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The meeting between Michigan State and Michigan on Saturday was new head coach Jonathan Smith's first taste of the rivalry and he learned plenty from

Michigan State's head coach Jonathan Smith calls out to a referee in the second quarter in the game against Iowa on Saturday, Oct. 19, 2024, at Spartan Stadium in East Lansing - Nick King, USA TODAY Sports

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Jonathan Smith after first taste of Michigan rivalry: 'Neither side likes each other'

The rivalry game between Michigan and Michigan State ended ugly when a fight broke out between the two teams. Now, first year Spartans head coach

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Jonathan Smith shares Michigan State's communication with Big Ten after Michigan fight

While he didn't have an explicit answer ready, Michigan State head coach Jonathan Smith joked that knows as head coach he's responsible for all parts

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Jonathan Smith answers who makes uniform decisions for Michigan State

Jonathan Smith was an outsider to the Michigan State-Michigan rivalry, until he became the head coach of course.  In his first year in East Lansing,

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Jonathan Smith on Michigan rivalry as an outsider: 'I felt it upon arrival'

Michael Masunas was ruled out for the season after the Michigan State tight end suffered a shoulder injury.  After undergoing surgery, head coach

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Michael Masunas injury update: Jonathan Smith explains severity for Michigan State TE

The Top 25 college football head coach salaries were listed by USA Today and these leaders and certainly reeling in the dough.  Deserved? In a lot of

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Following the loss to Oregon, Michigan State head coach Jonathan Smith met with media to discuss the game. Smith was open about what went right and

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Jonathan Smith Postgame: "They had great balance on both sides."

Oregon coach Dan Lanning spoke with media following the Ducks' 31-10 handling of Michigan State and discussed the run game's dominant performance,

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Dan Lanning Talks Running Game, Pass Rush Following MSU

The Oregon Ducks put together arguably their most complete game of the year en route to a 31-10 win over visiting Michigan State. The game felt

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Oregon Handles Michigan State 31-10

Oregon coach Dan Lanning held his game-week presser Monday and addressed familiarity with Michigan State coach Jonathan Smith, Iapani Laloulu's

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Dan Lanning Talks Michigan State, Kenyon Sadiq

The college football sprint is off and running. After a fun opening four (or five if you count Week Zero) weekends, we have shifted to Week 5.

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In Jonathan Smith's debut as the head coach of Michigan State, the Spartans took a commanding 16-3 lead into halftime against FAU. Before heading

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Jonathan Smith evaluates offense, defense in first half of Michigan State debut

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As Oregon Football moves into a new conference for the first time in program history, let's review all of the Ducks' new conference foes and see how

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Jonathan Smith knows what he has in quarterback Aidan Chiles but the Michigan State quarterback is constantly evolving.  Following Smith from Oregon

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Jonathan Smith on Aidan Chiles: 'The game kind of comes natural to him'

Many things are going to look different for Michigan State football in 2024. There's a new coach in the form of Jonathan Smith, and in this day and

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Jonathan Smith reveals most competitive positions battles on defense

The Michigan State Spartans decided to hand the keys to their football program to Jonathan Smith, a man with a proven track record of success with

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Jonathan Smith sets expectations for Year One at Michigan State

Prior to becoming a head coach, Jonathan Smith was a player and an assistant at several stops in the Northwest, coaching and playing under some of

Jonathan Smith reveals greatest lessons he learned as assistant coach

CBS Sports released its Big Ten coach rankings for the 2024 season, ranking every single coach from No. 1 to 18 ahead of the Fall.  There are some

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Big Ten Coach Rankings: CBS Sports ranks coaches 1-18 ahead of 2024 college football season

The planned adoption of the settlement in the House v. NCAA lawsuit is set to fundamentally alter the landscape of college sports, finally getting

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Jonathan Smith gives his reaction to House settlement changes

Jonathan Smith made the jump following the 2023 season from Oregon State to Michigan State. With that, he's begun the process of rebuilding the

Jonathan Smith outlines biggest challenges he has faced at Michigan State

Amidst an offseason of major changes around college football, Jonathan Smith and his staff in East Lansing have been undergoing one of the bigger

Jonathan Smith calls NIL a 'piece of the pie' in recruiting

With the explosion of the NCAA transfer portal, players have the opportunity to transfer from a program and go just about anywhere they want in the

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Jonathan Smith expects transfers to rival schools to become more common

New Michigan State head coach Jonathan Smith is eager for the in-state rivalry with Michigan, despite not coaching a game for the Spartans yet.  Then

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Jonathan Smith shares excitement for rivalry with Michigan

Michigan State is undergoing a complete reset of the program this season under Jonathan Smith. That could lead to a long upcoming fall but one that

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Predicting the win-total ceiling, floor for Michigan State in 2024

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