Michigan and Michigan State throw punches, push and shove after Wolverines beat rival Spartans

Michigan tight extremity Colston Loveland and Michigan State protect extremity Anthony Jones pushed and shoved and butted helmets, triggering a skirmish pinch rivals throwing punches arsenic nan last seconds ticked disconnected nan timepiece Saturday night

ANN ARBOR, Mich. -- ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) — Michigan tight extremity Colston Loveland and Michigan State protect extremity Anthony Jones pushed, shoved and butted helmets, triggering a skirmish pinch nan rivals throwing punches arsenic nan last seconds ticked disconnected nan timepiece Saturday night.

“It was heat-of-the-moment type stuff,” Loveland said successful a postgame news convention aft nan Wolverines won 24-17.

Loveland whitethorn person cooled down aft his postgame news convention connected nan Big Ten Network.

“Lil bro enactment doing small bro things,” Loveland told BTN connected nan field. "So, MSU is nan small bro. They tin do immoderate they want. We knew it was going to get chippy. Everything wrong nan confines of nan game, we do right. And past aft if they want to get busy, we’ll get busy.”

Quarterback Davis Warren took a knee to fto nan remaining clip tally retired arsenic Loveland and Jones sewage tangled up.

Michigan players near nan adjacent sideline to subordinate nan scrum and Michigan State players rushed complete to subordinate nan fray.

“I told nan squad that was unacceptable,” Michigan coach Sherrone Moore said.

Michigan State's coach Jonathan Smith besides was disappointed.

“You don’t emotion finishing benignant of that way,” Smith said.

The past clip nan teams met astatine nan Big House 2 years ago, a melee collapsed out successful nan passageway pinch Spartans hitting, kicking and utilizing a helmet to deed Michigan players.

Seven Michigan State players were later charged pinch crimes and nan Big Ten fined nan schoolhouse $100,000. Michigan was reprimanded for failing to supply capable protection for unit of some location and visiting teams erstwhile entering and leaving nan venue.

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