East Lansing — Mark Dantonio watched every play of Wisconsin’s upset loss at Illinois last Saturday.
Apparently, that’s what a football coach does when he has a Saturday off — watch football.
What the Michigan State coach took away from the Fighting Illini’s stunning last-second victory, though, was simple.
“I would say emotion plays a big part in every football game,” Dantonio said. “You can see the emotion and you can see a game start to change a little bit and people start to have a little bit more belief.