Mark Dantonio Quotations

Last year, almost whatever could go wrong, went wrong.

He plays consistently. We've got to get all of our football team playing like that.

I think he can be a dominant player up the middle for us.

Nick Davila had a good day yesterday. He's another guy that's got game experience. Tony Pike for the first time since he's been here has made gains in winter conditioning and feels more confident as a player. He's a Cincinnati guy and he's got a lot of talent.

We just have to play better on special teams, and we need to start making plays on offense.

They controlled the line of scrimmage up front. Usually when you're able to do that, you're able to win the football game. It was difficult to run the football.

Tony plays so hard and he is so smart. He is a winner who makes plays and has made himself a starter this spring.

They've got an exciting quarterback who can take a bad play and make it a good one. He's special. And they've got a tailback that's elusive.

I'm not going to walk out of here with my head down. I'm not looking for moral victories. I'm just looking for guys who will play with toughness and will compete and I think we did that. Maybe (Penn State) thought we were going to go in the bag, but I was going to keep playing.

I firmly believe if we get that ball in there, it's a football game. I don't know if we were going to win, but it's a football game. ... We weren't the same team in the second half.