Michigan State coach Mark Dantonio said team had 'very, very good' preseason camp and is ready for opener vs. Utah State. Recorded Aug. 23, 2018. Chris Solari, Detroit Free Press
EAST LANSING — “As the smell of burning leaves filled the air …”
Those, friends, were the first words ever written by yours truly as a sportswriter sometime in September 1987. Trite, for sure, but what would you expect from a 12-year old?
And why do I revisit 31 years ago? Well, according to young me, that team “scorched up the gridiron” (Grantland Rice died again because of that complete sentence).