Michigan State Spartans Insider Podcast: Recapping Spartans' Season Finale Loss to Rutgers
EAST LANSING, Mich. -- Michigan State's 2024 season ended with a blowout loss at home in what was another inexcusable performance from the Spartans.
Michigan State was dominated by Rutgers, 41-14, on Saturday, leaving little room for optimism going into the offseason as the Spartans won just one game out of their final five. Of the four losses in that stretch, three were blowouts, including two at home.
Our Aidan Champion breaks down Saturday's loss on this postgame edition of the Michigan State Spartans Insiders Podcast.
You can watch the episode below:
Below is a partial transcript from Michigan State coach Jonathan Smith's opening statement of his postgame press conference:
Smith: "OK, obviously, tough one. Credit to Rutgers, but we didn't play well enough to earn a win or earn a chance to continue on playing. Do got a great appreciation for the guys in that locker room. Spent a little bit of time digesting, talking with some seniors out of that group, who put a lot into this place and played their final game, and I've got a lot of respect for them for really being open-minded to buying in to a new way of doing things this year, and I do think they played with a lot of great effort and showed some leadership and things. I told the team, these things are tough. Guys who just finished, appreciated them but also spoke to the rest of the group, those that didn't play their last game in Spartan Stadium. I'm still confident that we can get this thing in a way better place. It's going to take some work, though. And we're in the midst of it right now. And these things are disappointing, and we had some ups and downs this year, and we've got to keep on plugging away and going to work. I got a belief in our approach, our process in how we're doing it, and want to feel like the guys that have more time here, we can get it going. I mean, we got to get better. And so, that starts with me and the approach. Coaches, right? And again, digest this whole season and find ways where we can play better. Because we need to, and this place, you can do it. We just got to keep on working to get it done."
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