>> ANOTHER NEW YEAR AND MICHIGAN STATE FOOTBALL BEGINS TONIGHT. MEL TUCKER IS LONG GONE NOW IT'S GIANNIS AND JONATHAN SMITH'S TURN TO SEE IF HE CAN MAKE THE SPARTANS A CONTENDER IN THE BIG 10 AGAIN, MICHIGAN STATE KICKS OFF THE NEW SEASON AT SPARTAN STADIUM. THAT'S WHERE WE FIND LADY GERBER LADY. WHAT'S THE VIBE IN EAST LANSING IS THEY WERE NERVOUS. ENERGY ARE A LOT OF EXCITEMENT. >> WELL, FIRST OFF, OF COURSE, THE VIBES ARE IMMACULATE EAST LANSING RIGHT NOW BECAUSE ALEC AND I ARE HERE. OKAY. BUT THE SIZE OF SPARTANS ARE HERE AND THEY'RE MORE IMPORTANT THAN LIVES ARE ESPECIALLY HIGH NOW BECAUSE FANS ARE FINALLY COMING INTO THE STADIUM. SOME SEVERE WEATHER EARLIER KEPT EVERYONE OUT. THEY COULDN'T OPEN THE GATES UNTIL 6 O'CLOCK. EVERYONE STARTING TO FILE IN THE GAME IS SLATED TO START 10 MINUTES LATER. NOW IT'LL BE A 7.10 K INSTEAD. BUT THE TEAM IS STILL VERY MUCH LOOKING FORWARD TO THIS GAME EVEN THOUGH THEY COULDN'T START WARMING UP UNTIL A LITTLE LATER. THEY'VE BEEN EXCITED FOR THIS ONE ALL WEEK AS THEY TOLD US EARLIER. >> YES, THAT BOTH IS BOTH EXCITING AND THAT MENTALITY OF A WANT. AND YOU KNOW WHAT MICHIGAN STATE HAS BEEN. YOU KNOW WHAT CAN AND, YOU KNOW, WE ARE THAT WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE ABLE TO CREATE A LEGACY BUILD ON THAT DAY FORWARD. I THINK WE'RE GONNA HAVE A SOLID GROUP OF GUYS THAT HAVE SOME GREAT TUNES AND TOUGHNESS. I THINK ON PAPER WERE NOT THE FLASHES TEAM. BUT I THINK DOWN WHEN IT GETS TOUGH, WE'RE GOING TO WE'RE GOING TO IT OUT AND I THINK WE HAVE THE GUYS IN THE MIDDLE TOUGHNESS TO DO THAT. SO I THINK WE'RE GOING TO BE TESTING. >> AND AGAIN, THEY KNOW THIS ISN'T JUST ANY SEASON OPENER BECAUSE THEY NEED TO LEARN A LOT TONIGHT. NEXT WEEK. THEY HAVE A BIG 10 GAME. SO ARE GOING TO BE WORKING AT ALL TONIGHT TRYING TO FIGURE THINGS OUT