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LSJ columnist Graham Couch and Free Press sports writer Chris Solari analyze Michigan State heading into Week 3 vs. Arizona State, Sept. 10, 2019. Graham Couch and Chris Solari, Detroit Free Press

EAST LANSING —It was a question about coaching staff changes. And it took Mark Dantonio a split second to deliver a steadfast response.

Will his Michigan State football legacy be tarnished if the moves don’t work out, he was asked in July at Big Ten media days in Chicago ?

“No,” Dantonio replied, with a brief pause for emphasis.