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

from Spartan Speak · host Lansing State Journal

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 and what they think of the hiring of Fitzgerald as the Spartans' football coach. Plus, MSU basketball is rolling, with a huge week ahead.

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