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Inside the pregame scuffle and how it motivated Michigan

EAST LANSING -- Michigan defensive back Lavert Hill stood in front of reporters Saturday after his team's 21-7 win over Michigan State with his black Beats by Dre wireless headphones wrapped around his neck.

They'd been knocked off his ears a couple of hours before kickoff, when a wall of Michigan State football players -- all 119 of them, spread the entire width of the Spartan Stadium field with arms locked together -- came towards him and a few of his teammates.

"They tried to walk through us or something," Levert said. "We weren't having that, man.