Harbaugh: 2 Wolverines 'assaulted' by Spartans

ANN ARBOR, Mich. -- Michigan diversion manager Warde Manuel said constabulary are investigating what manager Jim Harbaugh called an battle connected 2 of his players successful the passageway aft Michigan's 29-7 triumph implicit Michigan State connected Saturday. Video connected societal media from the Detroit News showed Michigan State players gathered astir Michigan antiaircraft backmost Ja'den McBurrows, throwing punches and kicks.

"What happened aft the crippled is wholly unacceptable. I've talked to the commissioner, he's looking into it," Manuel said. "The constabulary are besides looking into it, due to the fact that they've seen the video and they're addressing it. We volition permission it successful their hands, but this is not however we should interact aft a game.

"This is not the mode different squad should drawback a subordinate and bash what they did, it's wholly and utterly unacceptable. We volition fto the Big Ten and instrumentality enforcement grip it, but this is not what a rivalry should beryllium about."

Harbaugh said 2 players were assaulted and said 1 subordinate has a imaginable chemoreceptor injury, but had not been diagnosed.

Harbaugh was visibly distraught astir the incidental and said alternatively of celebrating successful the locker room, the coaches were addressing the incidental aft the game.

"Just similar anybody, you privation to support your players," Harbaugh said. "Ten connected one, immoderate it was, it was conscionable bad. It needs to beryllium investigated and brought to a conclusion. Our diversion manager volition marque definite that that takes place."

Michigan players Blake Corum, J.J. McCarthy, Jake Moody and Junior Colson spoke aft the game, arsenic well, but nary had seen the video oregon the incidental successful existent clip and had nary comment.

Michigan State manager Mel Tucker was asked astir the incidental aft the game, but said helium didn't cognize what transpired.

"I cognize it was a heated game, things were heated," Tucker said. "We're trying to get our guys successful the locker room. We're going to person to fig retired what happened."