EAST LANSING — Fans booed Jonathan Smith’s Spartans off the field Saturday afternoon, but the Michigan State coach insists he’s facing no more pressure than he was at the start of the season.

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Now 8-10 overall and 3-9 in Big Ten play in his 18 games in East Lansing, the pressure is on Smith to turn this season around. He insists that’s nothing new.

“I think there’s always pressure,” Smith said. “This is what you sign up for. You want to be … a head coach, you want to be a play caller, you want to be a quarterback in the Big Ten, you want to play defensive line in the Big Ten. There’s always a, call it, pressure, but your own expectations (are) really what you’re chasing, and we’re focused on that.”

That answer is a familiar refrain from Smith, who made a similar comment

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