Dantonio sees there are things to fix, mistakes that come with playing 13 true freshmen and a number of first-year players. But he’s been in repair mode for the better part of the last 11 months. Doing it on the field, honing his craft in his place of solace, is what a coach like Dantonio strives for week in, week out. And in mending his own program, he revitalized his national image. And none of his peers can make as strong a case for national coach of the year at the season’s halfway point as Dantonio.
Source: Detroit Free Press