Izzo/Mooch/John L. Smith

Would you replace this man?

With Steve Mooch?

If it meant Izzo 4 Life?

Discuss. Mass Vegas email coming by Friday...we've got a great lineup coming.

The Old Newsroom & Vegas Update (106 Days til)

Forget about sports for a moment and enjoy this look at the days that were (even before my time. But I interviewed -- on the day of the Munn Field riot -- on some of this old furniture.)

We will be putting out some kind of email update and a thingy here about who is firm for Vegas and who is not. Again...March 8 to March 12. Please email me if you plan on going.
mhudson@edmunds.com

Buzz.

Slate's College Week

Given the huge amount of hits we got from the rantings of the current and future ENCs, thought you'd all enjoy this. Much of it could very well have been written about the third floor of Student Services.

http://www.slate.com/id/2130495?nav=wp

Joe Says: Go State!

While Fred says:
Go Taste.

Almost as cool as his MSU shirt with frogs on a log.

Neveronceagaininsomuchas Alert!

Good to see the SN tradition of wild self-importance still stands.

From the latest story about the new Editor in Chief, Nick Mrozowski:

The editor in chief of The State News serves for three semesters, works to communicate with members of the community and handles personnel issues within the paper's staff. Amy Bartner, who served as editor in chief of the paper for the past year, is graduating in December.

"I don't think that this newspaper has been in better hands in the past few years," Bartner said. "Nick doesn't think like any other journalist in the universe. Journalism needs more Nick Mrozowskis for the sake of saving it."

Best.

Where's Millie?

There's a lot going on in this pic. If you look close, you'll see Kimmerly getting smoked and the brains behind Fetus-X.

More reasons to fear Fred (And some Karzee/Treads/Meese to calm U)

Pics Bonanza!

C-Rob Takes a Minute to Humor Us

In case you're just tuning in...Charles "Chazz" Robinson of Yahoo! fame was on the Dan Patrick show on ESPN Radio. (I'm a jungle listener, CR, so get on the horn with Mr. Automatic)

Here's his take on the whole thing:

"I'm glad Muir heard the reference during the Dan Patrick Show. Now he can feel good about all the shit he had to put up with when he was my editor. If only Pat Muir, Mike Hudson and D. Rees Mills could know how much of a mark they left on me. Your influence is like an STD that I can't get rid of.

I actually was a guest during the show at one point, and even gave out a shout to Snewers (ok, I didn't, but I would have if I realized that someone I know actually listens to sports talk radio). Here's the link, if you want to listen. My segment starts at just after the 2:43 mark.

http://espnradio.espn.go.com/espnradio/radio?id=2035077&type=show "

RAD.

PS -- Charles reports that he is a lock for Vegas.

Pat Responds & Gives Shouts Out (125 Days)

Pat said...

A couple of things:

-- Yeah, sorry about that, Hud. I learned a lesson out on that practice field: I'm too short to execute a proper swim move. Since that day I've relied exclusively on my grab-n-trash and my forearm rip. I'm also toying with a new spin move.

-- I heard from the current S'news staff that Solari was out there again this year, trying to explain to them why he should still be quarterback -- "But I was ENC!" -- then his hat blew off exposing his dome and all the young kids laughed and laughed.

-- Had the Dan Patrick show going in the car on the way to work. DP name-dropped our own C-Rob when citing a Yahoo! news report about Green Bay scouting Matt Leinart. Huzzah to Charles Robinson!

(bold by ed. bovs.)

Instead of another photo...a State News Athletics Memory (126 Days til)

Howdy, it's ol' Hud. And because these photos are packing massive traffic through this site these days, I'm going to list a nice little memory here to help start a new feature on Cookie Day.

One day, Pat Muir was playing touch football with the State News in Fall 1998. I think he was still an intern, but was already a star in the wake of his famous "I made a poop somewhere in the newsroom" listserv strike against Art Alcid.

So we're playing this game -- a practice mind you -- and for some reason it comes up that only a few of us actually played high school football. (Which Pat proved one day with his Matt Puir photo button. This button still exists.)

Pat hears that I played football. And starts showing off his defensive lineman techniques when lined up against me. A grab and shuck here, a spin there. I do my part by trying to combat them with simple offensive line techniques.

Not to be outdone, Pat steps it up, sensing my lack of line experience. He looks me dead square in the eye, winks and proceeds to execute a perfect "swim" maneuver. Perfect except that instead of ripping past my block, he just punched me full flush in the face, breaking my super cool prescription Ray Bans which were the most valuable item in my possession at the time, car included.

And yes, we lost to the Michigan Daily that year, as we did every year.