Mel Tucker
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Oct 11, 2026
Rico BeardHOST
Is that kind of Keats world?
Mike ValentiHOST
And Mel Tucker.
Mike ValentiHOST
Okay.
Mike ValentiHOST
I can't live in
Jeremy WernerHOST
Fleck, but Michigan State under the D'Antonio area, that is what you thought, can Illinois have that potential? And boy, have they fallen on hard times.
Jeremy WernerHOST
Obviously, the Mel Tucker experience was really interesting.
Jeremy WernerHOST
Joey, you win 11 games in that first year, and then all of a sudden, what happened, happened.
Jeremy WernerHOST
And then you hired Jonathan Smith, who was always kind of an odd fit from the West Coast.
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Joey WagnerHOST
Like, okay, yeah, that one makes sense.
Jeremy WernerHOST
All right, No. 5, Caden Houser returns to his first college on Saturday.
Jeremy WernerHOST
He's a four-star prospect out of California, signed with Mel Tucker and Michigan State, Joey.
Jeremy WernerHOST
How do you expect him to handle that and bounce back from his first subpar performance of the season?
Jeremy BirminghamHOST
But this is a game similar, and we talked about it on Monday, I think this is one that could feel like the 2022 Michigan State game.
Jeremy BirminghamHOST
There is a similar level of, uh, I don't wanna say disrespect, but a, a non-respect for the Maryland head coach as there was for Mel Tucker at that time.
Jeremy BirminghamHOST
A lot of chirp about Mel Tucker and how he was the best coach in the Big 10 and blah, blah, blah, and Ryan Day ba-
Austin WardHOST
Did he not handle that deep water?
Jeremy BirminghamHOST
Did not, uh, Ohio State, the day he signed his huge new contract extension, put up 49 on him in the first half.
Graham CouchHOST
There's not been, like, flea flickers.
Graham CouchHOST
Although the flea flicker at one point under the Mel Tucker and Jay Johnson regime was no longer a trick play.
Graham CouchHOST
It was just part of the offense, and it worked for a while.
Graham CouchHOST
I'm not n- knocking it, I'm just...
Graham CouchHOST
There's not been like flea flickers.
Graham CouchHOST
Although the flea flicker at one point under the Mel Tucker and Jay Johnson regime was no longer a trick play.
Graham CouchHOST
It was just part of the offense, and it worked for a while.
Graham CouchHOST
I'm not knocking it.
Andy StaplesHOST
Like-
Ari WassermanHOST
Why, why are we in a position where with all the data that we have of these big monster contracts and sexy recognizable name coaches, most of them not working out, is it even smart to offer somebody $100 million of guaranteed money over a 10-year period? When has that actually worked? Mel Tucker didn't work.
Ari WassermanHOST
Now, obviously, that went off track for other reasons, not just not winning football games.
Ari WassermanHOST
But before he got fired for cause-
Mike ValentiHOST
Is that kind of Keith's world?
Rico BeardHOST
And Mel Tucker.
Mike ValentiHOST
Okay.
Mike ValentiHOST
I, I can't live in that world.
Mike ValentiHOST
Is that kind of Keith's world?
Rico BeardHOST
And Mel Tucker.
Mike ValentiHOST
Okay.
Mike ValentiHOST
I, I can't live in that world.
Rico BeardHOST
Is that kind of Keats
Mike ValentiHOST
world? And Mel Tucker.
Mike ValentiHOST
Okay.
Mike ValentiHOST
I can't live in
Evan StoneHOST
Another piece that I, I don't think- I've heard a lot of people talk about, and mainly because I don't listen to a lot of people, but me and my friends, we've been talking about Cayden Hauser going back to his original school this weekend.
Evan StoneHOST
You don't think he wants to go into East Lansing donning the orange and blue and throw for 600 yards and five touchdowns? You don't think he wants to go in there and, and really exercise those Mel Tucker demons that he's been carrying around that, you know, as a four-star recruit, he had big hopes and dreams.
Evan StoneHOST
"I'm gonna go play college football in the Big Ten." Then he shows up to whatever dumpster fire that was.
Evan StoneHOST
And basically, as Mel Tucker got ran out of town, uh, he wasn't a b- he wasn't a fan favorite up there, and they started to question, "Is he even good? Is he good at football? Can he even play this game?" And you don't think he wants to go into East Lansing and show up and, and, and let them know the mistake, the thing that they lost? You know how it goes, right? Junior year, you go to homecoming with this girl, and then she dumps you, and you find a better girl.
Evan StoneHOST
And prom, you don't wanna go show up at prom with this better girl and be like, "Yeah, I hope you see what you let go of." Come on now.
Evan StoneHOST
Cayden Hauser wants to show up.
Evan StoneHOST
He's not built for the Big Ten.
Evan StoneHOST
The first time around and showing it now, too." I think you can be honest that the first time around in the Big Ten and where he's at now are completely different situations.
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