The Michigan Wolverines surprised the school soccer world on Saturday by going into Columbus and upsetting No. 2 Ohio State, 13-10, in a mistake-filled sport.
The Wolverines, relishing the function of spoiler and having fun with their fourth consecutive win over their fiercest rival, celebrated by making an attempt to plant a Michigan flag on the 50-yard line.
This was not well-received by Ohio State gamers, leading to an prolonged brawl at midfield.
Right here is one other view from field-level.
Michigan’s Kalel Mullings summed it up in his interview on Fox following the struggle: “They gotta learn to lose.”
Look, you may attempt to argue that Michigan planting its flag at midfield is poor sportsmanship and perhaps not successful with grace. However this can be a rivalry sport — one of the intense rivalry video games within the nation. The Wolverines got here in as a three-touchdown underdog, with no person giving them an opportunity to win the sport.
Then, they not solely received, however they continued their latest one-sided dominance of the rivalry.
Groups planting a flag at midfield of their rival is simply one thing that occurs in faculty soccer. You wouldn’t have to love it. But when you don’t prefer it, there’s a good technique to keep away from that — you may win the sport, which Ohio State has not performed in 4 consecutive tries.
Ohio State remains to be probably going to the 12-team playoff however goes to wish a Penn State loss in opposition to Maryland to get an opportunity on the Massive Ten championship and a possible bye week into the quarterfinals. So, whereas the loss does have some unfavourable influence, the Buckeyes nonetheless have one thing to play for. They simply have to play higher than they did on Saturday.
