Fire Dantonio! Michigan State fans are irate after blowing 25-point lead to Illinois

Things have gone from bad to worse for Mark Dantonio in East Lansing.

Coming into the season, everyone knew a brutal October schedule awaited. With games against Ohio State, Wisconsin, and Penn State, coming away with wins was not going to be easy.

Unfortunately, the Spartans went 0-3 and were not competitive in any of the games, managing 17 points total on the month. Coming off of the bye week, a showdown with Illinois was destined to jump-start the team. Right?

Wrong. Though the offense did break out of its slump with 34 points, Michigan State turned the ball over four times and allowed 27 points in the fourth quarter. It was a meltdown of the highest caliber for a program that has hung its hat on defense and grinding out the ball offensively during Dantonio’s tenure.

Dantonio is just two years removed from a 10-win season and guided the Spartans to a bowl game last season, but it appears the fanbase also remembers he is three years removed from a three-win season and has captained a lackluster offense each of the past two years. Now that the defense is showing signs of failure – the Spartans have allowed 30+ in four the past five games – it looks like fans are turning on Dantonio.

Plenty of Spartan fans took to Twitter following the loss to Illinois with plenty of criticism lined up for Michigan State’s head coach:

https://twitter.com/ssghoppy_12/status/1193338500097171456?s=21

If you blow a 28-7 lead, you don’t deserve to coach a middle school football team #firedantonio

— Dylan (@dgillis73) November 10, 2019

I hope MSU does not win another game until we fire Dantonio. We don’t deserve to win another game. Dantonio may be the winningest coach but we need to understand that his time is done

— Dylan (@dgillis73) November 10, 2019

https://twitter.com/doub7e_se7ens/status/1193335776366546946?s=21

Dantonio needs to resign tonight! Even though that was a bullshit pi call on 4th when they were evenly fighting over it, it doesn't fucking matter, it shouldn't have gotten to that point. Fuck this coaching staff!!!#FireDantonio

— ☠🤘T2🤘☠ (@TommyGunn5609) November 10, 2019

https://twitter.com/tinclock/status/1193331535350509568?s=21

I was on the fence this season with the whole fire Dantonio thing but now…..This game was the ultimate disaster. This was the death knell for this staff. Embarrassing. It’s time to clean house and start over. #msufootball #MSU

— The Stritz (@TheStritz) November 10, 2019

https://twitter.com/mpsimon1966/status/1193330767692206082?s=21

Seen some amazing MSU losses in my day but that was unbelievable. Time to clean house and start over. #FireDantonio

— Shane (@shanereed524) November 10, 2019

Man I think this game has me on team #FireDantonio this program is completely adrift

— Fo Fo (@Fo__________Fo) November 10, 2019

Paul Harvey

Paul is a lifelong fan and student of all things college football. He has been covering college football since 2017 and the B1G since 2018.