Today the Michigan Wolverines play their rivals Michigan State in a huge game that has CFB playoff implications.
Yesterday, Wolverines coach Jim Harbaugh went on local radio and spoke about the rivalry game.
Via 247 Sports
“You’re asking me if I understand? Yes, I understand,” Harbaugh said on 97.1 WXYT The Ticket’s Jamie and Stoney show Wednesday morning . “I grew up in this rivalry, played in this rivalry, coached in this rivalry. I understand it thoroughly.”
“It’s a rivalry, in-state, big game, and it’s treated it as such,” Harbaugh said. “We want to play our best. We want to play hard, we want to play smart. I’ve been impressed with our team in those two regards. We are playing really hard and really smart.”
It didn’t take long for the rivalry game to live up to it’s name as both teams got heated during the pregame warmups.
Devin Bush had to be restrained by Michigan personnel pregame, after MSU players walked through him and other teammates on the field.
He followed up by leaving marks with his cleats on the Spartan logo at midfield.
— Aaron McMann | MLive.com (@AaronMcMann) October 20, 2018
Interesting way to start things today. Michigan players don’t move for MSU’s pregame walk. pic.twitter.com/zJPgVfgvTj
— Matt Wenzel (@mwenzel2) October 20, 2018
Apparently Michigan linebacker Devin Bush was so fired up that he started kicking the MSU midfield logo with his cleats.
https://twitter.com/Sports__GIF/status/1053654874720817152
Update: It seems like Bush was made that MSU players ‘clotheslined” during warmups.
UM-MSU pregame incident — MSU was 10 min late taking field for warmup. UM was already on field (allowed at 10 am). MSU players w arms locked “clotheslined” Lawrence Marshall and Devin Bush. Ripped off Lavert Hill’s earphones. “That’s a game management issue” — UM’s Dave Ablauf
— angelique (@chengelis) October 20, 2018
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