Is Mike Dantoni long for msu ?
The mork run in East Landfill is on fumes.
Eventually all facades are seen through. The truth is he wants to play the victim, after being a bully.
This latest attempt at creating a disrespect situation has blown up in his face.
Not to mention all the off-field attrocities committed under his umbrella of enablement.
October 22nd, 2018 at 4:20 PM ^
Who cares? Sparty is just a speed bump going forward.
October 22nd, 2018 at 4:32 PM ^
THIS. We have bigger fish to fry in the BIG.
October 22nd, 2018 at 6:03 PM ^
Come on, this again? We've won 2/3 and 4/12 (and yes 9 of the last 17). We dominated them and it was satisfying as hell.
Quit acting like this isn't a big game though. Obviously OSU is bigger but you're acting a fool.
October 22nd, 2018 at 6:45 PM ^
You must be young. Or a Sparty mole. State has had their run just like they did under Duffy. The universe will now return to equilibrium. In 2068 they may have another decade long run.
There will be bumps and State is always a big game in the State of Michigan for bragging rights but they arent and never will be a rival like OSU. Bo's 17-3 run is more the norm than Dantonios 8-4. And once Dantonio is gone they will be hard pressed to find a coach that can attract the kind of talent that yearly challenges Michigan and OSU.
Duffy faced a down Michigan and benefited from segregation in the South, Perles built his mini run on massive amounts of steroids and Dantonio once again had a down Michigan.
October 22nd, 2018 at 8:37 PM ^
Agreed. Mork had his run, and it was great for MSU while it lasted, but the shift back to the norm is in progress. M is a program on the rise (with a few bumps), while MSU is on the downward trajectory. Their talent level is declining, they don't even have a decent QB, which they had during the good years. The Spartans needed some luck for their two wins against Harbaugh, that can only take a team so far.
October 22nd, 2018 at 9:19 PM ^
You must be 120 years old and have been around since our 1st game against them in 1898.
We played 42 times from 1898-1949, MICH leads 33-6-3.
All time series currently stands at 70-36-5 meaning since 1948, MICH leads 37-30-2.
Claiming that you don't care about this game, or how they aren't our 'rival' is moronic. Claiming that the games don't count when one of the teams is 'down' is also moronic. If you truly think that way you are no better than Sparty clowns and their twisted logic.
I stated that OSU is obviously more important. However, we have 3 main rivals-- ND, MSU, OSU. Why do you think beating them is so satisfying and losing to any of them is so aggravating?
October 22nd, 2018 at 9:26 PM ^
I guess the feeling on this is one of personal perspective. From the time I was sentient until I left Ann Arbor, Michigan was 18-4 against MSU. I grew up with the game being a relative afterthought only annoying when there would be some crowing after a rare loss.
October 22nd, 2018 at 9:42 PM ^
Michigan has lost 15 of 17 to OSU (15 of 19 if we want to feel better). So are we just an afterthought to them?
You can claim that we have been terrible in the past decade and that has allowed MSU to regularly beat us, and you wouldn't be wrong. But if you're telling me that you haven't been extremely pissed off losing to them over the past decade since they are 'just an afterthought', I'd say you're lying. Yes, Michigan is a bigger rival to MSU than MSU is to Michigan, but quit acting like it doesn't mean anything.
Rivalry games are what makes college football >>>>> NFL. It's what makes running MSU into the ground far more satisfying than Northwestern or Maryland.
October 22nd, 2018 at 10:27 PM ^
I said that's what I grew up with. Obviously MSU has had success of late. That's not going to change my perspective. To me, the games are more annoying to lose than satisfying to win. It's a risk/reward thing. If I still lived in Michigan, where there are MSU fans, I might feel differently.
October 22nd, 2018 at 4:38 PM ^
So true
October 22nd, 2018 at 4:43 PM ^
Edit: this was in response to the guy who asked about how to post a pic of D'Artagnan walking behind his players. Post now gone??
