Michigan football head coach Sherrone Moore, Michigan State's Jonathan Smith react to postgame fight between Wolverines, Spartans in 2024 rivalry game
With two new head coaches on the sidelines for this year's Michigan-Michigan State rivalry game, there was a general belief that much of the toxicity that has plagued this annual in-state meeting would dissipate in 2024.
For the most part that was true during the Wolverines' 24-17 victory over the Spartans on Saturday night, but 59 minutes and 30 seconds of good, hard-nosed football was marred in the final 30 seconds of the contest. After Michigan's final kneel down, Wolverine tight end Colston Loveland and MSU defensive lineman Anthony Jones shared some pushing and shoving, and verbal barbs before a full-on physical altercation ensued on the field at Michigan Stadium.
This latest postgame incident adds to what has been a growing list of run-ins between these two programs in recent years, including the now-infamous tunnel incident in 2022 the last time Michigan hosted Michigan State at the Big House. The Wolverines and Spartans will have to wait another 365 days before they renew the rivalry in East Lansing next season, but hopefully Moore and Smith will be successful in dialing back the nastiness of this series in the year's to come.
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