Dantonio, 59, has certainly come into his own at Michigan State, turning the Spartans into a worthy adversary for Saban, 64, and his Alabama Crimson Tide.
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Clearly the Spartans and head coach Mark Dantonio, who no doubt owes Saban for elevating the East Lansing program eight years before his arrival, have their hands full.
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“That seems to be the ongoing story these days, huh Coach?” The junior has run for less than 100 yards just four times this season and four times went for more than 200 yards. I argued in August that it might be easier for a team that doesn’t recruit at the super-elite level to win the title thanks to the Playoff. The Sooners also find their home state can not support a national championship on its own, so Oklahoma turns to Texas.
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If they lose and the Seahawks (9-6) beat Arizona at home, they would be the No. 6 seed and return to Green Bay for a playoff game. Arizona leads the National Football League in total offense and is fifth in total defense.
Saban adroitly dealt with that subject from behind his customary poker face. “But you know, it kind of pales in comparison to the type of person he is”. And when you play another winning program, you just have a lot of respect for that. “But looking at the way this group’s handled things, this group practices every day, their passion for the game; I’m telling you now, (defensive linemen) A’Shawn (Robinson), Jarran Reed, Jonathan Allen, Dalvin (Tomlinson), those guys like practicing”.
“Confidence isn’t an issue for our team”, Jack Allen said.
“I was running too fast, and I couldn’t stop, and then I just hit him”, Lawson said.
Which would have been great if the coach’s name wasn’t actually Mark.
“A lot of different aspects. First, anyway”, Dantonio said Wednesday. MSU’s three linebackers have all played the “mike”, giving each of them a working knowledge of the entire defense.
You are exclusively responsible for your comments and by using TribLive.com you agree to our Terms of Service. “You see effort”, Dantonio said. Bowl win? Check, in year five.
90 – In the past two games he’s played, Derrick Henry has carried the ball 90 times. The Crimson Tide players are used to playing in big games and always project an all-business attitude.
Herbstreit said he thinks MSU will be able to slow Henry by stacking the defense up front but that the key will be holding up in the secondary and surviving the deep shots from Jake Coker to Calvin Ridley. We want to be a balanced football team. I think that’s the area they’ve probably improved the most the last four or five years.
“From my standpoint, what happened in that game will have nothing to do with this game because none of the participants are the same except maybe the coaches”. But that was 16 years ago! His logic of “you make good money in home games and neutral site games” makes sense for half of the potential series, but I guess it doesn’t matter if the Spartans made any money from it. Wracking up 46 sacks this season, the Tide are going to force Connor Cook to make throws before he’s ready. “We have our (Big Ten) championship game within our conference, which sort of served as a way to get into this (playoff)”.
Hollis had his eye on Dantonio, who was the Cincinnati coach at the time, and called Saban for a recommendation.
Finally, it was done, except for the obligatory posing together with the silvery Field Scovell Cotton Bowl Trophy.
He knows the Spartans have a battle ahead of them in Alabama.
Either way, it won’t have much of a bearing on the outcome of the game on Thursday night.
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The Hawkeyes only gained 52 yards in the conference title game and Elliott managed to pick up only 33 yards on 12 carries for the Buckeyes.
