EAST LANSING, Mich. (WOOD) — Michigan State University head football coach Mark Dantonio Tuesday spoke to the media for the first time since three of his players and one staff member were suspended amid a sexual assault investigation.
Dantonio focused the half-hour news conference on the investigation.
“I think to stand up here and talk about who’s going to be our quarterback right now is trivial compared to what we’re dealing with. That’s why I’ve not wanted to do that. I didn’t want to come up and talk about spring practice, or talk about depth charts or those type of things because I thought it was unfair to the investigation as a whole. And so we refrain from doing that,” said Dantonio.
The coach’s anger was palpable when a reporter took Dantonio’s comment as an opportunity to fish for answers as to who is suspended.
“You also made mention that it would be trivial right now to ask who’s playing quarterback next season. Does that insinuate that your quarterback is involved in these allegations?” The unidentified reporter asked.
“Really, you’re going to ask that?” Dantonio said, staring hard at the reporter for several silent seconds. “Next question,” he answered, with a turn of his head.
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