Dantonio: "I don't know if [playing in The Big House] is really a road game."
In this year's edition of "can't wait to lock them in our stadium for 60 minutes", Dantonio seems to insinuate that playing in Ann Arbor won't be like a true road game for MSU because "a lot of Spartans will be there" and "it's in the state of Michigan."
Interesting take. Fair enough from a travel time perspective, but even so, odd thing to say when preparing for a rivalry road game, especially a night game at America's largest stadium. Other rivals across the US in close proximity wouldn't likely talk like this and we know Harbaugh wouldn't. The only time it's ever even remotely close to a neutral site is in East Lansing in seasons like last year when the Spartans were down.
Time to make The Big House louder than it has ever been and show him how wrong he is.
Show up early, be loud and let's help the team retain Paul.
Go Blue, Beat State!
Links:
- https://twitter.com/chrissolari/status/915242890238070784
- https://twitter.com/mwenzel2/status/915242904133804032
- https://twitter.com/chrissolari/status/915242986484719622
EDIT: Obviously Dantonio wasn't trying to directly blast the Big House/fans and a good part of his meaning was directed towards the logistics around a shorter trip distance wise. But this is rivalry week, it's supposed to antagonistic and full of backhanded remarks, and Dantonio knows that far better than most. He thinks about this rivalry all year long and knows what he wants his words to convey/picks them carefully. We are allowed to be antagonistic back even if his comments are primarily benign. It's part of the fun of what makes college football unique.
October 3rd, 2017 at 12:12 PM ^
October 3rd, 2017 at 3:48 PM ^
I love this so much. Would ya just look at it?!?!?
October 3rd, 2017 at 5:40 PM ^
the one inside Dantonio's head!
October 3rd, 2017 at 12:37 PM ^
October 3rd, 2017 at 9:30 PM ^
oh you didn't know? Mark Dantonio is about as classy as it gets.
And Tom Izzo is whatever the opposite of a temper tantruming 5 year old is.....
October 3rd, 2017 at 1:30 PM ^
I found all the wolverines. They're living in Mark Dantonio's head, rent free.
October 3rd, 2017 at 3:21 PM ^
The irony.
October 3rd, 2017 at 12:14 PM ^
Burn. That Dantannio is such a hoot.
October 3rd, 2017 at 12:14 PM ^
October 3rd, 2017 at 12:15 PM ^
They don't have to stay in a hotel in a different city so I could see it from a routine perspective. Pretending like there is balance in the stands is a little ridiculous, he'd be more accurate to say the big house just doesn't get that loud.
October 3rd, 2017 at 12:19 PM ^
Exactly, he's probably just talking about reduced travel and general routine type issues, but accidently served up a hot plate of DISRESPEKT.
Hopefully he doesn't choke on his Werther's when he realizes what he's done.
October 3rd, 2017 at 12:46 PM ^
October 3rd, 2017 at 1:51 PM ^
October 3rd, 2017 at 12:45 PM ^
October 3rd, 2017 at 7:51 PM ^
October 3rd, 2017 at 12:26 PM ^
Yeah the linked tweets above specifically say, "It's a road game but it's in the state of Michigan." That's exactly what he was talking about, not sure why OP left that part out. Context is key
October 3rd, 2017 at 2:10 PM ^
October 3rd, 2017 at 9:06 PM ^
I was thinking that too, about the routine.
But they are staying in a differnet hotel.
They're staying in the Ann Arbor area Friday night...so its really the same routine as any other away game.
October 3rd, 2017 at 12:15 PM ^
pumpkin spice season.
October 3rd, 2017 at 12:18 PM ^
I laughed!
October 3rd, 2017 at 12:20 PM ^
mmmmmm pumpkin ale
October 3rd, 2017 at 12:51 PM ^
I have a six-pack of KBC pumpkin ale ready for Saturday night!
