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Dantonio's demand: Justify hype on field

Big Ten football media days MSU picked to finish third in preseason league poll

Joe Rexrode ? jrexrode@lsj.com ? July 28, 2009

CHICAGO - Defying expectations is a Michigan State tradition. Better than expected (1999, 2003, 2007, 2008). Worse than expected (2000, 2002, 2004, 2005, 2006).
In Mark Dantonio's first two seasons, the Spartans went 16-10, foiling the experts by making a bowl in 2007 and a New Year's Day bowl in 2008.
"People gave you a little bit of a look," Dantonio recalled of proclaiming New Year's Day as a goal before the 2008 season, "but we made it there.'
So now the expectations have flipped. MSU was picked third by a panel of about 350 media members who cover the Big Ten, in results released here Monday at the Big Ten's annual interview sessions.
MSU last landed in the preseason top three in 2002, a season that resulted in a 4-8 record and the firing of Bobby Williams. Dantonio has been battling recent history since his arrival as head coach and said he's aware of the need to embrace and meet lofty expectations - and to understand the narrow margin between success and failure.
"I think it's very, very important to recognize that we've been in this situation before at times, where the Spartans have sort of raised up a little bit on very high expectations and fell a little bit flat," Dantonio said. "We've won very, very few games just going away. Our program is such that we've been involved in a lot of close games."
Along with the team nod, MSU junior linebacker Greg Jones was voted preseason defensive player of the year. He's the first Spartan to get a preseason player of the year nod since receiver Charles Rogers in 2002.
Ohio State was picked to finish first in the league in the poll, with Penn State coming in second. Those teams finished 7-1 and tied for first a year ago, with MSU in third place at 6-2. It was MSU's best Big Ten performance since 1999.
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