Big Ten examining Spartans-Wolverines fight

Adam Rittenberg, ESPN

Senior Citizen WriterOct 28, 2024, 12:52 PM ET Close College football reporter; signed up with ESPN in 2008. Graduate of Northwestern University.Michigan State athletic director

Alan Haller has been in contact with the Big Ten about the fight between Spartans players and Michigan Wolverines players at the end of their game Saturday night.Following Michigan’s final kneel-down of a 24-17 win, Michigan

State protective lineman Anthony Jones and Michigan tight end Colston Loveland took part in a scuffle, bringing both teams to the middle of the field as the clock expired. Video appeared to reveal Michigan running back Kalel Mullings and other Wolverines engaged with Michigan State personnel who were on the turf.”I have not completely looked at every angle and all of that,”Michigan State coach Jonathan Smith said Monday.

“It was a lot of bodies out there. … Yes, we had a staff member that was in the fray of it and a player that remained in the fray of it, and that’s what we’re hoping [the Big 10] is checking out. “Editor’s Picks Michigan coach Sherrone Moore on Monday called the postgame skirmish”undesirable.”He said any prospective discipline will be handled internally,

adding,” That’s not how we represent the University of Michigan, the block M or the winged helmet. So we’ll take care of that. That will never ever occur once again. “Asked specifically whether he saw Mullings kicking or stomping on someone from Michigan State, Moore said, “No. We’ll manage it.”

The incident happened 2 years after the Michigan Arena tunnel battle between Michigan State and Michigan players that resulted in criminal charges for 7 MSU players, consisting of felony attack for one. The Big Ten fined Michigan State$100,000 and issued an eight-game suspension on top of MSU’s discipline for one Spartans player.Smith was not coaching MSU in 2022 but said of his very first road experience in the Michigan State-Michigan rivalry,”There’s a genuine dislike.

You might feel that from the outset of pregame, from the crowd to the location and after that sharing the tunnel, so that’s unique in a competition. “The Huge 10 didn’t right away respond to ESPN’s ask for talk about the event.