The simmering, festering animosity between two rival programs combusted late Saturday inside the shared tunnel at Michigan Stadium.
The fuse was lit minutes after Michigan football defeated Michigan State, 29-7, in the 115th installment of this heated series. But the kindling was laid out on social media, fan websites and the internet comments sections of news outlets like this one long before two Wolverines defensive backs, Ja’Den McBurrows and Gemon Green, were separately attacked by a group of Spartans players.