Previewing Michigan State football season with Jehuu Caulcrick

WELCOME BACK EVERYBODY. OUR COLLEGE FOOTBALL WEEK CONTINUES. THE TAILGATING, THE THROWING THE FOOTBALL AROUND WHILE PRETENDING TO BE YOUR FAVORITE WIDE RECEIVER. IT'S ALL GREAT SHARING CONVERSATION, FAMILY AND FRIENDS. IT'S JUST THE PERFECT SCENARIO FOR GAME DAY. AND GAME DAY IS COMING TOMORROW FOR THE MICHIGAN STATE SPARTANS. WE COULDN'T HAVE COLLEGE FOOTBALL WEEK WITHOUT CHECKING IN WITH MY ALMA MATER AND DARNELL BLACKBURN'S ALMA MATER TO I MIGHT ADD, AND JASON COLTHORPE FOR THAT MATTER. A LOT OF SPARTANS AROUND HERE. BUT FORMER MSU RUNNING BACK AND CURRENT SPARTAN RADIO SIDELINE REPORTER JAY CAULCRICK JOINS US TO TALK ABOUT THE NEW SEASON. AND MAN, OH MAN, ARE WE READY TO START A NEW ERA. FOR THOSE OF US THAT ARE SPARTAN FANS. SO GOOD TO SEE YOU. >> YEAH, GOOD TO SEE YOU. GOOD TO BE HERE. AND YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT. IT'S A NEW ERA OF SPARTAN FOOTBALL THAT'S BEING USHERED IN TOMORROW NIGHT. SO SPARTAN FANS SHOULD BE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT WHAT'S TO COME AND WHAT COACH SMITH AND HIS STAFF ARE GOING TO BRING TO EAST LANSING. >> SO JONATHAN SMITH, IT'S A NEW ERA FOR HIM. HE CAME OVER FROM OREGON STATE. YOU'VE HAD A CHANCE TO WATCH THE PLAYERS PRACTICE, LISTEN IN AND TALK TO COACHES. WHAT ARE YOU HEARING? WHAT'S EXCITING YOU ABOUT THIS TEAM THIS YEAR? YEAH. >> YOU KNOW, THE BIGGEST THING THAT'S REALLY EXCITING TO ME IS THE WAY THAT THIS GROUP OF PLAYERS ARE COMING TOGETHER AS ONE. IN THE PAST, IT REALLY WASN'T QUITE LIKE THAT. AND COACH SMITH AND YOU KNOW KUDOS TO HIM AND KUDOS TO ALAN HOWARD. THE ATHLETIC DIRECTOR, FOR PICKING THIS GUY TO COME INTO EAST LANSING BECAUSE HE'S SURROUNDED HIMSELF WITH THE RIGHT STAFF, A GOOD GROUP OF PEOPLE THAT WANT TO BE IN EAST LANSING, AND IN TURN, THAT'S ROLLING ONTO THE PLAYERS AND YOU'RE GOING TO SEE A FOUNDATION BEING BUILT IN EAST LANSING WITH SPARTAN FOOTBALL. >> SO HE'S BROUGHT IN COACHIN STAFF FROM OREGON STATE AND PLAYERS TOO. >> YEAH, YEAH. YOU KNOW THE YOU KNOW HE BROUGHT SOME COACHING STAFF FROM OREGON STATE, SOME FROM OTHER YOU KNOW, THE DEFENSIVE COORDINATOR JOE ROSSI. HE'S FROM MINNESOTA. SO BIG TEN TIES AS WELL. HE UNDERSTANDS THE LEAGUE. AND HE'S BROUGHT SOME PLAYERS. YOU KNOW THE HEADLINER OF THE PLAYERS THAT HE'S BROUGHT WITH HIM IS QUARTERBACK AIDAN CHILES WHO SPARTAN FANS ARE GOING TO BE REALLY EXCITED BECAUSE THIS KID IS EXPLOSIVE. HE'S ATHLETIC. HE HAS THE ABILITY TO THROW THE BALL AND RUN WITH THE FOOTBALL. DETERMINED THAT HE'S THET BEEN STARTER? >> YES, YES. UNLIKE LAST YEAR GOING INTO THE IN GAME ONE, SPARTAN FANS KNOW THEIR STARTER IS GOING TO BE AIDAN CHILES, SO HE'S GOING TO BE AN EXCITING