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Plugged In

With the news that former MSU hockey player and current Buffalo Sabres goaltender Ryan Miller has a featured playlist on iTunes, we couldn't help but think what some other prominent members of the athletic community have on their iPods:

OJ Simpson

Shaggy — It Wasn't Me

Bob Knight

Akon — Smack That

Former Michigan defensive tackle Larry Harrison

Michael Jackson — Beat It

Charles Rogers

Rose Royce — Workin' at the Car Wash

Allyssa DeHaan

The Commodores — Brick House

Drew Neitzel

The Offspring — Pretty Fly (For a White Guy)

Tom Izzo (to Matt Trannon)

Player — Baby, Come Back

Tom Izzo (to the MSU head football coach search committee)

Jack Johnson — If I Could

Drew Stanton

Postal Service — This Place Is A Prison

Kellen Freeman-Davis, Eric Andino, Barre Mackie, Jeremy McGinis

Elton John — Saturday Night's Alright (For Fighting)

John L. Smith

Willie Nelson — On the Road Again

Zeke the Wonder Dog

Snow Patrol — Chasing Cars

George Perles

Baby Bash featuring Akon — Baby, I'm Back

Lou Anna K. Simon

Destiny's Child — Independent Women Part I

Trustee Joel Ferguson

Fergie — Fergalicious

MSU head football coach search committee

Queen and David Bowie — Under Pressure

Whoever announces MSU's new head football coach

Jack's Mannequin — Kill the Messenger

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