Last Saturday served as a sobering reminder that the Spartans are still not ready to compete for a Big Ten title. Is that an overreaction? Maybe. Or maybe it’s the reality of a team that had everything on the line in the fourth quarter against a young Arizona State and let it off the hook.
To compound problems, head coach Mark Dantonio, per his post-game comments, is more concerned about the penalty that wasn’t.
Everything was set to celebrate Dantonio and what he has meant to the program being the all-time winningest coach and now fans and pundits are left scratching their heads.