"The last thing I saw flopping around like that was in the bottom of my boat and I hit it with an oar."

There is risk and reward in everything that we do, whether it's a particular play or blitz or whatever there is. I would say the same thing when you're challenging your players and talking with them. There is risk involved in talking with them about dreams as big as a Rose Bowl or dreams as big as a national championship. But if you don't do that, who will? Certainly nobody sitting in this room did five years ago, but here we're all sitting here talking about it. So somebody had to step out and talk about it from within.

The answer — made possible by these game-changing safeties — came in the form of "Cover 4," also known as "Quarters." It's the most important defensive scheme of the past decade.

"We are not going to just take anybody, either," Izzo said. "We are looking at a couple kids in Ohio. We are not relying on (this potential recruit) to be any kind of savior."

Can anyone confirm? I checked the FREEP and DetNews but nothing.
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Travis Walton is Optimistic

TRAVISWALTON5: TALKED TO MY SPARTANS DAWGS,WE BOUT TO TURN THINGS AROUND..IF U AINT WIT US NOW DONT JUMP ON WEN WE START BALLING..ONE (via Twitter)

Green said he thinks the Spartans simply "expect to win" when they take the floor. Izzo believes complacency, possibly the product of two straight Final Four runs, is a possible culprit.

The question is, how much failure does it take to eliminate complacency?

The nation might not enjoy Big Ten basketball. But if you don't want to watch it, you better stop watching the tournament.

"Michael Rosenberg":http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2010/writers/michael_rosenberg/03/23/big.ten/index.html scourge of Ann Arbor, destroyer of worlds taunting the Big East.

Kalin Lucas a game time decision for Illinois.

Ryan pointed out the series with Michigan State was one-sided in the Spartans' favor until recently and he insisted there is no particular rivalry there.