There is no better time than the present for Michigan State athletic director J Batt to decide on if Jonathan Smith will remain the football team's head coach in 2026, or if he will go. I'm not here to definitively say Smith should stay or be fired --- I certainly have my thoughts,

The grit put the 17.5-point underdog Spartans firmly in position to stun the Hawkeyes on senior day at Kinnick Stadium. Instead, Michigan State remains snakebit with the eight straight losses being the program’s most in a row since a defeat to end the 1981 season was followed by seven setbacks to open the next year.

Following MSU's loss at Iowa, Jonathan Smith gave a glowing quote in support of his head coach, Jonathan Smith.

Jonathan Smith pushed back on parts of Michigan State’s NCAA punishment but said he wants the program to “get something behind us.”

Michigan State would be on the hook for more than $30 million in a buyout to fire Smith only two seasons into a seven-year, $52.85 million deal. Other than Tom Izzo preaching patience earlier this fall, Smith hasn’t received public support from major powerbrokers.

The Michigan State Spartans are going to undergo a leadership change within their football program eventually. It's only a matter of if, not when, as the season continues to wind down.

With college football in "win now" mode, few have time to execute a long rebuild. That includes Michigan State football & Jonathan Smith.

Michigan State fans are not going to love this recent development that head coach Jonathan Smith hinted at during his weekly presser.