Strains of “The Victors,” Michigan’s fight song, reverberated inside the stadium’s cinder-block tunnel as players from Michigan State trudged to their locker room.
In the grainy footage, it’s easy to identify the moment when everything goes haywire. An event manager stationed near Michigan’s locker room entrance leaps to attention and jogs toward the scene. An official holding the bright orange down marker lets it fall to the ground. Several players come into view: Michigan cornerback Gemon Green, restrained by a player from Michigan State while another Spartan, cornerback Khary Crump, bashes Green with his helmet.