EAST LANSING — One had the week off after a loss, the other watched his team improve to 3-0.
But both Michigan State coach Mark Dantonio and his Indiana counterpart Tom Allen delivered the same message to their players as they prepare to head into Big Ten play:
Forget the past, don’t worry about the long-term future. Stay in the moment and concentrate only on the next opponent.
“All we did was focus last week on Ball State. That was it. Never talked about anybody else,” Allen told reporters after his Hoosiers won Saturday, 38-10. “And this week, we're talking about Michigan State.