Why Mark Dantonio will always be the man who slayed Michigan: 'It will never be over'

EAST LANSING — Three words sum up what this year’s game against Michigan means for Michigan State football:

This is it.

Rearrange them, and they also might define the moment for Mark Dantonio.

Is this it?

The Spartans' season and Dantonio are tied together, with much on the line going into Saturday’s noon kickoff in Ann Arbor. The only salve to the wounds and save a semblance of their season is the beat the Wolverines.

Let’s first start with Dantonio's program, a State of the State:

Gone for the second straight November are the lofty preseason goals. There will not be another College Football Playoff berth. There will not be a fourth Big Ten title in the decade.

Michigan State head coach Mark…