Police appeared to use pepper spray while trying to break up a wild postgame brawl between Ohio State and Michigan. The Fox Sports broadcast caught Wolverines Tavierre Dunlap and Jason Hewlett on the sideline with tearing eyes after apparently being pepper sprayed by police officers on the field.

Police deployed pepper spray in an attempt to break up an on-field fight that broke out between players after Michigan defeated Ohio State in a Nov. 30 football game. Players on both teams, as well as a journalist and a photographer,

Michigan's dramatic 13–10 win at Ohio State turned ugly after the game, as a fight broke out at midfield after Wolverines players attempted to plant a flag on the Buckeyes' midfield logo. Soon after the scuffle was finally quelled,