Defensive coordinator Joe Rossi bullish on Michigan State football and Jonathan Smith

If Michigan State football fans are still feeling a little melancholy about the last two seasons, they need only listen to new defensive coordinator Joe Rossi and his feelings about the potential of the program in order to get revved up about the future. Inside, Michigan State football writer Jim Comparoni examines the early days of Joe Rossi within the Spartan football program in the first of a series.