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Current State #149 | August 30, 2013

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Today on Current State: a special live broadcast from the MSU football season opener against Western Michigan University. 

Co-hosts Mark Bashore and Al Martin talk with MSU marching band director John T. Madden and the band's first international student; a chat with Jim Foley, trainer of "Zeke the Wonder Dog;" the LSJ's Brian Calloway and Chris Solari on the Big 10 upcoming season and the issue of college athlete compensation; a stirring life and death story from MSU nose tackle Micajah Reynolds and die-hard Spartan fans share some of their favorite football memories.

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