Police used pepper spray against football players from Michigan and Ohio State during a brawl between the two teams after a rivalry game.
The Michigan Wolverines upset their old rivals, the Ohio State Buckeyes, in a stunning 13-10 victory in Columbus on Saturday afternoon.
After the Wolverines’ win, Michigan players were seen carrying a school flag during a celebration at midfield. In a video clip circulating onlineBuckeye defensive end Jack Sawyer rips away the Michigan flag, causing a fight to break out. As players from both teams push and throw punches, police try to break up the fight, with some officers threatening to use pepper spray.
Ohio State University police later confirmed in a statement that officers “representing Ohio and Michigan” deployed pepper spray during the fight.
“It’s bad for the sport, bad for college football,” Mullings said. “But at the end of the day, some people have to learn to lose, man. You can’t fight and stuff just because you lost a match, you know. All that fighting – we have 60 minutes, we have four quarters to do all that fighting.