timeouts. Instead of taking a knee and running the clock down to 15 seconds they risk a handoff. Not only does their best running back get injured on the play, but Texas gets an extra 35 seconds from the injury stoppage and ends up with four shots at the end zone.

It’s hard for me to imagine what they were thinking.

On Dec. 30, the Michigan State men's basketball squad earned a hard-fought win over an Indiana State team that entered East Lansing with an impressive 11-1 record. The Spartans took down the Sycamores by a final score of 87-75.

Spartans Illustrated photographer @MarvHall was at the Breslin Center to capture the action.

Check out his 44-image gallery here:

Ferris State recap and Michigan Tech preview here:

Sydney and I recorded back-to-back episodes of the Red Cedar Radar on NYE. The first part focused just on football, where we dive into the first month of the Jonanthan Smith era. Part two is all about basketball, where we talk about the current MSU win streak and what to expect in Big Ten play.

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Spartans Illustrated can confirm that redshirt sophomore defensive lineman Tunmise Adeleye is no longer on Michigan State's roster. He is not in the transfer portal as of yet.

Adeleye, a former five-star recruit in the 2021 class, joined Michigan State in January after transferring in from Texas A&M.

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NFL PLAYOFFS

First Tier Hate: Cowboys, Chiefs & Ravens. Hate them ALL.

Second Tier Hate: Dolphins, Colts.

Indifference Tier - Will Not Root For: Texans, Jaguars, Steelers, Eagles, Rams, Bucs, Seahawks, Saints, Packers*, Bears, Falcons.

*Reed and Love make the Packers more tolerable.

Indifference Tier: Browns**

**with Flacco, not serial molester Watson

Fan Tier: Bills, Lions, Vikings, 49ers***. Will actively root for these teams in this order. Vikes are likely done after tonight.

***if against Cowboys, if not, Indifference Tier.

Happy New Year!

Just a quick note here, but sources have confirmed to Spartans Illustrated that Northwestern transfer defensive back Rod Heard II will officially visit Michigan State during the weekend of Jan. 5 and Jan. 6. Allen Trieu was first to report.

In five seasons with Northwestern, Heard totaled 182 tackles, 11 tackles for loss, 10 passes defended, two interceptions, two sacks, five forced fumbles and one fumble recovery. He played in 46 career games played.

Heard primarily played nickel back for the Wildcats this past season.

He is a graduate transfer and has one year of eligibility remaining. He is also a Farmington Hills, Michigan native.

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... and talks to his Spartan Family and says he is forever a SpartanDawg.

Is he? Kudos for playing the system to your advantage - $$$ - switching teams to increase your NFL value - that's what you should do if that's your choice - that said you aren't a Dawg!

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