East Lansing — It’ll only get louder now, even as the crowds begin to thin. Surely, Jonathan Smith knows that, especially after another loss to Michigan, this time in Spartan Stadium. Not that it looked like it by the end, mind you, what with the stands mostly emptied but for all the visiting fans in maize and blue who stuck around to celebrate and a hardy band of bare-chested students waving their shirts in the cold. Those are the sort of scenes that leave a mark. “Obviously, it's not good enough,” said Smith, Michigan State’s embattled head coach, after a 31-20 loss to the Wolverines. But if you’re looking for him to say much more than that, or even to raise his own voice in anger after a...
