Connor Earegood talks to Jonathan Smith about coming back after bye week.

It was an embarrassing effort from the Spartans in Saturday's blowout home loss to Indiana, according to Michigan State football head coach Jonathan Smith. Smith used that exact word to describe Michigan State's performance in the 47-10 loss against the Hoosiers.

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

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