On Thursday, Michigan State plays Washington State in the Holiday Bowl. It will be the Spartans 10th bowl game under Mark Dantonio, who was hired to be the head coach there in 2007, taking over a team that went 4-8 the year before. The quarterback of the last Michigan State team to truly be bad up until their 3-9 season a year ago?
In 2006, Stanton threw 12 touchdowns and 10 interceptions, sharing some of that time with Brian Hoyer, who had about half as many pass attempts as Stanton. It was a significant drop in production for Stanton from where he was a year earlier (22 TD/12 INT) but the Detroit Lions still chose him 43rd overall in the 2007 draft.