Michigan State football should be getting back a number of key players in this week's road matchup at Illinois. The Spartans lost a handful of key contributors in their last game, but head coach Jonathan Smith expects most (if not all) to be back this week against

After the game, Spartans head coach Jonathan Smith reflected on losing his first in-state rivalry game to the Wolverines. Here is (almost) everything he had to say.

Jonathan Smith never had time to watch other rivalries but recalls Jalen Watts-Jackson’s "trouble with the snap" play for Michigan State vs. Michigan.

Jonathan Smith has played and coached in big rivalry games before. Coming from Oregon State, he has dealt with the Oregon rivalry for much of his football career. However, coming out of a loss to Michigan in a game that ended in an ugly incident, Jonathan Smith noted that the Michigan vs. MSU rivalry ‘is different’.

Michigan State football starting quarterback Aidan Chiles went down with an injury in the Spartans' loss to Indiana, but it appears that he will be available this weekend for MSU's match-up against Illinois.

Jonathan Smith has three more games to make a push for a bowl game in his first year as Michigan State's head coach.