Chicago — They don’t have to look far — or even listen all that closely — to find the added motivation.
For Mark Dantonio and his football program, it’s everywhere they want it to be. And Thursday, as expected, it was anywhere the coach and some of his senior leaders went as Michigan State kicked off the annual Big Ten media day festivities.
Hours after the first coaches’ balloting was released, with Michigan State ranked No. 6 in the country — the school’s highest preseason ranking in the 25-year history of the poll — Dantonio and his players somehow found themselves discussing disrespect.