Mark Dantonio will be on ESPN for title coverage, too

MIchigan State football coach Mark Dantonio enjoyed his experience at the Cotton Bowl so much, he's heading back to the site of the Spartans' 42-41 comeback win over Baylor.

Actually, Dantonio is going on a different kind of business trip -- ESPN will use him as an analyst all day Monday to help break down that evening's national championship game between Ohio State and Oregon. Those are the only two teams to beat MSU this season, and MSU (11-2) was the only team to play both.

Dantonio will be on site at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas, and will appear on "SportsCenter" from 12:30-2:30 p.m.; on "College Football Live" at 3 p.m.; and on "College GameDay: Championship Drive" at 7 p.m. He'll also join Scott Van Pelt and Ryen Russillo for an interview on ESPN Radio at a time to be determined.

Dantonio also will pitch in for the Big Ten Network while in Texas, joining Dave Revsine, Gerry DiNardo, Howard Griffith and Glen Mason on "BTN Live" at 6 p.m. from AT&T Stadium.

Dantonio, the only head coach to win a BCS game last season (24-20 over Stanford in the Rose Bowl) and a New Year's Six game this season, talked about the Ohio State-Oregon matchup earlier this week in a teleconference, saying of the quarterback matchup: "(Oregon's Marcus Mariota is) extremely gifted in terms of riding the fake out. You can see a couple times in the film where our guys are sitting right there and, eyes on the ball, eyes on him and we lose him. … I have not played against Cardale Jones, but Ohio State, you have to really credit the coaching at Ohio State because they have developed the next-man-in mentality. And their quarterback, whoever that guy is, is going to be successful."

Narduzzi going on ESPN, too: Pat Narduzzi, the former MSU defensive coordinator who just accepted the head coaching job at Pittsburgh, will join Mississippi State coach Dan Mullen and Nebraska coach Mike Riley on ESPN2's "Film Room" during the College Football Playoff championship game, according to Sports Illustrated's Richard Deitsch.

The "Film Room" show is part of ESPN's "Megacast" coverage, which features second-screen opportunities on multiple channels during the Oregon-OSU game.

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