As the dust settled at Indiana’s Memorial Stadium on Saturday night, the future didn’t look bright, it looked hazy. MSU let a 14 lead slip away and for the first time since before Mark Dantonio took over for John L. Smith the Spartans had relinquished the Old Brass Spittoon rivalry trophy to the Hoosiers.
Dantonio was asked after the game about managing expectations for a team whose goal of Back2Back Big Ten Titles and a trip to the College Football Play while not mathematically eliminated, is eliminated in the real world. “Players are competitors, you hope they’re competitors and if not then we recruited the wrong guys.