(Photo: Michael Allio, Associated Press)
East Lansing — It wasn’t long after the 2018 season ended that Mark Dantonio knew something had to change.
After the worst offensive season in his 12 years at Michigan State, the head coach decided he couldn’t simply follow the same course, one that watched the Spartans offense steadily decline after the record-setting season of 2014 followed by a playoff appearance in 2015.
By the time the 2018 season ended, Michigan State was 13th in the Big Ten in scoring offense and total offense and ranked better than only four teams in the entire country in scoring, averaging just 18.