EAST LANSING -- Michigan State coach Mark Dantonio aired his frustrations at Northwestern in a mandated halftime interview Saturday when ESPN's Quint Kessenich asked how he'd best describe the clock management on the Spartans' last drive.

The opening question caused an annoyed Dantonio to grimace and tersely reply, "Ask me a different question."

Michigan State went on to win 30-6, and two days later, Dantonio explained his emotions at the time when the Spartans cost themselves a chance at points that would have made their halftime lead more than eight points.

"Well I guess I didn't handle it quite right, but you know I was frustrated as well," Dantonio told WJR on Monday. "Just things don't go always as planned. The wind out there is very cold. The wind was whipping about 20 to 25 miles an hour against us, but still, the third-and-one getting the right people on the field or not, substituting, those type of things, that was just frustrating.

"So I really just sort of stalled, I think. When I got asked the question, I didn't really know what to say. I really just didn't know what to say, and so I guess that came out. So, my bad."