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Michigan State Football: Will Mark Dantonio “feed off” doubters?

Pat Narduzzi knows all about what it’s like to be doubted.

He saw Michigan State fans doubt the Spartans after an ugly Capital One Bowl loss to Alabama in 2010 only to go 11-3 the next season with an Outback Bowl win over Georgia. He then witnessed the doubt creep back after the 2012 season when Michigan State was just 7-6 with Andrew Maxwell at quarterback only to watch the Spartans go 13-1 in 2013 with a Rose Bowl win — arguably the best team in college football that season.

Narduzzi has seen Mark Dantonio shoulder plenty of blame and an excess amount of doubt over his Michigan State career, and he can’t be that surprised that it’s happening again.