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One sign that Michigan State football is back

Jonathan Smith has given us hope in Michigan State once again.

By Trevor Michael

Sep 7, 2024; College Park, Maryland, USA; Michigan State Spartans head coach Jonathan Smith walks the sidelines during the first half against the Maryland Terrapins at SECU Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Tommy Gilligan-Imagn Images
Sep 7, 2024; College Park, Maryland, USA; Michigan State Spartans head coach Jonathan Smith walks the sidelines during the first half against the Maryland Terrapins at SECU Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Tommy Gilligan-Imagn Images / Tommy Gilligan-Imagn Images
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The one thing we all wanted to see Jonathan Smith bring back to the program was hope. We didn’t expect Michigan State football to become an elite team and compete for championships immediately, but we did expect to see realistic steps taken to get to that point in the future years.

That may seem like an easy thing to do as a head coach because what fanbase doesn’t want to have hope for their future? But in reality there were many reasons why that hope from the Michigan State fanbase didn’t exists the last few seasons, especially after the troubling news about Mel Tucker broke last year.

Fast forward to this year and it’s apparent that the Michigan State fanbase has hope again, and that is seen because we genuinely cared after the loss to Boston College last weekend.

In years past, specifically last year, MSU would lose a game and I don’t think people cared all that much. Sure we wanted MSU to win, but when they didn’t we just shrugged like we expected to lose and moved on with our lives until the next disappointing Saturday arrived.

That is no longer happening under Smith.

Fans were very upset online after Michigan State lost to Boston College, and whether you agree with how people were acting or not, and I definitely don’t agree with some of the things said about Aidan Chiles, it’s still very apparent that the fans care once again about the results on the field. And that is how you know the program is back.

So even though Michigan State likely won’t compete for a Big Ten championship this season or next season, we all see a path towards that under Smith. We all see that it’s possible for Smith to take Michigan State back to the glory days that we experienced under Mark Dantonio. That is why we all demand so much out of the program already after just four games in Smith’s tenure because we already see what heights the program can reach under him.

So grab your popcorn everyone because it’s going to be a wild ride. One things for certain however, as long as Smith is roaming the sidelines in East Lansing we will have hope that the program will be restored and we will experience the same success we saw nearly a decade ago.

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