Mel Tucker on Michigan State players ganging up on U-M player: 'There is no excuse'

Michigan State football coach Mel Tucker, university president Samuel L. Stanley and University of Michigan president Santa J. Ono reacted to the postgame attack involving several players punching and kicking Michigan football sophomore defensive back Ja'Den McBurrows as the teams headed to their locker rooms in the Michigan

The U-M deputy police chief said there was an investigation going on after the UM victory.

She said that the safety of the community is taken very seriously.

There was violence in the Big House tunnel.

Tucker said in his postgame news conference that they would have to figure it out.

The Spartans have a responsibility to uphold the highest level of sportsmanship. There is no excuse for the behavior that put our team or our opponents at risk at the end of the rivalry game.

We will evaluate the events in Ann arbor and take swift and appropriate action.

Mel Tucker's Michigan State football program has fallen off a cliff.

The president of Michigan State University resigned in September but will stay on until January. I apologized to the University of Michigan and the student athletes who were hurt.

There is no justification for the behavior seen on the videos. Rivalries can be intense, but shouldn't be violent.

The football team and the university will cooperate with the investigations by law enforcement and the Big Ten Conference.

Santa J. Ono spoke with Stanley and he apologized for his behavior.

The safety of our students is our top priority. Both universities are cooperating with the investigations. The outreach from President Stanley and others was appreciated by me. Both institutions are going to do everything they can to make sure that this doesn't happen again.

Harbaugh said that two of his players were attacked. One of our players has an injury. Is it a broken nose? It is very sad.

You want to make sure your players are protected. Whatever it was, it was terrible. There needs to be an investigation.

The Michigan football team finds great success in halftime adjustments.

The original article was published by the Detroit Free Press.