Michigan State football

ANN ARBOR – I have no idea what prompted several Michigan State football players to attack Michigan defensive back Ja'Den McBurrows in the stadium tunnel on ...

They’re frustrated by what’s happening on the field, by losing to Michigan in a game that, for a while, felt winnable, by losing for a fifth time in six games this season, by not looking more crisp and creative coming out of a bye week. And, after 100,000 souls in the stadium and a primetime ABC television audience saw the state of things on the field, things got chippy. And it’s reasonable to suggest that anyone who’s found to be a primary culprit in Saturday night’s fight shouldn’t play again this season. McBurrows shouldn’t have been skipping away from his teammates and into the throng of MSU players exiting the field, the behavior of an antagonist. Regardless of the results of the police investigation, MSU’s response to this is so much more important than who’s on the field the rest of this season. While emotions were very high at the conclusion of our rivalry game at Michigan Stadium, there is no excuse for behavior that puts our team or our opponents at risk.