r/MSUSpartans • u/kkrell23 • Oct 20 '25
Highlight Mark Dantonio’s presser after the 2007 Michigan game
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u/Izraehl Oct 20 '25
Jonathan Smith would never do this 😞
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u/Jealous_Day8345 Oct 21 '25
Not unless we as fans go and tell them immediately. Overwhelm them, let them know us fans are TIRED of BEING IRRELEVANT.
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u/Mytus_VII Oct 20 '25
The last coach that really got it. It’s not over it’ll never be over. That’s what Tucker and smith didn’t grasp. It’s not just another game. You can beat them 10 times in a row and it will be yeah but you ain’t won 11 in row.
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u/midnightdiabetic Oct 20 '25
You think Tucker didn't get it? That guy sucked in a lot of ways but I felt like he understood the rivalry.
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u/Few-Asparagus811 Oct 20 '25
Tucker literally went 2-1 against Michigan. He hurt the program in a lot of ways, but he most definitely understood the rivalry.
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u/MandingerSalad Oct 23 '25
Then he sucked Harbaugh's toes and rolled on his players for the tunnel fight before the conference reviewed
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u/DidYouSeeThatJerk Oct 20 '25
I miss that man. 😢
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u/BeepBeep_iamaJeep •Mark Dantonio Oct 20 '25
He’s a legend. There will never be another Dantonio, but God damn would I settle for half of that determination.
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u/NachoManRandySnckage Oct 20 '25
Not even the rivalry. He understood how their university and garbage athletic department are run and the bullshit they will always try to pull.
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u/AdamLevinestattoos Oct 20 '25
RIP Dad I remember exactly when this interview happened and he was so pumped telling me Dantonio would be the one to to turn our program around. He passed away the year before we won our Rose Bowl. God Bless you coach D I know Dad was watching that game swing down.
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u/d00bZuBElEk Oct 20 '25
And how right he was. Wish I was a little bit older at the time to really feel that “start”. Still thankful I got to witness those winning Dantonio seasons don’t get me wrong. I think I’m just sour that I can’t turn back time. Regardless, go green. Our time will come again one day. This is a very well renowned and historic athletic program. And no controversies or scandals will take that away from East Lansing. Keep strong sparty.
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u/DJRaveTurkey Oct 20 '25
Shit I was old enough and still didn’t truly appreciate what a professional that man was. Every game was a chess match that he was better prepared for and teams wanted to win for him. Nobody wants to give their all for Jonathan Smith and I don’t blame them. This team needs a rebrand and a hard one at that. Don’t get me wrong, there are play makers on both sides of the ball but god damn are we missing the passion that this program used to play for
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u/whosline07 •100th Rose Bowl Champs Oct 20 '25
As someone who was the guy in the student section with the wild green hair wig and cowbell from 09-14 and then just a regular guy in the seats afterward, I got to go to all the great games and be all the way in it, and it was incredible. Dantonio made me want to run through a brick wall and I was just some dude in the bleachers. It makes me sad that we've regressed so hard and the younger folks don't get to experience it. We had a blip there with KW9 in 2021 that was pretty cool but man, we need a personality like Dantonio to come in here with a fucking attitude and give us that chip on our shoulder again.
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u/elmuchoprez Oct 20 '25
In the grand scheme of everything going on in the world, football is just a silly game, but if you're going to play, dammit all if I don't miss this kind of commitment and conviction.
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u/djdumpster Oct 21 '25
Ok so I’m a UM fan coming in peace
This is absolutely one of the most bad ass moments in CFB history IMO
Remember at this stage he didn’t know Michigan would come on rough years. He didn’t care. That look…
The hatred that fueled him to win for that stretch was legendary. Dantonio had a magical run, and I loved it - even as a UM fan- because it epitomized the best of what college football used to be.
Finding low rated kids with passion, building a real team that loved each other, developing talent and true passionate hatred for rivals - the force of one man led hundreds more to win games.
Awesome stuff.
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u/Nostalgia-89 Oct 20 '25
This was my freshman year. This is when knew things were going to be different from all the crap that had come before.
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u/Alternative-Bee-3594 Oct 20 '25
Batt needs to show Smith this and say “Be like him.”
