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WATCH: Michigan State, Michigan players fight in tunnel after rivalry game

On3 imageby: Andrew Graham10/30/22AndrewEdGraham
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Multiple Michigan State players were seen on video fighting with what appeared to be a lone Michigan player in the tunnel after the Wolverines defeated the Spartans on Saturday night.

It’s unclear exactly which Michigan State players and which Michigan players were involved, but multiple reports and further video from Matt Charboneau of The Detroit News showed Michigan State head coach Mel Tucker coming in to get his players to the locker room.

Charboneau added that the Michigan player was potentially wearing No. 1. Michigan has two players that wear No. 1 — wide receiver Andrel Anthony and defensive back Ja’Den McBurrows. A close look at the video around the eight-second mark appears to show the Michigan player have a nameplate with “Mc” at the beginning.

Several Michigan State players can be identified by nameplates in the video. Angelo Grose, Zion Young, Jordan Simmons and Itayvion ‘Tank’ Brown all appear to be a part of the fight, as does Charles Brantley.

In his press conference after the game, Tucker said that he did not know what happened.

“I know it was a heated game. Things were heated. We’re trying to get our guys in the locker room. We’re gonna have to figure out what happened,” Tucker said, per Matt Fortuna of The Athletic.

In the second video, you can see Tucker coming in to stop his players and get them to the locker room.

It was later revealed that two Michigan players were “assaulted,” to use the word of head coach Jim Harbaugh. One has what he called a “nasal injury” as the head coach deferred to athletic director Warde Manuel, who said the attack will be further investigated.

“This is not the way another team should grab a player and do what they did. It’s completely and utterly unacceptable,” Manuel said according to Austin Meek of The Athletic.