“Mr. Fickell, Michigan State University is on line one.”

Mark Dantonio returned Michigan St to elite status by going 7-1 or 8-0 5 of 6 years from 2010-2015.
He turned the "Big 3" into the "Big 4" by dominating the UM/MSU series winning 7 of 8.

Then the last 4 years the wheels completely came off out of nowhere.

(02-04-2020 03:15 PM)IWokeUpLikeThis Wrote:  Mark Dantonio returned Michigan St to elite status by going 7-1 or 8-0 5 of 6 years from 2010-2015.
He turned the "Big 3" into the "Big 4" by dominating the UM/MSU series winning 7 of 8.

Then the last 4 years the wheels completely came off out of nowhere.

The Chicken Curse resetting the balance.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Danto...ege_career

Quote:Dantonio attended the University of South Carolina and earned three letters as a defensive back for Coach Jim Carlen for the Gamecocks 1976-78.[10] He earned a bachelor's degree in education from South Carolina in 1979.

Once a coot, always a coot.


What is the Chicken Curse?

https://www.anchorofgold.com/2014/9/17/6...cken-curse

Quote:Here's your South Carolina history lesson. The "Chicken Curse" started in the late 1800's when former South Carolina governor and U.S. Senator "Pitchfork" Ben Tillman, along with Thomas Green Clemson (heard that name?) tried to convince the state of South Carolina on the need for an agricultural school to help the poorer farmers of the Upstate. USC's donors at the time were the richer large landowners in the Lower part of South Carolina and were not fond of another educational institution in the state. After all the drawn out frustrations of the State Legislature trying to prevent a new school, Tillman threw a pitchfork into the ground on USC's campus and claimed the University was cursed and doomed.

Mark Dantonio violated Rule #3 of Andy Staples' "Cheating for Dummies" rules: "Keep the circle tight, and pay everyone in the circle. ... Always, always, always pay everyone."

https://www.si.com/more-sports/2011/07/0...ng-dummies