October 3rd, 2017 at 12:55 PM ^
Excellent. I love pumpkin ale. Oktoberfest and pumpkin beers are my favorite types. No time of the year is better than autumn and winter when it comes to ale.
October 3rd, 2017 at 2:50 PM ^
What are you going to drink in the 2nd quarter?
October 3rd, 2017 at 12:18 PM ^
It gets every bit as loud as Sparty's stadium during big games. And the atmosphere at UTL games is pretty electric.
October 3rd, 2017 at 12:17 PM ^
Only 2 shoulders.
October 3rd, 2017 at 12:22 PM ^
...one big dip. Is it just me, or is Mork beginning to bear an uncanny resemblance to the Dunham puppet, 'Achmed'? Anybody see Dunham's arm anywhere?
October 3rd, 2017 at 12:40 PM ^
If he does it right it's buried up his ass.
October 3rd, 2017 at 12:17 PM ^
Considering that he barely has enough players left to even field a travel team, it should feel just like an MSU home game when he looks down the sideline.
October 3rd, 2017 at 12:17 PM ^
October 3rd, 2017 at 12:34 PM ^
looking for bulletin board material, you might have to try harder than that, because the stuff you put in quotation marks, isn't what he said. I don't think it's that bad a take anyway. This is what they said ( the pundits) a couple years ago, about us not leaving the state.
October 3rd, 2017 at 12:21 PM ^
October 3rd, 2017 at 12:27 PM ^
Something along the lines of "we've been there before", "we know that it's tough to play there but we also know what it takes to win", "great atmosphere, great opportunity to go get a big win", etc.
Not, "it's not really a road game for us because a lot of Spartans will be there".
Here's what Harbaugh said last year before going to East Lansing: "It's an opportunity to go to another man's stadium and beat their team and beat their crowd and maybe even have a chance to beat the elements."
October 3rd, 2017 at 12:27 PM ^
No, he should've just said "we won't be able to win this game"
October 3rd, 2017 at 12:32 PM ^
October 3rd, 2017 at 1:26 PM ^
...because we're young
...because we're injured
...because they'll get all the calls
...because disrespekt
October 3rd, 2017 at 12:20 PM ^
Every single team has talked trash or had some sort of "bulletin board" material. And every week we have dismantled those teams in the 2nd half. I get that it is a rivalry but really come on why would you want to motivate us? Who cares I will be there and I will be loud as sh*t
October 3rd, 2017 at 12:20 PM ^
on Mack. Keep talking.
October 3rd, 2017 at 12:22 PM ^
Like we even need bulletin board material this week. I'm sure they've seen the Punt-pocalypse enough to be motivated.
October 3rd, 2017 at 12:22 PM ^
After all, his big brother lives there...
October 3rd, 2017 at 12:23 PM ^
October 3rd, 2017 at 12:23 PM ^
He is literally the perfect coach for that program. The amount of real estate we occupy in his head is the same as we do in the heads of every single little brother. His statements towards us reek of obsession. This is why they are truly losers in every sense of the word. Even at the height of their program's history, they were defined by their obsession with us rather than their own success.
Can't wait to whoop their ass and put a nail in their coffin.
October 3rd, 2017 at 12:24 PM ^
is the same moron who went for 2 last year when Sparty was down by 7 w one second left, and Jabril took the fumble to the house, making it a 9 point game.
Mork's response - "I am going to keep scratching".
He is an idiot. To hell with him, and screw Sparty!
October 3rd, 2017 at 12:24 PM ^
They will probably have as many fans at the Big House as they typically do for a home game.
October 3rd, 2017 at 12:32 PM ^
Way too far.
He's talking about being in the state of Michigan and limited travel. It's a good road game for him because his team can stay in a similar routine and not have to fly to the cornfields of Iowa/Nebraska or wherever else you have to go in this wacky conference.
I'm sure there will be plenty of bulletin stuff that will emerge throughout the week, but this ain't it.