NOTRE DAME, Ind. Even Jimmy Kerr Jersey after Notre Dame coach Brian Kelly explained it to us, the conclusive error of a night interspersed with Irish bloopers was difficult to comprehend.Actually, it was tougher to understand because he explained it.MORE: On the final accounting of Michigan States 36-28 Saturday night victory over the Irish at Notre Dame Stadium, the play that finished the Irish was recorded as a 28-yard pa s from Spartans quarterback Tyler OConnor to freshman receiver Donnie Corley that occurred on third-and-7 with 2:31 remaining. On the replay of this completion, it was apparent Irish cornerback Cole Luke had sprinted toward the middle of the field, away from where Corley was positioned on the right sideline, which didnt seem like the thing to do.It wasnt.Were in a position that weve got to make that play, obviously, Kelly said. Theyve got 2-vertical, its a pretty standard deal. The corner is trying to midpoint 2-vertical, we buzz it with the underneath coverage guy, and were not in good position. Thats poor coaching. Were not coaching it well enough. Obviously, if our players cant execute a simple 2-vertical corner sitting over the top and the safety coming underneath thats on me. That falls on my shoulders, and were not getting it done. So were either not capable of running that coverage, or were not coaching it well enough. One or the other. So Ive got to do a better job.MORE: There is glory in the obtuse language of Kellys explanation of how Luke blew the coverage. But Muhammad-Ali Abdur-Rahkman Jersey unle s your name is Rex Ryan, theres a good chance the only phrases you deciphered from all that were poor coaching and Ive got to do a better job.Michigan States Mark Dantonio was reliably vanilla in his explanation of how the Spartans again won a game theyd entered as a significant underdog more than a touchdown according to some oddsmakers but he has been proving for more than a decade that its more important to sell yourself to recruits at this level than to entertain the program's fans or the media who communicate to them. Especially at this level.When Dantonio was at Cincinnati in the mid-2000s, he recruited good players and won a bunch of games, but he never connected to a disengaged fan base. Kelly took what Dantonio had built and electrified the Bearcats program not only with an entertaining offense but with his insistence the city pay attention.Notre Dame hasnt finished the refurbishment of its stadium for the moment, but its public has been consumed with Irish football for nearly a century. Michigan State regularly fills its 75,000-seat stadium. Its about winning now for both men. Dantonio is doing it better, more consistently, even in a conference crowded with some of the games best brand names.We came down here and thought we needed to win on toughne s, Dantonio said. I thought we did that.MORE: There was some toughne s involved. There was the blocking that opened holes through which the Spartans rushed for 260 yards, including a 73-yard dash through the middle of the Irish D by Gerald Holmes that provided the winning points. C.J. Baird Jersey There was Corley ripping the ball out of Lukes hands in the south end zone for the 38-yard touchdown that put MSU in front for good.I just wanted the ball, said Corley, who won a state championship le s than a year ago for Detroits Martin Luther King High with a catch much like that one. Honestly, he had the pick, and the coaches teach you not to let them get picks, just bat the ball or something. So I just grabbed it out of his hands.Mostly, though, it was discipline that mattered most in the games outcome. Notre Dame wiped out its own long return on the opening kickoff with a holding penalty, recovered to control the first quarter, then blew a chance to put the Spartans in a deep hole by losing track of the ball while receiving a punt. The resulting fumble became one of three turnovers the Irish committed to just one for MSU.MORE: Coming off their listle s performance against Furman in the opener 15 days earlier, Dantonio said the Spartans were eager to show that game was an aberration. I think we came into this football game with something to prove, he said. But if they were so amped to erase that Dominique Funchess Jersey game from everyones frame of reference, theyd have played a more emphatic first quarter.No, this was very much a Dantonio game: little flash, a fair amount of substance, desirable results. In fact, the Michigan State players were so attuned to the challenge Notre Dame presented that Joe Donovan Jersey OConnor knew hed see a cover-2 look from the Irish on that decisive play.We had picked up on their signal, OConnor said. They were playing cover-2 to the boundary on that play, and we realized that, so I looked over the field and the corner ran to the middle of the field. It was a strange I dont know what exactly happened. But I saw Donnie was wide open where he was at, so I threw it right at him. I knew we just had to get a first down.I think that play was all Coach D. He always tells me: Go out there, let it fly and have fun. He goes, I have confidence in you; you should have all the confidence in the world. It was a pretty clear me sage Dantonio sent in calling that third-down pa s. He believed in his players, and they in him. Notre Dame is not at that point in September, but its a long season. One way, or the other.