COLUMN: MSU won because Dantonio stuck to what made him successful

Football beat reporter MSU football head coach Mark Dantonio had two weeks to prepare for then-No. 18 Notre Dame, and it showed. From the very first whistle it took the Fighting Irish about 45 minutes to figure out MSU's strategy, and by then, with a 36-7 cushion, it was destined that the Megaphone Trophy would be back in East Lansing.

It completes the collection, for the moment, as all four rivalry trophies (three others with the University of Michigan, Indiana University, and Pennsylvania State University) sit comfortably in the confines of Skandalaris Football Center. Big names on the Spartan roster showed up to play, but the game plan and fresh legs were the ones who brought that…