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4th and inches, a husky podcast is a place for Husky fans to keep up to date on multiple programs at UW. Started by two friends, Trevor Mueller and Jake Grant, has grown to encompass experts of different sports. Kaila Olin and UW Leah round out the football regulars with contributions from Husky legends and other members of the media. Other sports covered: Men's Hoops with Noah Dickerson, Women's Hoops with UW Leah & former writer for The UW Daily, Evie Mason. 4th and inches is also a platfo ...
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Canadians, Dan and Chantal Deveau are planning the longest walk home. Hiking 4,265km/2,650mi between the Mexican border to Canada along the (PCT) The Pacific Crest Trail in 2024. Follow along as they plan for this adventure. They will record + document this journey from the trail, small resupply towns, around the campfire, and when they lay exhausted in their tent. They will be grateful to get out of the tent and view a different view each morning. Follow along with your earbuds. Subscribe + ...
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2025 Washington commit Julian McMahan joins Trevor Mueller to talk about his game and why he chose to the Huskies. Mike Martin of RealDawg.com jumps on to tell the true story of how the Don James statue ended up in front of Husky Stadium and announces his Don James documentary that will be featured at the Gig Harbor Film Festival. --- Support this …
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In Episode 649 this week, accomplished creator Dave Swartz talks about his current Kickstarter campaign for Confederate Monster! Dave has been a professional comic book illustrator for 10 years! His current crowdfunding campaign is on Kickstarter, and it’s described this way: “The South will rise Un-Dead, when the story of Frankenstein meets the Ci…
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July 11, 2024: We are lucky to have the best expert in the legal field, Professor Michael McCann, join us for a deep discussion on what is happening to the NCAA from a legal perspective. Professor McCann was on the legal team for Maurice Clarett's when he sued the NFL and helped write the book on Ed O'Bannon's legal challenge for NIL. Today's discu…
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Christopher Michael from C.R.I.T: Robo Renaissance is the featured guest this week in Episode #648! Chris returns and has a Kickstarter crowdfunding project underway for C.R.I.T: Robo Renaissance that will conclude on July 26! The project is described this way: “Join C.R.I.T. (Constantly Running Into Trouble) as they seek justice, uncover secrets, …
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July 5, 2024: Robbie Hummel returned to the show again to talk Big Ten Hoops, Purdue making the Final Four, the prospects of Zach Edey in the NBA, and what went wrong with Michigan State last year. Robbie brings his usual honest and folksy analysis to college basketball with a small dose of Indiana Hoosier shade. Are you looking for collegiate appa…
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James Aquilone, accomplished horror writer/editor, returns to the Wayne’s Comics Podcast in Episode #647! Wayne has a great conversation this week with James, a favorite here at the podcast! He’s crowdfunding this already very successful campaign and his latest project on Kickstarter for the Kolchak: The Night Stalker Novel Deluxe, Limited Edition …
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June 27, 2024: It might be the off season but that doesn't mean Michigan State's coaching staff isn't busy working on its future roster. With the era of the transfer portal, roster construction has changed and the importance a staff puts on new recruits has altered. The Spartans, however, have been operating similar to how they have in the past wit…
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In Episode 646 this week, Nick Edwards from Stilettos talks about his Kickstarter that's ending soon! Nick’s crowdfunding project for Stilettos will conclude on July 2 at 12:00 p.m., and you can support it at this link. Here’s the description: “A promising young woman meets the most dangerous game in this 90+ page revenge thriller graphic novel!” W…
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June 20, 2024: College basketball analyst and ESPN commentator, Jay Bilas, returns the show to discuss the college basketball landscape again. After our discussion with Jay last summer, we wanted to get his expanded thoughts on the direction the NCAA athletics has moved over the past year and where it is headed. The House decision is awaiting appro…
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Writer Justin Coke is interviewed this week in Episode #645 to talk about his upcoming book SWAT: Eldritch Blue Issue #1! Justin has his very first comic coming to Zoop.gg very soon, and it’s described this way: “A squad of broken-down outcasts, weirdos, and wizards battle to enforce the Grand Bargain—the agreement in which the monsters of the worl…