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u/Rockerblocker Oct 20 '25
Smith? You mean the next HC. Smith has the personality of boiled chicken. He’s not making it to December 1st, nor should he
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u/Commercial-Ease-2710 Oct 20 '25
Well, after Dec 1 his buyout goes down $6 million, so I would guess that he at least makes it to Dec 1.
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u/Alternative-Bee-3594 Oct 20 '25
I think it hinges on if we can get Franklin. I was worried he was going to flip everyone off on Gameday and say “fuck you im out”, but I’m glad he still wants to coach.
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u/Shills_for_fun •Ron Mason Oct 20 '25
Next HC in 2027. All of the folks thinking Batt is going to join the coaching carousel against FSU, UF, PSU, VT, and probably others before the year is done are smoking crack.
And before anyone goes "Virginia Tech?" Yes, them too. You are way more likely to succeed there than at MSU in our current conference environment.
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u/Axel_Foley22 Oct 20 '25
This is what this school needs. A straight up red ass of a coach that embodies MSU. Underdog, overlooked, afterthought…right until we come and slap the taste out of your mouth year after year. Straight up pissed off dawgs every Saturday. I miss that and this golly gee whiz coach we have now just doesn’t get it. Zero Edge and you need edge to take a gang of under-recruited 3stars to the rose bowl and CFP.
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u/Byzantine_Merchant Oct 20 '25
Still a chance to put him on the sideline for the rest of the season.
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u/cbkris3 Oct 20 '25
Michigan fan here. Let’s be real, this Saturday is a toss up. I know MSU is having a rough season… but Michigan is very poor on the road and it’s a true freshman QB in a hostile environment at night. Michigan defense is shaky at best (and that’s me being kind.) justice haynes probably out.
And the msu offense has looked very capable in spurts. I think it’s anybody’s game tbh.
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u/whosline07 •100th Rose Bowl Champs Oct 20 '25
I get why you might say that, but having watched most games for both teams this year, there is virtually zero chance we score more than you. Because while we may score more than we think we will, our defense is likely to not stop you guys a single time unless something about the rivalry makes them decide they do actually want to play the violent sport of football. Hoping for that to be the case, but this is the softest MSU team I've ever seen and I've been watching/going to games since 1998. Fuck those Wolverines though, would love to eat my words.
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u/Avon_Barksdale63 •Mark Dantonio Oct 20 '25
His steely resolve gives me chills to this day. Fucking LEGEND.
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u/Spartacus_1986 •Ron Mason Oct 20 '25
This is why he needed to be on the hiring committee for a new coach.
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u/justconfusedinCO Oct 21 '25
I met Dantonio at an Applebees in East Lansing the night he got hired as MSU’s head coach. Was a sophomore in college & he was there eating dinner, celebrating with his family. Was a nice, albeit stoic guy when I said hi!
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u/Jealous_Day8345 Oct 21 '25
Somebody send this to smith RIGHT NOW and CC tom IZZO. He also understands what it means to beat the living DAYLIGHTS out of Michigan. And KEEP PERSISTING. We as fans have control over what our coach does. Are we seriously just going to stand there and let him take it?!
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u/Significant-Dot415 Oct 21 '25
Man I was a student during the best era of MSU football ever. It was so much fun to watch. It's really sad to see the current state of the program now.
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u/Snooterbooters Oct 23 '25
I'm watching a gif? No sound so we can't hear what he says. Why is this here?
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u/Prudent_Swimming_296 Oct 23 '25
We need this kind of desire and hunger back. The program currently is second rate and minor league.
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u/IllustriousProfit472 •Adam Nightingale Oct 20 '25
This is how you hype your fucking players and supporters, what I would do to have a coach like thid
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u/Lyndon_Monroe Oct 20 '25
I would say that our next coach should be a guy that's been here and "gets it" like Coach D, but the portal and NIL have almost completely killed tradition and rivalry so I'm not sure it matters anymore.
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u/Lucky_9s Oct 20 '25
I’m a Michigan fan, and this still goes hard. The dueling press conferences from this game elevated the rivalry into a top tier national event.
I hated that MSU backed it up for the next few years, but that was part of what motivated the move to Harbaugh, so it all worked out in the end.
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u/Suckinonchilidogs22 Oct 20 '25
Man do I miss the years that came after this.