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WATCH: Michigan features high-tech light show during singing of 'Mr. Brightside' after third quarter against Michigan State

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The third quarter at tradition at Michigan Stadium of singing “Mr. Brightside” by the Killers got a new, fan-involved light show tonight as Michigan hosts in-state rival Michigan State under the lights.

The light show was bolstered by fans syncing their phone with the Michigan athletic department app. When the song came on, the lights on fans phones will get synced up to the stadium lights and the song playing through the loudspeakers, according to ESPN’s Tom VanHaaren.

The end result was a light show unlike many we’ve seen with the stadium’s whole bowl lighting up along with the strobes and spotlights. It didn’t look overly impressive on video, but a number of attendees tweeted that it looked better in person. Still, not a bad show.

Michigan firing up the light show for the night game is following with a bigger trend of college football teams using their stadium lighting infrastructure to be a part of the overall game experience. UCLA has a similar light show as the team plays “California Love” by Tupac.

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Alabama, Georgia, South Carolina and a bevy of other teams in the SEC have lighting arrays popping off when they score touchdowns.

But none have seemingly used the fact that everyone in the stadium is a potential lighting asset via their phones — an impressive technological feat that looked pretty neat in the Michigan autumn night.

Michigan State has been prepping for the hostile environment

For some of the Spartans players, it will be their first time in the Big House, one of college football’s most hostile environments. Michigan Stadium is a tough place to replicate, but Michigan State head coach Mel Tucker has been doing his best to get his team acclimated throughout the week.

“We’ll use crowd noise in practice, we’ll show them videos, we’ll make it uncomfortable for them at practice and in the meetings so that they’re not overwhelmed when they get to the game,” Tucker said.

The Spartans have had their fair share of struggles this season, but are fresh off of their first conference victory last week as they defeated Wisconsin at home 34-28.