Dantonio tells players to "keep their mouths shut" re: Michigan/Bama

He knows better than anyone that pride comes before the fall.

For recognizing Michigan as TREMENDOUS.

Dumb players and dumb fans get off on anything, even if it makes them look stupid. 

It's kind of like back in 07 when MSU sold those t-shirts with the final score of our game with App. State.  And all I kept thinking was.... "But...you lost to the team that lost to App. State."

This may be the first time Dantonio has said something logical.  I watched when they played Bama in their bowl game.  The Tide was trying with all their might not to score in the second half.  And when they scored to go up 45-7, Saban actually looked angry.  

I don't feel like he had much of a choice, but it was good that he stepped up.  The fact that a former MSU basketball player felt the need to make an inapporpriate comment during the game is one thing, but why actual players on MSU would start taking shots at a future opponent is beyond me.  Bama beat the crap out of MSU two years ago, and basically did the same to everyone else over the past couple of years.  MSU was down 28-0 at halftime, and didn't score until well into the 4th quarter against Alabama's scrubs.  To act like they would have performed demonstrably better against Alabama is foolish given how hard it was for them to move the ball against Boise.

Pretty genuinely classy. Nice one, Mark!

  Is this the nicest, most respectful thing Dantonio has ever said?

Wow, never expected this from Dantonio, but I'm pleasantly surprised. I'm even more impressed that he brought up MSU's beating at the hands of Alabama. That was just as bad of a loss, if not a worse one than we suffered. 

Its funny how some of his players seem to forget that they themselves were absolutely annihilated by the same team two years ago. Pretty funny too how all of this immature twitter trash talking plays right into the little brother theme.

them up is to beat them this year. 

It was unexpected.

this shit went right around the country. Perceptions are huge. Most of the media reporting failed to note that MSU had been beaten more badly a short time ago. 

Of course the tweeters are fools. Of course we got whupped. But this really suggested a degeneration of the game and sport we all claim to love, a stunning lack of sportsmanship. 

Here Dantonio at least realizes that lip service to common decency needs to be paid.

Maybe people who already live in the tit-for-tat TV world of celebrity gossip and drivel don't recognize this but it is important. Those tweets were the kind of thing that makes me want to turn off the set forever.

And you don't think that kind of stuff would demoralize the players? Spare me the lectures about how THEY are "butt-hurt," etcetera. The train has left the station on such tired cliches. 

wants his team focused on Central Michigan right now?

After all, 3 years ago the Spartans lost at home 27-29.

MSU has a decent shot to win the Big 10 this year, so they don't need stupid tweets from players effing up the focus and the quan.

Maybe it's our turn (?): Pride comes before the fall, Delvon Roe

"I don't think that's something that we should be doing. The credit goes to the person in the arena. Michigan has a tremendous team."

!!!

It's the smart move on Dantonio's part.

Dantonio wishes to elevate the way MSU is seen in the Big 10 and nationally.  The first thing to do is win games, naturally.  The second thing to do is create a sense of sportsmanship about the program.  This is one aspect of the latter.

Whether it's sincere or not is impossible for us to tell right now.  But it doesn't matter.  It's the right thing to do and Dantonio was wise to do it.

Credit where credit is due.

Who is with me!?

shows the lack of discipline in that program.  Anyone who doubts this statement, just look at the constant stream of dumb penalties MSU racks up in almost every game.  Their penalties kill them quite often and it goes on every year.