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June 13, 2024: One of the worst kept secrets came to fruition as Tom Izzo and the Spartans officially named former UM assistant coach, Saddi Washington, as a new assistant coach. Despite his 8 year stint in Ann Arbor, Saddi actually has very deep ties to Michigan State as his father, Stan, was a former star at MSU from 1964-66. Saddi Washington wil…
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Patrick McEvoy from Gorgo Legacy comes to the podcast in Episode #644 this week! Patrick’s 72+-page graphic novel is being crowfunded on Zoop.gg, which you can find at this link. It is described this way: “1953. World War II is over, and the Cold War has taken its place. A secret international agency known as SERENITY monitors -- and often conceals…
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June 6, 2024: We were joined again this week with prolific sports columnist Mike DeCourcy of the Sporting News to talk college hoops. DeCourcy is also a regular on the BTN so he follows the Big Ten very closely as well as the college basketball landscape in general. We talked about what the Big Ten expansion means for basketball by adding a famed p…
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In Episode #643 this week, writer Lee Durfey-Lavoie returns, this time to talk about his new book Sink or Swim! Lee is back to talk about his latest book in the Just Roll With It universe! Sink or Swim is described this way: “Summer is here! School’s out, the pool is open, and new adventures with friends await! But what happens when twelve-year-old…
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May 30, 2024: Summer brings us time to reflect on the Spartan teams of the past and current events in the college basketball world. Today, we decided to riff off a column by Graham Couch from the LSJ and look back at past MSU teams to rank which teams were the best that never won it all. Although the LSJ column focused just on past Izzo teams, Rod …
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It’s time to talk DC Comics’ Green Lantern and Flash this week with high-power writer Jeremy Adams, who joins us for Episode #642 this week! Jeremy Adams was the scripter for The Flash until recently when he took the reins of the new Green Lantern title featuring Hal Jordan. Here’s the description of the latest issue, #11: “THE FATE OF HAL JORDAN A…
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May 23, 2024: One of the new additions to the Big Ten this year will be the USC Trojans. Best known for their football, the Trojans have had some success on the hard court as well. Especially located in Southern California, USC has access to some great talent and money. However, USC just had their long time coach, Andy Ensfield, depart for other op…
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In Episode #641, Wayne talks with Trevor Mueller, the award-winning writer for Los Ojos, which is launching on Zoop.gg on Tuesday, May 21! Trevor is the scripter for Reading with Pictures and Albert the Alien, and he’s working with artist Francesco Iaquinta on Los Ojos, which is described as “John Wick meets John Constantine, one man with two guns …
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May 14, 2024: Today, the MSU Spartans landed what appears to be the last piece of the roster puzzle in 7 foot 240# Szymon Zapala. With this center, addition it appears that Tom Izzo has added depth inside without upsetting the dynamics in the locker room with Kohler and Cooper. Zapala played his first three seasons at Utah State in a limited role b…
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Matt Kindt, known for working with Keanu Reaves and Jeff Lemire, has a surprising new collaborator who joins us in Episode #640 this week! The new mini-series is Gilt Frame, and eccentric and electrifying crime thriller starring the most unlikely detective duo in the history of murder mysteries! It’s described this way: “Bestselling cartoonist Matt…
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May 9, 2024: The Washington Huskies are joining the Big Ten which has obvious implications from a football standpoint. But what about in hoops? The Huskies are not known for great basketball but Seattle produces a lot of solid talent. Washington is in transition as it moves to a new coach who will try and right the ship, score some talent in the po…
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He’s one of our favorites here at the podcast, so it’s great to talk again with Ed Jowett with the Empowered Outsiders 2 anthology on Kickstarter this week in Episode #639! Ed Jowett catches us up with the very latest happenings with SoV Comics, including his current Kickstarter for Empowered Outsiders 2! This crowdfunding project is described this…
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May 2, 2024: Beginning this fall, UCLA leaves the PAC-12 and joins the Big Ten to create an 18 team mega-league. The move was obviously spurred forward by football and the Big Ten's lucrative TV rights but there are obvious implications for basketball. Although UCLA is a decent football program, their basketball heritage is one that will boost the …
