11-09-2019, 05:45 PM
While Stanford's performance was atrocious today, Michigan State's fans probably suffered more. The Spartans led 31-10 at the end of the 3rd quarter and managed to lose to Illinois 37-34.
There are interesting parallels between the state of Stanford's and MSU's football programs. MSU's fans are all up in arms about where the program is, and there are very split opinions about their coach, Mark Dantonio. He is the winningest coach in MSU history, has led them to three Big Ten championships, was twice selected Big Ten coach of the year, has managed one playoff performance and three BCS bowls (sounds kind of familiar). Some fans think he has lost the program, others support him unfailingly and still others believe he needs to be more brutal with his coaching staff and fire some underperformers. The Spartans, after starting 4-1 and ranked in the top 25 have now lost four in a row. Today's performance will only add more fuel to the fire among the MSU faithful.
There are interesting parallels between the state of Stanford's and MSU's football programs. MSU's fans are all up in arms about where the program is, and there are very split opinions about their coach, Mark Dantonio. He is the winningest coach in MSU history, has led them to three Big Ten championships, was twice selected Big Ten coach of the year, has managed one playoff performance and three BCS bowls (sounds kind of familiar). Some fans think he has lost the program, others support him unfailingly and still others believe he needs to be more brutal with his coaching staff and fire some underperformers. The Spartans, after starting 4-1 and ranked in the top 25 have now lost four in a row. Today's performance will only add more fuel to the fire among the MSU faithful.