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Former Michigan State football coach Mark Dantonio's first season away was 'eerie'

East Lansing — Mark Dantonio saw it all on Friday night.

Well, most of it, anyway.

The former Michigan State football coach was looking forward to the Spartans’ season opener as much as any fan, but he was at a wedding on Friday night and found himself scrambling to get to a TV in time for kickoff around 9:15 p.m.

So when Kenneth Walker III dashed 75 yards on the first play from scrimmage to give Michigan State a 7-0 lead on its way to a 38-21 victory over Northwestern, there’s a chance Dantonio missed it live.