Matt Charboneau and John Niyo of The Detroit News talk about Michigan State's fifth straight loss, this one to rival Michigan. Matt Charboneau, The Detroit News
Ann Arbor — The Wolverines played like they’d waited a long time for this day — brutally physical, dynamic, fearless. And the Spartans played like they knew it was coming — scattered, reckless, shaken.
This was the rivalry come full circle, more than a decade later. Michigan has bulled its way back to the top of the state, and it’s Michigan State’s turn to recoil, reevaluate, regroup. This was a thumping with deep intentions and implications, the type of rout that can shake programs and legacies.