Back in 1986, Jamie Morris was on the ground, at the bottom of the pile, as Michigan played against Michigan State.
“Playing against Michigan State is an all-out fight,” said Morris, the Michigan running back from 1984-87.
Morris saw a foot, so he tried to bite it.
Only one problem.
It was his own ankle.
“I bit my damn self,” Morris said, earlier this week. “Yes, I did.”
If nothing else, that sums up the Michigan-Michigan State football rivalry.
The intensity. The attitude. And the ankle-biting ferocity.
“It’s a neighborhood fight – a backyard brawl,” Morris said.