With Mark Dantonio’s sudden retirement earlier this week, it’s taken me a couple of days to truly process the move. It hadn’t really sunken in, but now that it’s starting to feel more real, it’s time we owe Coach D a massive ‘thank you’.
Let’s start from the beginning of my Michigan State fandom.
Growing up a fan of the Spartans, I always loved watching football on Saturdays and basketball in the winter and spring. Michigan State was always considered a “basketball school” in the early 2000s when I was going through elementary school and that’s why basketball was my favorite sport.