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Michigan State Spartans Jonathan Smith sends message to Michigan with recruitment

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Michigan State's first-year head coach Jonathan Smith is sending a clear message to bitter rival Michigan through his attempts to flip top recruit Bobby Kanka -- Smith's Spartans are ready to rumble.

The Michigan-Michigan State rivalry is always at the forefront of Spartan Nation's mind. Spartans basketball coach Tom Izzo once needed Michigan to win a game for the Spartans to win the Big Ten championship. Izzo still rooted against the Wolverines. Why?Spartans coach Jonathan Smith has not taken the field against the Wolverines, let alone against any team at the helm of Michigan State football, but he is already on the attack against the bitter neighbor in Ann Arbor.

He is the 42nd-ranked defensive lineman in the 2025 class. Per 247Sports, Michigan's new staff has let Kanka's recruitment slip to the wayside, and the Spartans have jumped in to try to flip the highly touted in-state recruit. Defensive coordinator Joe Rossi and defensive line coach Legi Suiaunoa seem to have a good relationship with Kanka, and that could make a difference. Rossi has proven to be the X-factor for several recruits, but that has been the story for every Spartan target -- this new staff knows how to recruit.

 

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