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FOOTBALL

Blood clot forces Dantonio to miss game

After being admitted to Lansing’s Sparrow Hospital on Thursday for a blood clot discovered in his leg, football head coach Mark Dantonio was not in Spartan Stadium Saturday for No. 17 MSU’s 34-24 win against No. 20 Wisconsin. Dantonio’s release date from Sparrow Hospital has yet to be determined, but Athletics Director Mark Hollis said the head coach has and will remain in contact with the team.

FOOTBALL

Earning respect

After having its ability questioned for the majority of the season, the MSU defense stepped up in a big way Saturday, shutting down then-No. 11 Wisconsin in a 34-24 victory.

FOOTBALL

Finding his place

In a career that already had undergone a major change, Keith Nichol didn’t know at the time that his hustle play at the end of the Oct. 10, 2009 game against Illinois would set off a series of events that would lead to a more unlikely change.