Filed under: Michigan State, Wisconsin, Big 10, Coaching
EAST LANSING, Mich. -- The pre-game "Mark Dantonio Show" on the Michigan State radio network is sponsored by McLaren Health Plan.A voice during a commercial Saturday afternoon told listeners, "Part of your heart is shaped like a football." But Dantonio, the Spartans' head coach, was not part of his show Saturday.
In one of the end zones of Spartan Stadium, a rotating sign just happened to show the word "Sparrow" to advertise the local hospital where Dantonio spent Saturday's game against Wisconsin with a blood clot in his leg that is an after-effect of his recent heart attack.
He missed a thriller in which the 24th-ranked Spartans defeated the 11th-ranked Badgers, 34-24, clinching it with a one-yard touchdown pass with 2:43 left in the fourth quarter.
In the post-game hubbub, defensive coordinator Pat Narduzzi suggested that Dantonio sent in the game's key play during a Spartans' timeout on fourth down and goal to go.
"He was texting and calling the entire game." Narduzzi said. "I think he might have even called the play."
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