When you post you should see a button above that looks like a sun over mountains. Click on that. Then on "Upload" on the pop-up. Find the pic on your computer and select it. It should then show up on the file list on the right. Highlight that one and hit Select. It should show up like so:
October 22nd, 2018 at 5:12 PM ^
Thanks - I couldn't figure it out but I just tweeted it instead
#morkwassmiling
October 22nd, 2018 at 11:15 PM ^
Houston Rockets care
October 22nd, 2018 at 4:20 PM ^
He'll be there until he doesn't want to be or until attendance plummets. Should probably clean house on offense after this year.
October 22nd, 2018 at 5:32 PM ^
Attendance plummets? They do not sell out when tickets are 20.00 and are playing ranked vs ranked.
October 22nd, 2018 at 4:21 PM ^
He will probably replace some offensive staff and be fine.
October 22nd, 2018 at 4:22 PM ^
He probably won't replace some offensive staff and will be fine.
October 22nd, 2018 at 4:24 PM ^
Equally plausible, equally undeserving of grammar-free histrionics.
October 22nd, 2018 at 4:24 PM ^
Depends if he is willing to fire his friends and bring in a competent OC.
October 22nd, 2018 at 4:52 PM ^
Why would a competent OC come there? Their talent pool isn't what it used to be, and they have to deal w/ a reloaded UM and PSU (in addition to OSU and the other good teams in B1G).
You'd have to live in a cesspool, work for a rape-enabling bore, and be stuck swimming upstream most of the time.
Sounds like misery and potential career suicide (I don't know if the current OC was ever considered competent, but he sure as hell isn't now).
October 22nd, 2018 at 4:59 PM ^
"You'd have to live in a cesspool, work for a rape-enabling bore, and be stuck swimming upstream most of the time."
I mean, Baylor overcame all that to get good offensive coaches, right?
October 22nd, 2018 at 5:03 PM ^
The X Factor: $$$$
MSU and their used-car-salesman alumni base don't have it. Baylor and its loaded, low-life boosters were able to thrown money at their problem.
October 22nd, 2018 at 4:25 PM ^
Who replaces him? Does he want to retire? Like Meyer, they both look tired and weary.
October 22nd, 2018 at 4:29 PM ^
The entire staff will be made of Bullough’s
October 22nd, 2018 at 4:45 PM ^
And we thought their steroid use in the 90's was bad.
October 22nd, 2018 at 5:06 PM ^
First MGBlog comment that's ever made me care whether or not upvoting is an option. I was just thinking about that roid clan and how little they did in the NFL. I think one went to GB for a short while?
October 22nd, 2018 at 5:50 PM ^
White was good in the NFL but yeah
October 22nd, 2018 at 5:13 PM ^
I'm not sure the inbred Bulloughs are welcome there anymore
October 22nd, 2018 at 10:45 PM ^
There's a giant Alien-Queen-like Bullough underneath Spartan Stadium, with a huge egg-sack attached just pumping them out like an assembly line.
Yes, that image is stuck with you now, you're welcome.
October 22nd, 2018 at 5:33 PM ^
Who replaces him? Or who do they go after?
My guess is they would want a big name. Obviously unrealistic. Then they’d shift attention to someone like Narduzzi. But probably end up with someone like Fickell.
October 22nd, 2018 at 9:53 PM ^
Yep. Narduzzi. Who is doing pretty well at Pitt.
"Sixty minutes of unnecessary roughness."
I think Narduzzi would be more -- much more -- of Mike D'Antoni.
October 22nd, 2018 at 4:28 PM ^
Don’t care. But this is a long season for them still this year. Their defense is solid but that O is toothless right now and they are in for some slog games if the D doesn’t give up on them at some point. they play Purdue, Maryland, Nebraska, and OSU their next 4 games. I can see them losing any of those if they can’t score much, as Nebraska is putting up big numbers on O and Maryland has big play capability. not saying they’ll lose all of them but they can’t feel confident of a W anywhere in there. They do still have Rutger though so maybe they finish 6-6?
October 22nd, 2018 at 4:37 PM ^
I could easily see them getting just one more win all year. Then, he’d have missed bowl games 2 of 3 years and gone 1-2 to Harbaugh over the same stretch
October 22nd, 2018 at 4:49 PM ^
I can see them losing to Purdue, @Nebraska and vs OSU. Maryland has been terrible against any team with a defensive pulse. They got shut out by Iowa, scored 14 offensive points against us in garbage time and shut out offensively against Temple.
