Police had to intervene using pepper spray to break up a physical altercation between players from Ohio State and Michigan during a rivalry game, overshadowing the match with punches and shoves. The incident escalated when Ohio State players, led by defensive end Jack Sawyer, confronted Michigan players at midfield and ripped off their flag.
Police had to use pepper spray to break up the players, who threw punches and shoves in the melee that overshadowed the rivalry game on Saturday.Police had to use pepper spray to break up the players, who threw punches and shoves in the melee that overshadowed the rivalry game . Ohio State police said in a statement “multiple officers representing Ohio and Michigan deployed pepper spray .” Ohio State police will investigate the fight, according to the statement.
After the Ohio State players confronted their bitter rivals at midfield, defensive end Jack Sawyer grabbed the top of the Wolverines' flag and ripped it off the pole as the brawl moved toward the Michigan bench. Eventually, police officers rushed into the ugly scene.“There are some prideful guys on our team who weren't going to sit back and let that happen,” Day said.Get today's sports news out of Los Angeles.
“For such a great game, you hate to see stuff like that after the game," he said in an on-field interview with Fox Sports. “It’s just bad for the sport, bad for college football. But at the end of the day, you know some people got to — they got to learn how to lose, man. ... We had 60 minutes, we had four quarters, to do all that fighting.”“So much emotions on both sides," he said."Rivalry games get heated, especially this one.
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