2020 Michigan State Offseason Thread

[DevilFroggy]

So.... odds on Luke Fickell being the next coach at MSU?

[bayareabadger]

Rumor that Dantonio is retiring today.

Really weird timing, absent medical news

His $4.3 million bonus cashed in mid-Jan. Maybe wait til that direct deposit goes through.

[ELA]

So.... odds on Luke Fickell bring the next coach at MSU?

Eh, odds are its an interim coach at this point for next year

[Brutus Buckeye]

What dood?

[ELA]

His $4.3 million bonus cashed in mid-Jan. Maybe wait til that direct deposit goes through.

If he had retired the day after that, I sure wouldn't have blamed him.  But to wait another 3 weeks, then the day before NSD?

I'm guessing he perjured himself

[DevilFroggy]

Wonder if this has anything to do with it.. 

https://www.detroitnews.com/story/sports/college/michigan-state-university/2020/02/04/blackwell-lawyers-detail-allegations-msus-mark-dantonio-committed-multiple-ncaa-violations/4655797002/

[betarhoalphadelta]

I would have to think there would be more.  What is unauthorized contact by a staff member off campus?  A secondary violation?  Didn't Urban frequently "bump into" recruits at camps.

So unless there is more coming, I would guess that isn't it.  Granted, he also testified that Blackwell never visited any prospects with him, except once, and then remained in the car.  So if that wasn't true, then he committed perjury regarding said secondary violation, and that would be enough to me.

True... But someone like Dantonio must be smart enough to not get himself nicked for perjury, right?

[847badgerfan]

I would have to think there would be more.  What is unauthorized contact by a staff member off campus?  A secondary violation?  Didn't Urban frequently "bump into" recruits at camps.

So unless there is more coming, I would guess that isn't it.  Granted, he also testified that Blackwell never visited any prospects with him, except once, and then remained in the car.  So if that wasn't true, then he committed perjury regarding said secondary violation, and that would be enough to me.

Yes, but, Ohio State. 

Sorry to see MD go.

[Entropy]

Timing is very.... odd.  One cannot help but think this was unplanned or forced.  

If I'm MSU I would not settle for a HC.   The interim tag is fine into the fall if you don't have someone you really want.

[Brutus Buckeye]

Speaking of Urban Meyer....

[grillrat]

https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/28635019/mark-dantonio-steps-coach-michigan-state

Wow.  One day before signing day.

(Sorry, missed it that this was covered in the MSU offseason thread)

[CatsbyAZ]

Dantonio's Top 20 Wins:

1. 2013 Rose Bowl Vs #5 Stanford
2. 2013 Big Ten Championship Vs #2 Ohio State
3. 2015 Vs #2 Ohio State (in Columbus)
4. 2015 Vs #12 Michigan (in Ann Arbor) – beating Harbaugh during his first season, is this Sparty's favorite win Vs UM?
5. 2011 Vs #4 Wisconsin – Hail Mary
6.(tie) 2010 Vs #17 Michigan (in Ann Arbor) AND Vs Notre Dame (OT) – both wins anchored what would be an 11-2 season, the first of SIX (+)10 win seasons under Dantonio
8. 2015 Big Ten Championship Vs #4 Iowa
9. 2011 Vs #11 Michigan – beat Michigan during their only good year under Hoke
10. 2014 Cotton Bowl Vs #4 Baylor – huge comeback
11. 2011 Outback Bowl Vs #18 Georgia – marking Dantonio’s first of SIX Bowl wins, this was over an SEC team in during the height of SEC chest thumping
12. 2008 Vs Michigan (in Ann Arbor) – Michigan would only finish 3-9 but this was the first of a number of wins MSU would have against Michigan during Dantonio’s tenure, and anchored the first of 7 seasons ranked to end the year
13. 2015 Vs #7 Oregon – Big early season showdown that started the season leading to MSU making the College Football Playoff
14.(tie) 2017 Vs #7 Michigan (in Ann Arbor) & Vs #7 Penn State – strange wins anchored the last of Dantonio’s ranked seasons
16. 2009 Vs #22 Michigan (OT) – began the salvaging of a 1-3 start that would finish with a bowl
17.(tie) 2007 Vs Notre Dame (in South Bend) & Vs #22 Penn State – ND would only finish 3-9, but beating both in during Dantonio’s first season was a good sign to come
19. 2016 Vs #18 Notre Dame (in South Bend) – somehow beat Notre Dame to begin a 3-9 season (ND finished 4-8)
20. 2010 Vs #11 Wisconsin OR 2018 Vs #8 Penn State (in State College)

[ELA]

I'd move Iowa in Indy and the Cotton bow up to 6 and 7, but hard to argue overall.

I might put the 2013 win over OSU #1, because getting to the Rose Bowl might have been a bigger deal than winning it, if that makes sense.

[MrNubbz]

Wonder if Narduzzi's time has passed or is MSU ready to renew old acquaintences.Sort of wish Leach would have waited a month - that would be interesting.Maybe Matt Campbell