3-2-1: Three things we learned about Michigan State at Big Ten Media Days, two questions, one prediction

Three things we learned about the Spartans during Michigan State’s turn at Big Ten Media Days, Thursday at the Mandalay Bay casino and hotel, two questions and one prediction. Second-year coach Jonathan Smith and newly-hired athletic director J Batt said all the right things about one another on Thursday. And that’s what you should expect. They’re both well-composed, gentlemanly guys. They know the game well, they know their jobs well, and they’ve got their heads down, grind-stoning it.  It’s a potentially awkward situation, with Smith in year two of his tenure, working to get a program’s wheels properly pumped, while the man who hired him, Alan Haller, was fired just 17 months after Smith came aboard.  Batt comes to East Lansing with a great reputation in generating revenue and supporting football programs. Smith is aware of that renown. (More inside SpartanMag).