East Lansing — More and more, it appears to be over, although with Mark Dantonio, you can’t ever be sure. He once famously declared the Michigan-Michigan State combativeness “isn’t over, it’ll never be over,” and the words had bite and bitterness at the height of his reign.
Dantonio won’t say it, but in his demeanor and in his record, he seems to know it’s ending. There are signs in the silence. The Spartans are 4-5 after one of the worst losses in Dantonio’s 13 seasons, a 37-34 collapse against Illinois, and the Wolverines (7-2) are up next, as two-touchdown favorites.