EAST LANSING -- Mark Dantonio did what he usually does, favoring the upbeat outlook after his Michigan State team added a 24-21 win over Purdue to its 5-0 start.
“I credit our football team’s toughness,” Dantonio said Saturday after a quick 21-0 lead turned into a defensive stand to survive, “and our attitude and energy with this one.”
That was the company line. A win is a win, and all of them are good. Some sold it better than others. Riley Bullough sounded like he was talking about an upcoming trigonometry exam when he said of the result: “We’re pumped.