The Spartans have painfully regressed over the past 4 seasons and posted a dismal Big Ten record of just 17 wins, offset by 19 losses, so it would be a huge understatement to say changes are needed to correct course, but what can we expect in terms of new position coaches, coordinators and recruits?

The Spartans are invited to the Pinstripe Bowl in the Bronx to play Wake Forest at Yankee Stadium on December 27, but for 500,000 alumni, fans and season ticket holders, the Pinstripe Bowl is not a pacifier that will sooth their ruffled feelings. So the President and the AD better channel their best incarnations of the late, legendary John Hannah and the late, legendary Clarence “Biggie” Munn who together set the standard for Spartan athletics, and thereafter correct course because the stunning decline of Spartan Football over the past 4 season is unacceptable to all who follow Spartan Football.

Mark Dantonio called Saturday’s victory a “Program Win” A victory vs Maryland that enabled the Spartans to post a record of 6-6 overall and 4-5 Big Ten does not qualify”. To most alumni it’s a failing grade! If the President, the Board and the AD think 25,000 fans at Saturday’s game vs Maryland was a “one off” anomaly, then they are sadly mistaken. If there aren’t meaningful fixes implemented in the off season, then the “new normal” will be disastrous decline in attendance and a dreadful drop in donations.

21 Seniors will celebrate their final game in Spartan Stadium this weekend. The program they signed up for is vastly different today than it was when they first came to campus. And we remember a Spartan legend who hung up his cleats for the final time this week.

Wishing you and your family a safe and happy holiday. Turn on the Lions game and be sure to set those scales back at least 15 pounds.

I have profound respect for Mark Dantonio and he will always have a slice of immortality as “the winning-est football coach in Michigan State history”. Yet, Spartan Football has declined measurably since 2015 compiling an upside down Big Ten record of just 15 wins & 19 losses. So Mark Dantonio’s…

By December 7, one week after the football season, Spartan Alumni are entitled to an executive summary of a complete review of football operations put forth by the President and AD. I hope they aren’t waiting until December 6 to start their review.

A loss to Michigan State would be Jim Harbaugh’s biggest nightmare. It would underscore that Harbaugh still can’t beat a Rival (a rival Michigan claims to not even be a rival) even when the rival is weakened and down! And furthermore, blaring into Harbaugh’s headset is the fact Mark Dantonio has a record of 2 wins and Zero losses vs Jim Harbaugh in Ann Arbor.

It started oh so well, but it ended oh so badly as the Spartans exchanged a 28-3 advantage for a 37-34 loss: it shouldn’t have happened, but it did. Illinois didn’t beat the Spartans…the Spartans to beat the Spartans.

Instead of competing for a Big Ten title and seeking an invitation to the College Football Playoffs, the Spartans are seeking to simply become Bowl eligible.