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Mark Dantonio has the steely gaze you would expect from a Nick Saban disciple.
His pregame interviews? That falls more off the tree of San Antonio Spurs coach Gregg Popovich.
ESPN’s Heather Cox was tasked with doing the dreaded pregame interview with the coach before the big game and Dantonio more or less blew her off, giving more than the usual non-answers and cliches.
Mark Dantonio was not trying to do this interview ??? pic.twitter.com/pUNu56SXxO
— Erick Fernandez (@ErickFernandez) January 1, 2016
It is safe to say Dantonio followed his own advice. He was ready to go and he did not flinch in the face of those hard-hitting questions.
Alabama and Michigan State are scoreless in an extremely physical battle near the end of the first quarter.