INSURANCE SIX SPORTS DESK. AS EACH DAY PASSES... IN FALL CAMP FOR MICHIGAN STATE'S FOOTBALL TEAM... THE ANTICIPATION... *FOR THE SEASON-OPENER*... CONTINUES TO BUILD FOR SOPHOMORE QUARTERBACK AIDAN CHILES... WHO TRANSFERED... TO MSU... FROM OREGON STATE IN WINTER... AND HAS BEEN WANTING TO PLAY A GAME FOR THE GREEN AND WHITE EVER SINCE... HEAD COACH JONATHAN SMITH... MADE IT VERY CLEAR IN THE SPRING... THE SOPHOMORE IS EXPECTED TO BE THE SPARTANS STARTING QUARTERBACK THIS SEASON... *THE STARTING QUARTERBACK OF ANY FOOTBALL TEAM IS EXPECTED TO BE A LEADER... AND WITH CHILES... BEING JUST 18 YEARS OLD... AND TURNING 19... ON SEPTEMBER 12TH... THE COACHING STAFF... IS MAKING SURE... TO CONTINUE GROOMING HIS LEADERSHIP SKILLS... THROUGHOUT FALL CAMP HE'S GOT THAT CONFIDENCE HE'S GOT THAT SWAGGER, THAT MOXY THAT YOU'RE REALLY LOOKING FOR IN A QB AND AND WHEN HE'S GOT IT GOING I THINK GUYS GRAVITATE TOWARDS IT AND IT'S PRETTY COOL AND WE'RE CHALLENGING HIM TO BE MORE CONSISTENT WITH IT I'VE NOTICED WITH MY LEADERSHIP WAYS LIKE I'M NOT THE TYPE TO YELL, I'M NOT THE TYPE TO GET IN YOUR FACE LIKE THIS REALLY JUST THE TYPE TO ENCOURAGE YOU AND LIKE OK WE NEED THIS AND THEN LIKE SOMETIMES I ASK A QUESTION LIKE WHAT YOU THINK THIS BECAUSE I WANT TO GET THEIR FEEDBACK AND WHAT THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT TO AS FOR THE OTHER SIDE OF THE BALL... *FOR YEARS MSU HAS BEEN KNOWN FOR HAVING A DOMINATE DEFENSE*... *PHRASES LIKE SPARTAN DAWGS... AND NO FLY ZONE... HAVE BEEN USED TO DESCRIBE AN MSU DEFENSE... BUT OVER THE LAST THREE YEARS... UNDER THE PREVIOUS STAFF... THE DEFENSE RANKED EITHER SECOND-TO-LAST... OR LAST... IN THE BIG TEN... IN YARDS ALLOWED PER GAME... AND NEW DEFENSIVE COORDINATOR... JOE ROSSI... HAS QUICKLY LEARNED... THE PASSION... FORMER PLAYERS... HAVE IN MSU HAVING A SOLID DEFENSE I THINK THE COOL THING ABOUT COMING HERE MORE THAN ANY OTHER PLACE I'VE EVER WORKED, I THINK THE ALUMS TAKE A WHOLE LOT OF PRIDE IN HAVING PLAYED HERE UM WETHER IT'S GUYS COMING BACK, WETHER IT'S GUYS COMING TO PRACTICE, WE JUST HAD THE SPARTAN DAWG CON AND THE GOLF OUTING AND JUST TO SEE ALL THOS