"SPARTAN STADIUM" SHOULD BE ROCKING TONIGHT. AND AFTER LAST YEAR -- A SEASON EVERYONE WANTS TO *FORGET* -- THIS PROGRAM.... REALLY NEEDS A BOOST. AND -- THEIR NEW *HEAD COACH* IS HOPING FOR A QUICK START. 6 SPORTS' **HALEY SCHOENGART** IS HERE NOW WITH A PREVIEW. HEY CHIVON! MICHIGAN STATE FOOTBALL COACH JONATHAN SMITH PROVED HE CAN TURN A PROGRAM AROUND TAKING HIS ALMA MATER OREGON STATE FROM THE BOTTOM OF THE PAC-12 TO A TOP-15 NATIONAL RANKING. AND MANY SPARTAN FANS HOPING HE WILL HAVE THE SAME AFFECT IN EAST LANSING SO WITH THE EXPECTATIONS SO HIGH HOW DOES HE PLAN ON EXPERIENCING HIS FIRST GAME DAY AT SPARTAN STADIUM? {***TAKE SUPER**} SUPER: JONATHAN SMITH, MSU FOOTBALL COACH N/A IT. I GOT SOME CONFIDENCE AND AGAIN OUR PREPARATION, THESE COACHES AND THINGS, THOSE GUYS GOT TO GO OUT AND MAKE PLAYS. SUPER: NEW ERA OFFICIALLY BEGINS FOR MSU FOOTBALL I'M GOING TO ABSORB IT EARLY PRE-GAME AND THEN THEN DEFINITELY TRY TO GET LOCKED IN. SUPER: NATE CARTER, MSU REDSHIRT JUNIOR RUNNING BACK IT'S BOTH EXCITEMENT AND JUST THAT MENTALITY OF HEY, WE WANT TO, YOU KNOW WHAT MICHIGAN STATE HAS BEEN AND WE KNOW WHAT IT CAN BE. AND YOU KNOW, WE ARE THE WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE ABLE TO SUPER: NEW ERA OFFICIALLY BEGINS FOR MSU FOOTBALL CREATE A LEGACY AND TO BUILD ON THAT GOING FORWARD. SO I THINK FOR US AND IT'S A GREAT ENERGY FROM THE MOMENT THAT WE WALKED THE BUILDING ON THE FIRST DAY IN AUGUST FOR CAMP AND EVEN NOW THERE'S ALWAYS GREAT. RAW SIDE AND READY SO THAT WE CAN BUILD ON THAT LEGACY AND THAT TRADITION THAT WE KNOW MICHIGAN STATE IS AND WHAT WE CAN. QUARTERBACK AIDAN CHILES FOLLOWED SMITH FROM OREGON STATE AND IS SET TO MAKE HIS FIRST CAREER START HERE TONIGHT AND THE SOPHOMORE Q-B HAS MADE IT VERY CLEAR HE IS READY TO DO ALL HE CAN TO HELP PUT MICHIGAN STATE BACK ON THE MAP IN COLLEGE FOOTBALL.