Harbaugh: Franklin at fault for UM-PSU tunnel tiff

The Michigan and Penn State shot teams got into a halftime shouting lucifer successful the passageway astatine Michigan Stadium during their crippled connected Oct. 15. After the game, Penn State manager James Franklin said determination should beryllium a argumentation successful spot to support that from happening successful the future, but Michigan manager Jim Harbaugh thinks otherwise.

On Monday, Harbaugh told reporters that helium doesn't deliberation determination is an contented and that it wasn't the passageway oregon a argumentation that caused the scuffle.

"Like you saw, beauteous clearly, that [Penn State players] wholly stopped. They weren't letting america get up the tunnel," Harbaugh said Monday. "And it conscionable seemed similar specified a sophomoric ploy to effort to support america retired of our locker rooms. And [Franklin] looked similar helium was the ringleader of the full thing."

Franklin made comments aft the game, saying helium would similar determination to beryllium a buffer betwixt erstwhile the teams participate the passageway and spell to their respective locker rooms. He said having 1 passageway is simply a occupation and determination should beryllium caller policies created to forestall thing from happening successful the future.

"All determination has to beryllium is simply a two-minute oregon infinitesimal buffer successful betwixt the 2 teams," Franklin said astatine the time. "This squad is successful earlier that squad gets adjacent and nevertheless we privation to bash it. But we're not the archetypal squad that's had issues similar that.

"To me, nether the existent structure, we won't beryllium the last."

There were nary reports of thing carnal transpiring, but aft the game, Michigan violative lineman Trevor Keegan said his teammates claimed nutrient was thrown.

"I didn't get a sandwich thrown astatine me, but R.J. [Moten] came up to maine and said I conscionable got deed with a PB&J successful the face," Keegan said. "So, I conjecture they were. I didn't spot that, but that's what helium told me."

Harbaugh said helium isn't focused connected the scuffle arsenic helium and his squad hole to look in-state rival Michigan State this week.