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Mitch Albom: Michigan football beats down MSU in chippy, chirpy affair

Michigan coach Jim Harbaugh calls Michigan State ‘bush league’ over pregame scuffle, following Wolverines' 21-7 win Oct. 20, 2018 in East Lansing. Nick Baumgardner, Freep

EAST LANSING — The game hadn’t even started, and Devin Bush Jr. was trying to dig up the Spartan logo with his cleats. The Michigan linebacker hoofed at the midfield grass so aggressively, I thought he was going to get down on all fours and charge at a green cape.

It was nasty, unsportsmanlike — and prophetic. For by the time this wet, angry day was done, the Wolverines had ripped the roots out from under the Spartans' lawn, with a 21-7 beatdown.