Police appeared to make use of pepper spray whereas attempting to interrupt up a wild postgame brawl between Ohio State and Michigan.
The Fox Sports activities broadcast caught Wolverines Tavierre Dunlap and Jason Hewlett on the sideline with tearing eyes after apparently being pepper sprayed by law enforcement officials on the sector.
A number of reviews stated pepper spray was used to de-escalate the skirmish after the Wolverines’ 13-10 upset of the No. 2 Buckeyes in Columbus, Ohio on Saturday.
Different footage confirmed Michigan defensive lineman Mason Graham seemingly getting pepper sprayed amid the chaos.
A 3rd angle exhibits a police officer pepper-spraying a bunch of Ohio State gamers as they attempt to break up the skirmish.
Sports activities Illustrated senior author Pat Forde stated he was caught within the crossfire.
“Just got secondhand pepper sprayed,” Forde wrote on X.
The brawl broke out moments after Michigan upset Ohio State as Wolverines gamers tried to plant their flag on the Buckeye’s brand at midfield.
“I don’t know all the details of it, but I know these guys are looking to put a flag on our field and our guys weren’t not gonna let that happen,” Ohio State head coach Ryan Day stated after the sport. “I’ll find out exactly what happened, but this is our field. We certainly were embarrassed of the fact that we lost the game, but there’s some prideful guys on this team that weren’t just gonna let that happen.”
A number of gamers might be seen going at it as safety, police and group employees tried to separate them.
“For such a great game, you hate to see stuff like that after the game,” Michigan working again Kalel Mullings stated. “That’s simply unhealthy for the game, unhealthy for school soccer. However on the finish of the day, some folks gotta learn to lose.
“You can’t be fighting and stuff just because you lost a game. All that fighting, we had 60 minutes, we had four quarters to do all that fighting. And now people want to talk and fight, that’s wrong. It’s just bad for the game. Classless, in my opinion. People gotta better.”
The ugly scene went on for a number of minutes earlier than tempers calmed.
“Unnecessary gesture by the Wolverines,” Fox play-by-play man Gus Johnson stated. “They won the game, no need to be disrespectful.”
