Bitter rivalry goes to the stars

The pregame spat between Michigan and Michigan State last weekend is showing no signs of going away.

Michigan coach Jim Harbaugh said the athletic directors for both schools should probably talk about what happened on Saturday before the game at Michigan State.

The Spartans walked from one end zone to the other with their arms locked, as they do before each game, but it happened while some of the Wolverines were stretching near the middle of the field.

Contact was made, words exchanged and Michigan went on to beat Michigan State, 21-7.

Harbaugh and Spartans coach Mark Dantonio have traded barbs about what happened.

Harbaugh said the whole thing appears to have been set up like an “orchestrated stormtrooper march.” He later confirmed he was referring to troops in the “Star Wars” film series.

Dantonio called the incident “B.S.” after the game and addressed the situation again Sunday night. “The whole thing to me was sort of juvenile,” Dantonio said. “Things are going to happen in rivalry games, but I sort of stand by what I said.”

TCU

Starting quarterback Shawn Robinson is facing surgery that is expected to end his season. Two days after a midgame switch, coach Gary Patterson said his sophomore quarterback will have surgery and that Penn transfer Michael Collins will get his first start Saturday at Kansas.

Indiana

Coach Tom Allen said that prized freshman quarterback Michael Penix Jr. will miss the rest of this season after tearing the anterior cruciate ligament in one of his knees, and another freshman, Reese Taylor, will now serve as Peyton Ramsey’s backup.