Surrounded by dozens of reporters during Big Ten Media Days in Chicago last month, Mark Dantonio was asked to evaluate Trishton Jackson. It was set up on a tee for the 11th-year Michigan State coach to heap praise on the wide receiver who showed promise as a true freshman last season. Instead, Dantonio used most of his minute-long response to send a message – and made it very clear that was the intent.
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Michigan State football opened its third week of practice on Monday at the John and Becky Duffey Practice Fields under lightly cloudy skies on a warm day with a light, cool breeze. Prior to Monday’s practice, MSU head coach Mark Dantonio gave an update on the team to the media.
Michigan State coach Mark Dantonio addressed local media before the Spartans’ preseason practice on Monday and gave brief assessments of both Thursday’s scrimmage and the Big Ten Network’s visit on Saturday.
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The reasons for Michigan State’s 2016 tumble from a Big Ten title to 3-9 have been thoroughly documented by now: injuries, underperformance, chemistry issues and a failure to finish close games all led to college football’s biggest declines of last season. But among the X’s and O’s reason for the 2016 struggles, the RPO is as good a place as any to start.
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As Michigan State continues to prepare for its season opener on Sept. 2 against Bowling Green, there are plenty of questions to be answered. From quarterback to wide receiver to the offensive and defensive lines and all the way back to the secondary, there’s plenty the Spartans must figure out over the next few weeks and throughout the 2017 season. What is unquestioned, however, is who will be in charge of getting Michigan State to pull out of the 3-9 tailspin that took place a season ago.
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Mark Dantonio inherited a Michigan State program mired in a string of three straight losing seasons. In the 10 years that followed, Dantonio has posted a record of 90-42, won a trio of Big Ten titles and reached the College Football Playoff. So, how did he turn the program around? “You bring in certain individuals,” Dantonio said, “and they break the cycle for you.”
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Mark Dantonio used a moment during Big Ten media days last month to “send a message” to Trishton Jackson. “He’s gotta be a little bit more authoritative,” Dantonio said, dragging that last word for added emphasis.B ack at Michigan State, Jackson got it and knew what he had to do next.
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Talk of Michigan State football coach Mark Dantonio being on the “hot seat” in 2017 is ridiculous, and here’s why. Just 10 years ago at this time, there was uncertainty surrounding the Michigan State football program. Mark Dantonio had just hired over from Cincinnati as the Spartans’ new head coach and he vowed to work hard to turn Michigan State back into a consistent winner.
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Three wins, nine losses. Mark Dantonio still hates to say it. Hates the way it sounds. Hates that it’s part of his tenure as Michigan State’s head football coach. Hates that after nine seasons of winning, of championship-level football, nothing he tried a year ago could keep MSU from its worst record in over three decades. He didn’t see it coming. No one on his staff did, either.
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Mark Dantonio began the Spartans media day press conference Monday with a certain ambivalence about the whole idea. “In the last two weeks I’ve been pretty much around,” he said, “so I’m not sure what I can offer new.”
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Mark Dantonio had a hard time spitting it out on Monday — “three and nine,” the Michigan State coach said. That, of course, was the record the Spartans finished with in 2016, just a season after playing in the College Football Playoffs. Now, a week into preseason camp and the 2017 opener just weeks away, Dantonio’s job is to turn those numbers around. However, he wasn’t about to spend media day at Spartan Stadium putting a number on what would qualify a good season. Instead, the talk continues to surround winning.
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Back to back 11-win seasons entering 2012, and expectations for Michigan State were through the roof after his team defeated perennial SEC heavyweight Georgia in a New Year’s Day bowl. 2012 was a disappointment, finishing 7-6 after squeaking out a Buffalo Wild Wings bowl victory.The similarities between 2012 and 2016, –– at least on the field.
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Michigan State is beginning just its second week of fall camp but coach Mark Dantonio has already had time to evaluate his new roster. What stands out so far? Talent, Dantonio said. “I think I’m most pleasantly surprised with how many good players we have, quite honestly,” Dantonio said on Monday during Michigan State’s media day. “We lost some players, we lost some good players, we lost some other players who weren’t going to play for us.”
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Mark Dantonio addressed the media today at the team’s media day in East Lansing, looking ahead to the 2017 season after a tumultuous 2016 campaign and off-season. Dantonio gave updates on several key topics, including the quarterback race, the young players, what he’s seen in practice and more.
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The calendar reads early August, but the undertones of fall football weather were in the air on Friday as the Michigan State football team wore full pads for the first time during preseason camp. With a steady breeze, cloudy skies, and temperatures in the mid-60s, the Spartans practiced for two-and-a-half hours at the John and Becky Duffey Practice Fields behind the Duffy Daugherty Building. Following the workout, Michigan State head coach Mark Dantonio gave an update on the team to the media.
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It was 2 a.m. on Monday morning, hours before Michigan State’s first practice. Brian Lewerke grew restless. He just wanted to get some rest.It was, after all, his first day on a new job: starting college quarterback. “It was actually making me angry because I couldn’t fall asleep,” Lewerke said the next day. “But I was definitely not as much nervous, just more excited. I feel like I know the playbook a lot better than what I did last year. I feel like I can actually go out there and perform.”
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