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Hello, Pat Fitzgerald. Goodbye, Jonathan Smith, as MSU football changes course

Spartan Speak by Gannett Media / Consumer Products

Dec 1, 202555:46Sports & Recreation

The Michigan State football program has a new leader: former Northwestern coach Pat Fitzgerald. Lansing State Journal columnist Graham Couch and Detroit Free Press writer Chris Solari discuss the firing of Jonathan Smith...

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