Cowboys CB Trevon Diggs delivers shocked 4-word reaction as police use pepper spray at Michigan-Ohio State brawl
As an Alabama Crimson Tide alum, Dallas Cowboys cornerback Trevon Diggs is no stranger to big matchups. Diggs tuned into Saturday night's marquee game where the Michigan Wolverines took on the Ohio State Buckeyes. While Michigan ended up winning late in the game, things quickly went sideways on the field.
A fight broke out at midfield after Michigan, the underdogs in this matchup, beat Ohio State 13-10. When a few Wolverines players tried to plant the Michigan flag on the OSU logo, a horde of Buckeyes players confronted them, leading to all hell breaking loose. The police had to get involved and reportedly used pepper spray to break up the melee.
After footage of the brawl went viral, Diggs tweeted:
"Pepper spray is wild."
NFL world stunned by Michigan-Ohio State game fight
Like Diggs, former New York Jets guard Damien Woody was also stunned as reports emerged of pepper spray being used to keep the situation in check.
"Wait... did they really pepper spray players?!!!," Woody tweeted.
While the Associated Press has since confirmed those reports, footage that emerged from the game showed the cops clearly using pepper spray on the field as the situation quickly spiraled out of control.
A producer for the Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz was also at the event and confirmed she was hit with pepper spray.
Ohio State head coach Ryan Day defended his players after the sequence of events, telling reporters:
“There are some prideful guys on our team who weren’t going to sit back and let that happen."
However, Emmanuel Acho wasn't too happy with Day's response.
"When coaches must lead, Coach Day freezes in the midst of Chaos," Acho tweeted.
Michigan running back Kalel Mullings, who had an eventful night rushing for 116 yards and a touchdown, wanted the Buckeyes to "learn how to lose," given everything that transpired. In an interview with Fox Sports, Mullings said:
“For such a great game, you hate to see stuff like that after the game.
“It’s just bad for the sport, bad for college football. But at the end of the day, you know some people got to, they got to learn how to lose, man.
"We had 60 minutes, we had four quarters, to do all that fighting.”