It's no secret that MSU's struggles w/ Smith were due to or at least exaggerated by lack of donor support. Now that Greg Williams & Jim Hoes are combining to give nearly half a bil, how long til I can turn on Fitz like fans did w/ Smith? A 10th Michigan loss? Failing to make a bowl? A team car wash?

1) It makes a difference because Fitz wasn't on a team that would have been livid if it got out he was looking to go elsewhere
2) It's not a donation, it's a going to be a payment for the right call it Acisure Stadium or some dumb bullshit. You don't call a press conference for a donation

By all accounts Fitz was the only coach they talked to and he wasn't with a team, unlike Smith. The bigger issue with donors was they wanted to hire a washed up TV talking head, and Haller realized how bad of an idea that was. Batt doesn't have those same instincts

Should be a wake-up call to elected officials that if they don't start standing up now they won't have an opportunity to later but sadly I think they will be getting a different message

I get it, Batt has royally screwed over the gymnastics program even with the renovations to Jenison. That said for my rooting interests, the positives have outweighed the negatives, albeit not by much. I'm still leery of him and how booster/corporate donor forward he is and how it could harm MSU tho

Well at least he has a sterling record that overshadows all of negligence off the field! Wait how many years did he finish 1-8 in the Big 10 West again?

Bryce Underwood: "Man I really wish I got a chance to play under Brian Kelly."

Yea Northwestern's NIL approach clearly didn't set him up to beat *checks notes* Southern Illinois and Miami (and no, not that Miami)

Bonus - Attendance for Ford Field 2 was a pitiful 30,317, almost 20k less than attended the snowstorm Rutgers game last year like I did (for the full game). And it wasn't just this team, 60k people showed up to watch winless MSU play winless Penn State at Spartan Stadium! MSU can never do that again

Graham called it. Absolutely despise hiring someone who went 1-8 in the fucking B1G West 3 of his last 4 years & has gone a combined 4-20 since NIL started but at least the chode donors are happy now. Look forward to them paying his buy-out in 2 to 4 years while we cap out at mayb making a bowl game

Pat won! Mainly against Purdue, Illinois & Minnesota and other Big 10 West teams but still!

Let's not get carried away now, Brian Kelly is still available

And it is clear as day that the donors got their way in hiring Fitzgerald unlike Smith

The perfect meme

I don't think anyone of importance comes back, A-Mili especially. He'll probably get a bag from Illinois or something