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The original was posted on /r/cfb by /u/byniri_returns on 2025-06-30 19:08:24+00:00.
My three for MSU:
John L Smith: 2006, losing at home to an atrocious Illinois team that finished with only 2 wins. Close second is the Notre Dame game the week prior, where they blew a MASSIVE lead in the pouring rain. Collapses were a signature for JLS teams.
Mark Dantonio: 2019 Michigan. Usually Dantonio’s teams played with a TON of fight vs Michigan, winning pretty often (compared to the overall series record), and if not, putting a good scare in to the Wolverines. That year however, the team practically rolled over and died losing 44-10, letting Shea Patterson absolutely dominate them through the air. Close second is the Illinois game the week prior (I’m sensing a pattern), where they blew a 25-point lead at home.
Mel Tucker: 2022 Indiana. That season had already been disappointing compared to the previous year in 2021 (KWIII putting the team on his back), but this game against the Hoosiers was where I lost total faith in Tucker. Indiana had lost 7 in a row, most of those losses being blowouts, and MSU blew 21-point lead at home to essentially lose out on bowl eligibility. MSU had a shot to win the game in the final seconds, but they missed a 20 yard field goal badly (ST and kicking was known to be a HUGE issue that year).