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Dantonio downplays senior day, Cook still in question and more notes on MSU football

Before No. 6 MSU (10-1 overall, 6-1 Big Ten) takes on Penn State (7-4 overall, 4-3 Big Ten) this Saturday head coach Mark Dantonio held his weekly press conference Tuesday. Here are a few takeaways from Dantonio's statements to the media:

Some things come before sports

Before Dantonio started speaking about football he took time for some special acknowledgements.

"First and foremost, just want to acknowledge and let everyone know at the University of Michigan and Chad Carr's family that we're deeply sorrowed by his passing on Monday," he said.