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It’s time for another great doubleheader week in Episode #638 as Wayne talks with Sandy King Carpenter from Storm King Comics, then Jeff Haas returns to talk The End of All: Terminus #1 & 2 on Kickstarter! Everything kicks off with my fun interview with Sandy King Carpenter, who heads Storm King Comics! Here’s how this group is described: “Along wi…
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April 23, 2024: Portal season (roster season) is in full swing and Michigan State added a player today from the University of Omaha, Frankie Fidler. Now, ordinarily one wouldn’t look to the Summit League for talent but Fidler is an exception. Fidler is a 6’7” 200# wing who averaged 20.1 ppg, 6.3 rpg, and 8 free throws a game while shooting 45/36/84…
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Episode #637 is another excellent crowdfunding doubleheader as Wayne talks with Paul Cornell and Rachael Smith from Who Killed Nessie? on Zoop.gg, then Matt Schorr from Jesus Christ: Demon Slayer on Kickstarter! It all begins with a fun interview with Paul Cornell and Rachael Smith from Who Killed Nessie? on Zoop.gg! Here’s how this book is describ…
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April 17, 2024: College basketball roster season is officially open now that the NCAA tournament is over. Every team is active trying to acquire the right players to complete their team. Players still have until the end of April to enter the transfer portal so we expect a lot of movement yet. As for MSU, the Spartans seem to be looking to add a lar…
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It’s time for a great crowdfunding doubleheader this week in Episode #636! Wayne talks with Madeleine Holly-Rosing from Boston Metaphysical Society on Kickstarter and Jordan Plosky from Zoop.gg! It all starts off with the return of Madeleine Holly-Rosing, who has a crowdfunding project on Kickstarter for her special edition hardback for Boston Meta…
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April 11, 2024: Now that we've done our season recap for the Spartans, we turned to the rest of the Big Ten including Michigan's historically bad (putrid?) season. Purdue and Illinois had very good seasons whereas Maryland and Ohio State underperformed. Nebraska and Northwestern built on last year and had some success that carried them into the NCA…
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This week, Episode #635 is another excellent doubleheader, so Wayne talks with Royce Adkins from Outcasts on Zoop.gg and Michael David McCarthy and Alonso Molina Gonzales from Miracle Kingdom! Everything kicks off with the return of Royce Adkins, who has a crowdfunding project on Zoop.gg for his new comic Outcasts! Here’s how this latest book is de…
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April 6, 2024: Now that the season is over, it’s time for coaching moves and roster changes for college basketball. A few days ago, assistant coach Mark Montgomery was named the new head coach for the University of Detroit-Mercy. He was formerly a head coach at Northern Illinois. His vacancy will leave room for Izzo to add a new coach to the staff.…
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In Episode #634, It’s time for another great doubleheader, so Wayne talks with Caleb Palmquist from Dragon Grit and David Whalen from Layton Lightspeed! Everything kicks off with the return of Caleb Palmquist, who has a Kickstarter underway for his new comic Dragon Grit #1 that he created with his wife, Lorelei Jonason! Here’s how this latest book …
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March 28, 2024: Michigan State ended the 2023-24 season 20-15 and 10-10 in the Big Ten. It was a year in which expectations were sky high coming off a Sweet 16 exit and impressive performance from the MSU backcourt led by AJ Hoggard. The 2023-24 year had all the signs of what might be a deep tournament run and competing for the Big Ten with almost …
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The foundation finally seems to be settling at Washington with a pair of hires. Danny Sprinkle was hired to head the men’s basketball program and former WSU AD Pat Chun agreed to become UW’s 17th athletic director in the school’s history. Coach V, UW Leah, and Trevor Mueller discuss the moves and what it means for Washington moving into the future.…
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This week in Episode #633, It’s yet another great doubleheader, so Wayne talks with Chad Hardin with The Art of Chad Hardin, Volume 4 on Zoop.gg and Shane Berryhill from Deathslinger from Cosmic Lion Productions! Everything starts with Chad Hardin, who has a Zoop.gg project underway for the fourth volume of his The Art of Chad Hardin series! Here’s…
