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Tom Izzo breaks silence: his blunt verdict on MSU hiring the scandal-ridden Pat Fitzgerald

Michigan State Spartans men's basketball coach Tom Izzo is all-in on Pat Fitzgerald becoming the school's new football coach.

Their friendship predates Fitzgerald's arrival in East Lansing, as he spent two-decades-plus turning the Northwestern Wildcats into a respectable Big Ten contender before a rocky scandal left him out of coaching for the last three seasons.

This was until Monday, as the school named Fitzgerald their 27th football coach. Izzo spoke to the media Tuesday night about Fitzgerald's hiring, which immediately followed a 71-52 home win against the Iowa Hawkeyes.

"I told Pat Fitzgerald to shut the coach up, he was messing up my huddles getting the crowd f

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