ELECTRIC YOUNG MAN. >> THAT'S EXCITING IN AND OF ITSELF TO SEE HIM TAKE THE FIELD. BUT LET'S TALK ABOUT THE REST OF THE TEAM. THERE'S A LOT OF PLAYERS THAT ARE RETURNING. YOU KNOW, DESPITE THE CHALLENGING SEASON LAST SEASON, A LOT OF DISTRACTIONS. IT'S GREAT THAT NOT THAT MANY PLAYERS LEFT THE PROGRAM. YEAH. >> YOU KNOW THAT'S THAT'S SOMETHING BIG TOO THAT SHOWS TO THE COMMUNITY AND TO THE SCHOOL THAT THERE'S SOMETHING VALUABLE THERE THAT THESE PLAYERS WENT THROUGH.HE ADVERSITY LAST SEASON AND THEY'RE BACK THIS YEAR. YOU KNOW, ON THE OFFENSIVE SIDE RUNNING BACK NATHAN CARTER, HE'S A KID THAT'S COMING BACK HAS A LOT TO PROVE THIS YEAR. HE'S GOING TO HAVE A LOT OF HELP IN THAT BACKFIELD AS WELL. BUT ON THE DEFENSIVE SIDE, DYLAN TATUM, THE LOCAL KID FROM WEST BLOOMFIELD HIGH SCHOOL, HE'S BACK LEADING THAT SECONDARY GROUP. AND ANOTHER ANOTHER KID THAT SPARTAN FANS SHOULD BE REALLY EXCITED TO SEE THIS SEASON IS THE GROWTH OF JORDAN HALL, THE LINEBACKER THAT CAME IN FROM IMG LAST YEAR, HAD SOME TIME AS A FRESHMAN, LIKE YOU SAID, WENT THROUGH THOSE ADVERSITIES AND NOW HE'S BACK THIS YEAR. CLEAN SLATE FOR A SOPHOMORE SEASON. >> WHEN YOU TALK TO THE PLAYERS, YOU KNOW WHO HAVE BEEN THROUGH ALL OF THIS THERE, WHAT DO THEY SAY AS THEY ARE ANTICIPATING THE NEW SEASON? >> THEY'RE EXCITED. THEY'RE EXCITED. THEY THEY YOU KNOW TALKED TO SOME GUYS WITH FOR THE DURING THE OFF SEASON. THEY SAID THERE'S ORGANIZATION. THERE'S YOU KNOW THEY KNOW WHAT WHAT TO EXPECT. AND THEY'RE GROWING CLOSE AS A TEAM BECAUSE ALL THOSE THINGS CAME TO FRUITION. THE FOOTBALL FACILITY IS NOW COMPLETE. THE NEW WEIGHT ROOM THAT CAN BE THERE TOGETHER. THEY CAN WORK OUT TOGETHER. YOU KNOW, HANG OUT TOGETHER. AND THEY'RE JUST GROWING AS A AS A FAMILY. >> OH, HOW COOL IS THAT SPACE? >> OH IT'S UNREAL. >> UNREAL THAT WE ACTUALLY SHOWED YOU OF EM'S NEW LOCKER ROOM AND ALL OF THAT. BUT I DIDN'T EVEN KNOW THE SPARTANS GOT SOME NEW DIGS, TOO. >> YEAH, THEY DID A NEW WEIGHT ROOM, NEW, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A HILL IN INCLINE HILL IN THE FACILITY. NEW LOCKER ROOM. SO IT'S A PLACE TO BE. >> SOUNDS LIKE YOU KIND OF TESTED IT OUT A LITTLE BIT. GETTING IN SHAPE FOR THIS SEASON. G WE APPRECIATE YOU JOINING US. GIVING US SOME THINGS TO LOOK FORWARD TO WITH THE TEAM. I KNOW THEY PLAY TOMORROW AGAINST FLORIDA ATLANTIC. DO WE HAVE SOME SOME GOOD MATCHUP THERE IN TERMS OF BEATING THEM. >> YEAH. YOU KNOW IT'S A GAME THAT YOU KNOW SPARTAN. THE SPARTANS ARE GOING TO GO IN AND TRY TO ESTABLISH THAT IDENTITY OF WHO THEY ARE. SO THAT'S WHAT TOMORROW'S GOING TO BE ABOUT. >> ALL RIGHT. WE'RE LOOKING AT THE SCHEDULE HERE. SOME OTHER NOTABLE GAMES AFTER TOMORROW NIGHT'S GAME OHIO STATE SEPTEMBER 28TH, OREGON OCTOBER 4TH, AND THEN