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Andrew Brewster

Five things Michigan and Michigan State football can do to cool off rivalry

Could you imagine a football season without Michigan and Michigan State football playing each other? Until about 2017, the huge rivalry game was one of my favorite sports events of the year, period. Since around 2018, the rivalry, always heated but always fun, has turned into something far uglier.

Like many things in our world today, tribalism and social media seems to have deepened the divide between the two programs, and that division exploded on Saturday night in the now infamous tunnel incident in which Michigan State players attacked two Michigan players following the Spartans’ loss.

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