When it rains, it pours, and East Lansing has seemingly had a dark cloud hanging over it for two months now. The Michigan State football program is in a bad place, and that’s no secret to anyone who has followed the Spartans this year — or since 2021, for that matter.
Jonathan Smith opened the season as a coach who wasn’t quite on the hot seat yet, but who needed to win six-plus games to really keep the fanbase interested and on his side. He has since become one of the most disliked people in East Lansing ever since that home loss to UCLA on homecoming.