Police investigating postgame Michigan-Michigan State brawl

Police in Michigan are investigating a post-game brawl between gamers on the soccer groups for the College of Michigan and Michigan State College on Saturday.

Michigan head coach Jim Harbaugh mentioned two of his gamers have been "assaulted" by Michigan State gamers as they went into the tunnel to the locker room. Michigan Stadium, also called "The Massive Home," solely has one tunnel for each groups to entry their locker rooms.

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"Identical to anyone, you need to shield your gamers. Ten on one, no matter it was, it was simply dangerous. It must be investigated and dropped at a conclusion. Our athletic director will guarantee that that takes place," Harbaugh mentioned.

Video footage of the brawl seems to point out two Michigan gamers outnumbered by the Michigan State gamers and fights breaking out earlier than the remainder of the Michigan crew acquired via the tunnel.

Police for each universities mentioned in a joint assertion Sunday they're working to research the incident.

"The College of Michigan Police, in partnership with Michigan State College Police, Michigan Athletics and Michigan soccer, is actively reviewing footage and investigating the postgame incident. Conditions like these, and the security of the group, are taken very critically," the assertion mentioned.

Michigan State head coach Mel Tucker mentioned there "isn't any excuse for habits that places our crew or our opponents in danger" and harassed his program would "take swift and acceptable motion."

The Massive Ten convention additionally mentioned in an announcement that it's "conscious" of the incident and that it'll "assessment the information" and "take acceptable motion."

Michigan defeated Michigan State 29-7 to enhance to an 8-0 document on the season, as MSU fell to a document of 3-5.