EAST LANSING WITH A PREVIEW OF THE SPARTANS TONIGHT >> IT'S OFFICIALLY GAME DAY HERE IN EAST LANSING IN THE DOTS AND SMITH ERA WILL BEGIN AT 07:00PM AS THE SPARTANS GET READY TO KICK OFF AGAINST FLORIDA ATLANTIC THERE SEEMS TO BE A BIT OF OPTIMISM IN THE AIR SURROUNDING THE TEAM AND FANS AS THEY HOPED LAST YEAR'S FOR A SEASON AND ALSO THE DRAMA SURROUNDING FORMER HEAD COACH MEL TUCKER WELL SIMPLY HAVE BEEN WASHED AWAY WITH THE TIDE OF THE RED CEDAR RIVER AND THEY'RE READY FOR A FRESH START IN 2024 QUARTERBACK AIDAN CHILES CAME OVER FROM OREGON STATE WITH COACH SMITH AND HAS BEEN A CRUCIAL ADDITION FOR THE GREEN AND WHITE AND THE PROGRAM WHERE CONSISTENCY AT THE QUARTERBACK POSITION HAS STRUGGLED IN RECENT YEARS WHEN ASKED ABOUT WHAT HE WANTS IDENTITY OF THE TEAM TO BE SMITH SAID HE WANTS THEM TO BE STRONG ALL AROUND AND SEE THEM COMPETE IN ALL 4 QUARTERS >> WHEN THE GAME KICKS OFF ABOUT THINKING A LOT ABOUT ESTABLISHED THIS AND THAT I THINK GENERALLY GO THROUGH THE SEASON WE WANT TO ESTABLISH IDENTITY IN ALL 3 PHASES THINK ABOUT THAT A LOT WE'RE GOING TO RECRUIT TO THAT IDENTITY ONE RECRUIT HEAVILY IN THIS MIDWEST AND TALKED ABOUT IT INSIDE OUT I THINK WE'VE MADE SOME REAL GAINS ON THAT AND WE'VE GOT MOMENTUM BUT IT'S A DAY-TO-DAY COSTS THE PROCESS TO TO DO WHAT WE WANT ESTABLISH AGAIN A TEAM THAT'S GONNA PLAY REALLY HARD FOR 60 MINUTES IF NOT MORE AND COMPETES SNAP AND SNAP KICKOFF SET FOR 07:00PM HERE AT SPARTAN STADIUM NOW THAT I WAS ON THE SPARTANS HAVE MET UP 3 TIMES BEFORE IN PROGRAM HISTORY >> MOST RECENTLY MICHIGAN STATE GOT A WIN AGAINST THEM BACK IN 2011 WE WILL HAVE GAME HIGHLIGHTS AND POSTGAME REACTION COMING UP TONIGHT AT