MINNEAPOLIS (AP) The Michigan Wolverines and Minnesota Golden Gophers each walk into TCF Bank Stadium with their own heartbreak to mend.
The 15th-ranked Wolverines (5-2, 2-1 Big Ten) let a victory over rival Michigan State slip through their fingers in the closing moments when the Spartans scored on a fumbled snap by Michigan's punter.
The Gophers (4-3, 1-2), meanwhile, will be playing three days after coach Jerry Kill's surprise retirement for health reasons. Kill was forced to step down because of epilepsy and defensive coordinator Tracy Claeys is taking over.
''For me all day, especially in the morning meeting, a lot of tears shed and even in the (afternoon) team meeting you can't help but try and fight holding it back,'' Minnesota quarterback Mitch Leidner said of the day Kill told them he had to walk away.