October 22nd, 2018 at 5:01 PM ^
Maryland is boom or bust but after a long day with the MSU offense putting up next to nothing I could see Maryland breaking a few big ones on them late. Not expecting them to lose to Maryland or Nebraska but I wouldn’t be surprised. Yes they beat PSU but Davis is done for the year so what are they using to score on anyone? Trick plays?
October 22nd, 2018 at 5:23 PM ^
A loss to Nebraska would be a lovely kick in the balls, I must say. Do that and I think the cries for Mork's head will arise.
Personally, I would be quite happy if they limped along with him for another decade, though.
October 22nd, 2018 at 5:05 PM ^
Particularly, Purdue, Nebraska, and OSU. They all throw the ball well. Meyer just might have Haskins throw 70 times against Sparty cause he'll get 600 passing.
Maryland can't throw so Sparty my eek out that game. Aside from that, they will have their work cut out for them. With no offense to keep up with the High Powered Offense of the Opponents, they will get worn down, drive after drive, quarter after quarter, game after game.....
October 22nd, 2018 at 4:29 PM ^
*Mark* Dantonio is a lifer at MSU, as long has he continues success on the field. I'm interested in how tolerant the university will be when Michigan begins winning this rivalry on a more historic perspective. For all the success Cooper had with OSU, he couldn't finish the job against Michigan and led to his ultimate downfall with the AD.
I would have more respekt for Mark if he admitted that the pre-game walk-thru was to establish intimidation on the players. Unfortunately, he took the coward way out and denied any such thing even though the video proof says otherwise. Additionally, he did it against possibly the angriest football play in America.
October 22nd, 2018 at 5:00 PM ^
Downvote for spelling his name wrong
October 22nd, 2018 at 7:09 PM ^
Pretty sure it's Mike.
October 22nd, 2018 at 9:17 PM ^
Pretty sure its Merrick Danatonononio.
October 22nd, 2018 at 4:30 PM ^
Nah, he's still the best coach they could have ever asked for. They'd be idiots to let him go; MSU can't do any better.
October 22nd, 2018 at 5:59 PM ^
He's the best coach for the school's perpetual disrespect-pathy. It's why Nick Saban wasn't terribly successful there, he wasn't buying the crap attitude they were trying to sell.
October 22nd, 2018 at 4:31 PM ^
Supposedly there was chatter on RCMB that MSU needs to pay its assistants - presumably like "ScUM" and other programs. I'm not sure its ever been a place where a guy like Don Brown goes to get paid.
October 22nd, 2018 at 4:31 PM ^
I haven't seen a single Sparty fan say geez Panasiuk shouldn't have tried to injure a Michigan player after the whistle.
More Spartan Silence on their violence eminating from their campus.
I have seen lots of Spartans speak of class and character because they are victims of Bush retaliating to their thug antics by scruffing up some grass.
MSU has a piss poor Neanderthal culture.
October 22nd, 2018 at 5:13 PM ^
What Bush did sounds so silly compared to what they did.
MSU locked arms, walked down the field, in helmets, withe their head coach there (smiling), and clotheslined a UM player and ripped the headphones off. And this occured late, so even in the most positive light - they were "accidentally" late - this is terrible mismanagement by MSU (it's not "your field", man. There are rules. We all have to abide by them.)
In response an M player scuffed up a bit of their field. OH MY GOSH I MUST CLUTCH MY PEARLS!!!
In a vacuum I do not endorse Bush's actions...but these things never happen in vacuums.
In the MSU fans' minds, their players playing a "little dirty" is "justified" because of Bush.
It's all so dumb. And I mean, rivalry shit happens. But it's usually not so blatantly premeditated by the coaches. You're supposed to be the ADULT, Mork.
October 22nd, 2018 at 6:47 PM ^
Well, he learned the tricks of the trade from 'ole Bomb Sniffing Dog Tressel.
October 24th, 2018 at 5:38 PM ^
If, IF Mick D'Angionio's can pony up enough money to pay some real coaches, How the hell is he going to fire his golf buddies? Isn't Bollman Brimley still sleeping up in the press box? How about Tressel Jr. up at the East Landfill Tattoo parlor? is Warner even alive?