Dantonio Says Overcoming Fourth-Quarter Issues Strengthens Spartans
Michigan State head coach Mark Dantonio made it clear the Spartans have too much to lose to take Indiana lightly.
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Michigan State head coach Mark Dantonio made it clear the Spartans have too much to lose to take Indiana lightly.
"It's SAD how people these days will believe anything reported by media sources that don't take the time to be GREAT!!!"
Head coach Mark Dantonio agreed with the athletic director's sentiments regarding fans who left the Michigan State-Nebraska game early.
Michigan State is off to a historic start on offense and welcomes another high-scoring team to begin Big Ten play against Nebraska at 8 p.m. Saturday at Spartan Stadium.
No. 9 Michigan State is favored by more than four touchdowns for the second straight week, though Mark Dantonio is expecting Wyoming to provide a better test than Eastern Michigan did last weekend.
I have an idea and it's a long shot; you know kind of like Michigan actually scoring an offensive touchdown.
"Our guys need to come ready to play," Dantonio said. "If there's a message out of this press conference, that would be the message."
Michigan State Athletics Department officials reported 61,931 football season tickets have been sold for the 2014 season – the second-highest total in school history.
"If you look at our football program right now from when we've come in 2007, it was trying to get to these moments," Dantonio said.
As an opposing coach told SI, "The most important thing about Michigan State is that they really play hard. That's good coaching."
The coach also announced the team captains Thursday.
It wasn't until November last year — after Michigan State pounded rival Michigan — that the idea of the Spartans playing in the Rose Bowl started to feel like a serious possibility.
"We played our best football in November into the championship game and Rose Bowl," Michigan State head coach Mark Dantonio said.
With the Spartans so clearly on the rise, Michigan State coach Mark Dantonio said handling success will be the team's next hurdle.
Today Michigan State's head football coach Mark Dantonio gave a tour of the new Spartan locker room.
Penn State coach James Franklin and Michigan State coach Mark Dantonio want to know what the big deal is.
For the past three years, I've put together an annual list of the eight local coaches in terms of job security.
It was fitting that the Michigan State spring game began with an interception on the first play from scrimmage.
Giant salary increase notwithstanding, Dantonio is a great value for the Spartans.
Michigan State football coach Mark Dantonio will earn $3.64 million in annual compensation after agreeing to an amended contract following the school's first Rose Bowl victory in over a quarter-century.
Spartans head coach Mark Dantonio will talk about the 2014 class at a 3 p.m. ET signing day press conference in East Lansing.
Michigan State coach Mark Dantonio says the program has closed the gap with college football's elite.
It looks as if Mark Dantonio and his staff have really built a powerhouse in the Big Ten.
Florida State capped off its undefeated season by finishing No. 1 in the final AP and coaches polls.
