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For the third straight season, the Michigan State Spartans ended with a record below .500. Without reaching the six-win mark, the Spartans are once again unable to compete for a bowl game.

The Spartans wanted a better finish and a reason to continue their season.

But there are some positives to take away from the season-ending before they hoped.

It’s been a whirlwind 12 months for Spartans coach Jonathan Smith, who decided to take the new job in East Lansing in Nov. 2023.

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Smith was coming off a competitive season with the Oregon State Beavers finishing 8-4. Then, less than a week after the season ended, he was already a Spartan.

In the new era of college sports, especially college football, the transfer portal and NIL have become the forefront of the sport, taking over the offseason talk with all the headlines.

And the landscape moves fast transfers aren't on the market long.

Smith was left with a hollow program with shallow roster depth and once those players opted to leave in the portal, Smith wasn’t left with much.

However, the then 44-year-old was able to round up

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