MSU football head coach Mark Dantonio is still searching for the answers to his team’s 2-6 overall record. Perhaps answers could come in the simplest form of victory, something the Spartans haven’t tasted since Sept. 17 against Notre Dame.
Champaign, Ill. might just be the best place to get that done. The Fighting Illini are coming off a 40-17 blowout loss to Minnesota and also sit at 2-6 record on the season. Dantonio is 3-0 against Illinois, including 2-0 on the road, and the Spartans have won 12 of the last 13 meetings against Illinois.
Dantonio addressed some of the issues he saw against the Wolverines, who dealt the Spartans their sixth straight loss, and looked ahead to his meeting with Illinois and their first-year head coach Lovie Smith.