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WATCH: Sean McDonough dusts off 'trouble with the snap' call after MSU special teams blunder

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Kris Jenkins #94 of the Michigan Wolverines
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Things were already going poorly for Michigan State in the second half in Ann Arbor. Michigan had been moving the ball at will and, outside of forcing the Wolverines to settle for field goals, the Spartans had no answers.

After three drives and about two minutes into the fourth quarter, the Spartans had run nine plays and gained no first downs. They were lined up for a third punt when the backup longsnapper waywardly flung the ball and Michigan gunners swarmed over MSU punter Bryce Baringer.

As they converged, ESPN play-by-play announcer Sean McDonough reprised his famous — or infamous, depending on your rooting interests — “trouble with the snap” call that became famous in 2015.

While this one didn’t have the disastrous, game-ending consequences of the 2015 play — one of the all-time endings in a rivalry game — Michigan did cash in a second touchdown shortly after to make it a 29-7 margin.

With Michigan firmly in control, head coach Jim Harbaugh seems on track to get his first win over Mel Tucker and the Wolverines may have exorcised another demon, thanks to McDonough.

It was a fun night all around for Michigan

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.