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March 23, 2024: Michigan State’s season comes to an end after losing to North Carolina 85-69 in the second round of the NCAA Tournament. The first half saw huge swings in the lead as MSU went from up 12 to down 9 at half time. The story of this game was much the same as it was in many games throughout the season - inconsistent point guard play. The…
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March 22, 2024: Tom Izzo and the Spartans easily dispatched a Mississippi State team in the first round of the tournament to earn an opportunity to make its second straight sweet 16. Next up are the mighty Tar Heels from North Carolina who were regular season champs in the ACC and earned the number one seed in the West. MSU is 0-5 against the Heels…
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March 21, 2024: Michigan State and Tom Izzo continued their first round dominance with a drubbing of number 8 seed Mississippi State, 69-51. It was a game that MSU led wire to wire and was never really pushed except for a few brief moments at the end of the first half where Mississippi State scored back to back 3s to cut the lead to 5 before Malik …
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For the second time in less than a year Washington will be looking to replace the athletic director position at the university as Troy Dannen is moving on to Nebraska. Coach V and Trevor Mueller discuss the ramifications and the future of the program. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/husky-podcast/support…
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March 19, 2024: We are joined once again by expert bracketologist, Dom Lese of Bracketometry.com, to go over what the heck happened with the NCAA selection committee this year. Dom tells us that one of the problems this year was that one of the long standing metrics for evaluating teams was removed and not replaced because Sagarin no longer worked …
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March 18, 2024: Michigan State returns to the NCAA Tournament for the 26th consecutive year and as a 9 seed will face 8th seeded Mississippi State from the SEC. Both teams come in with less than spectacular records but are teams who could be dangerous. Both MSU's arrive with similar offensive and defensive ratings although they get there different …
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March 17, 2024: Well, Michigan State once again is dancing in March for their 26th consecutive appearance as the 9 seed in the West against Mississippi State out of the SEC. Their second round opponent would likely be North Carolina if they advance in the games in Charlotte, NC. It was a topsy turvy couple days as just about every potential bid thi…
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It’s another great crowdfunding doubleheader, so Wayne talks with Jimmy Broxton from Fully Loaded on Zoop.gg and Ed Jowett with Grace Under Pressure on Kickstarter, this week in Episode 632! Everything kicks off with Jimmy Broxton, who has a Zoop.gg project underway for his Fully Loaded graphic novel! Here’s how that 100-page softcover book is desc…
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March 16, 2024: Michigan State lost in a quarterfinal matchup with Purdue 67-62 thanks to some poor shooting and even poorer officiating. We don’t often attribute losses to officials - and even this one we will place more of the blame on the team than the officiating - but it is hard to not see the calls in this game as contributing in a significan…
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March 14, 2024: Michigan State defeated Minnesota in the second round of the Big Ten Tournament in Minneapolis 77-67 to all but lock up Tom Izzy’s 26th straight NCAA Tournament appearance. Despite trailing by 2 at halftime, MSU’s guards went to work and dominated the second half scoring over 30 points in the paint and pulling away from the Gophers …
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March 13, 2024: Bracket Dom, America’s number one bracketologist according to Bracket Matrix, joins us again to go over all the NCAA tournament seeding scenarios for MSU and the rest of the Big Ten. For Spartan fans worried about MSU’s tournament streak….well, let’s just say a win over Minnesota in the first round would help. As for the rest of the…
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March 12, 2024: Michigan State begins its postseason Thursday at noon (11 CT) in Minneapolis as the 8 seed in the Big Ten Tournament. MSU doesn't usually play on Thursday but we all know how this year unfolded and they find themselves probably not with a do or die game against the Gophers. However, to avoid working up a sweat Sunday during the sele…
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Evie and Leah sit down with Alyssa Charlston, Idaho women’s basketball alum, Pac-12 broadcaster, and Fox13 reporter. Alyssa shares her perspective on the Pac-12 season, and talks about the Huskies’ performance. Stay tuned for the end where Alyssa shares who her favorite interviewee on UW football was, and her thoughts on Jedd Fisch.--- Support this…
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