East Lansing —Mark Dantonio didn’t wait for the end of last weekend’s game at Maryland to address Riley Bullough’s ejection or the flurry of personal fouls that ultimately led to his defensive captain’s departure barely 10 minutes into what would become Michigan State’s fifth consecutive loss.
Instead, Dantonio said he talked with Bullough at halftime, and it wasn’t so much a scolding as it was a survey.
“I talked to him and just asked him if he was OK,” Dantonio said.
It’s an open-ended question now, though, with the Spartans reeling — off to their worst Big Ten start since 1982 — and their leaders lurching as a season spins out of control.