One of the feel good stories of the week was supposed to unfold today in East Lansing, as Michigan State Coach Mark Dantonio was going to return to Spartan Stadium, where he was last seen calling a remarkable fake field goal to beat Notre Dame, just two weeks after suffering a heart attack.
Dantonio will not be at the stadium, however, after a routine post-op exam revealed a blod clot in his leg. Dantonio was going to call the game from the booth, but will now be watching his Spartans take on No. 11 Wisconsin from home.
It doesn’t look like this is a serious problem, thankfully, but Dantonio and his doctors are simply taking a precaution.
It will be interesting to see how the Spartans respond to this on the field. They were able to control their emotions last week against Northern Colorado, but that was Northern Colorado. Today, they were expecting to get an emotional lift from having their coach in the stadium, and now have to deal with this news, which will no doubt weigh on their minds, even if it’s not supposed to be serious.
Either way, hopefully Dantonio gets through this latest setback quickly, and is back on the sidelines in perfect health before long.
