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Michigan State football resurrects season on Mark Dantonio's genius

Mark Dantonio proud of how his team battled back and hung around against Penn State to pull off 21-17 upset Oct. 13, 2018. Chris Solari, Detroit Free Press

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — Michigan State's football program runs best on doubt. And it always will as long as Mark Dantonio’s in charge.

It’s that simple.

Yes, it’s cliché, but, what else is there to say? How else do you explain what happened at Beaver Stadium onSaturday afternoon?

The Spartans weren’t just underdogs to the Nittany Lions, they were searching for a flashlight inside their casket, especially after a miserable home loss to Northwestern a week ago.