FILE - Michigan State football coach Jonathan Smith speaks during an introductory NCAA college football news conference Nov. 28, 2023, in East Lansing, Mich. Michigan State is breaking in a new football coach and quarterback this year. The Spartans may benefit from how familiar the pivotal people in the program are because they both were at Oregon State last season. Former Beavers coach Smith was hired in late November and quarterback Aidan Chiles joined him less than a month later. (Jake May/The Flint Journal via AP, File)