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What Mark Dantonio said at Michigan State’s weekly press conference
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Michigan State was able to get back in the column on Saturday, defeating Indiana 35-21 in Bloomington. The Spartans improved to 2-1 on the season and 1-0 in B1G play with the victory.
On Tuesday, Mark Dantonio met with the media for his weekly press conference. He spoke about MSU’s conference-opening win, provided injury updates and talked about Saturday’s game against Central Michigan.
Here’s what Dantonio had to say on Tuesday morning:
Dantonio asked about offensive predictability vs. ASU/Indiana: "We're looking at every different aspect to try and give a variance of things." Also asks "what do we know and what do we do well?"
— Chris Solari (@chrissolari) September 25, 2018
Dantonio says TEs are involved in passing game. "There's different reads you go through … sometimes he's in protection." Depends on play call and scheme.
— Chris Solari (@chrissolari) September 25, 2018
Dantonio on the losses of Hicks, Sadler and Labinjo: "It's something we all live with." Tough for the families, who Dantonio keeps in touch with.
— Chris Solari (@chrissolari) September 25, 2018
Dantonio says MSU has to run the ball inside better with the RBs, alludes to the LJ Scott injury.
— Chris Solari (@chrissolari) September 25, 2018
Dantonio on facing CMU, going from Big Ten play back to non-conference: "We'll come ready to play. We havent' had that issue. Now are we perfect? No, few across the country are."
— Chris Solari (@chrissolari) September 25, 2018
Dantonio on pass defense numbers being high vs. run defense being No. 1 nationally: "They're not getting a lot of big plays." Teams are using RPOs "and dinking it" to pass the ball underneath. Thinks MSU's DBs are playing well on the perimeter.
— Chris Solari (@chrissolari) September 25, 2018
Dantonio asked if LJ Scott is day-to-day or if he'll be back. "Probably a little of both."
— Chris Solari (@chrissolari) September 25, 2018
Dantonio says there are no long-term/season-ending injuries out of Saturday's win at Indiana.
— Chris Solari (@chrissolari) September 25, 2018
Dustin grew up in the heart of Big Ten country and has been in sports media since 2010. He has been covering Big Ten football since 2014. You can follow him on Twitter: @SchutteCFB