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Detroit Free Press: Michigan State's bowl game is first test for next season
By Joe Rexrode
Detroit Free Press Sports Writer
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. -- Fun surrounded Mark Dantonio here Thursday in a spacious ballroom at the plush JW Marriott Camelback Inn, or at least as much fun as a media event can allow.
His Michigan State players sat at tables spread throughout the room, joking around with each other when they weren't answering questions. Le'Veon Bell approached Dantonio's podium with a microphone and the pair laughed through a faux interrogation.
But when the subject of next season and its impact on the direction of his program came up, Dantonio set his jaw and turned serious.
"Next year's always a big year, isn't it?" he said. "It always is and it's no bigger than the year before. And to say it is sells our seniors short."
Dantonio is focused on sending those seniors off with a victory to cap a difficult final season, when the Spartans (6-6) take on TCU (7-5) on Saturday in the Buffalo Wild Wings Bowl at Sun Devil Stadium in Tempe, Ariz. ...
http://www.freep.com/article/20121228/SPORTS07/312280160/HAPPY-NEW-YEAR
By Joe Rexrode
Detroit Free Press Sports Writer
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. -- Fun surrounded Mark Dantonio here Thursday in a spacious ballroom at the plush JW Marriott Camelback Inn, or at least as much fun as a media event can allow.
His Michigan State players sat at tables spread throughout the room, joking around with each other when they weren't answering questions. Le'Veon Bell approached Dantonio's podium with a microphone and the pair laughed through a faux interrogation.
But when the subject of next season and its impact on the direction of his program came up, Dantonio set his jaw and turned serious.
"Next year's always a big year, isn't it?" he said. "It always is and it's no bigger than the year before. And to say it is sells our seniors short."
Dantonio is focused on sending those seniors off with a victory to cap a difficult final season, when the Spartans (6-6) take on TCU (7-5) on Saturday in the Buffalo Wild Wings Bowl at Sun Devil Stadium in Tempe, Ariz. ...
http://www.freep.com/article/20121228/SPORTS07/312280160/HAPPY-NEW-YEAR
