EAST LANSING — Just to be clear, Mark Dantonio would like to see Ohio State beat Oregon in the national title game for the good of the Big Ten at large – though he took the chance Monday to reiterate his issues with evaluations of conference perception that are suddenly favoring his league again.

“You win a game 42-41, does that mean we’re better than the Big 12?” he said of the No. 7 Spartans’ Cotton Bowl win over No. 4 Baylor to finish 11-2. “There’s so much parity in college football that on any given day, depending on turnovers or blocked kicks or whatever, that football team is capable of beating another football team.” - Read more at Freep.com