At the annual Big Ten football kick-off luncheon, Michigan State QB Kirk Cousins gave a speech that elicited a standing ovation. Of all the players and coaches who spoke, it was only the words of the Spartans leader who inspired such a reaction. The video is after the jump (h/t to The Only Colors, SB Nation’s State blog)
Earlier that morning, when he spoke to rotating journalists at the conference media days, Cousins again stood out as one of the best public speakers. He said that he instructs his brother to find everything he can written about them, especially all the negative press and he shows it to the team for motivation. Read more about that here.
Listen to the intro by BTN’s Dave Revsine, Cousins is one of those people who are perfect- on paper.
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