After firing Mel Tucker, Michigan State turned to Jonathan Smith to bring some stability to East Lansing and build the Spartans back into a Big Ten threat.

As Smith nears the end of his second season, Michigan State has shown little in the way of progress as a 28-10 loss on Saturday night to a struggling Penn State squad with an interim coach dropped them to 3-7 (0-7 Big Ten) and guaranteed a second consecutive losing season under Smith's watch. Morale around the Spartans football program is at a low point, as fans grow concerned they've been lapped by the top teams in the Big Ten.

As the losses have piled up and the Spartans haven't looked particularly close to a breakthrough -- six of their seven losses have been by double digits -- Smith has found his seat getting hotter by the we

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