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USA Today
5 days ago
- Sport
- USA Today
Michigan football head coach Sherrone Moore says 'no more flag planting' for Wolverines
Michigan football will no longer plant or run on field with team flag after games The vitriol between Ohio State and Michigan may have never been at a higher level than what it is today, and that's saying a lot since Woody Hayes and Bo Schembechler had it at the nuclear level during the "ten-year war." The Wolverines beat the Buckeyes for the fourth-straight time last season, and after the game, men with grudges and axes to grind met at midfield when Michigan tried to plant a Block M flag in the middle of the field inside the 'Shoe. That was after the Buckeye players allowed the same to happen after a 2022 win by the maize and blue. And, might I add, that team heard about it from former players and from fans alike on allowing that to happen on the banks of the Olentangy. So, that wasn't about to happen again, and instead, tempers got the best of both sides. The Michigan flag was ripped off its pole by Jack Sawyer, pepper spray was used by Columbus's finest, and both teams were fined $100,000 for their part in the postgame Donnybrook that ensued. Michigan head coach Sherrone Moore addressed the incident immediately following the game, calling for both sides to be better going forward, and has decided to take it further after being asked about it at Big Ten media days. He is putting a stop to flag planting as we know it. 'We definitely addressed it. There'll be no more flag planting. There'll be no more grabbing the flag," Moore said. "Our new tradition -- what we do when we win a game -- it's go meet the band, go sing our Victors, and stay over there until after the other team departs. That's how we'll operate. Shake hands after the game, show sportsmanship, be cordial. A lot of guys in college football know each other. All these guys, they're kids. At the end of the day, they're 17 to 22-year-old kids, and most of them are friends. A lot of them talk before the game. So let them have that, but then as a team, go be together as a team and leave as a team.' This is a good move and one that college football should adopt going forward. Rivalries are great and there's always going to be some tempers that flare, but creating a situation that can instigate further emotional responses don't need to be a part of the game. Sportsmanship can say a lot about the culture of a coach, player, and team, and sometimes that has to be displayed in winning and losing. Let's hope that it's Ohio State that has to refrain from doing unsportsmanlike things after beating Michigan and putting an end to the four-game skid the program has against That Team Up North. Contact/Follow us @BuckeyesWire on X (formerly Twitter) and like our page on Facebook to follow ongoing coverage of Ohio State news, notes and opinion. Follow Phil Harrison on X.
Wall Street Journal
07-05-2025
- Business
- Wall Street Journal
Trump Throws Another Hail Mary
You may also like Close Created with sketchtool. Up Next Close Created with sketchtool. Embed code copied to clipboard Copy Link Copy Embed Facebook Twitter Close Created with sketchtool. Your browser does not support HTML5 video. 0:00 Play Created with sketchtool. Paused Mute Created with sketchtool. 0:00 / 5:59 Share Created with sketchtool. Closed Captions Active Created with sketchtool. Fullscreen Inactive Created with sketchtool. WSJ Opinion: Trump's 'Liberation Day' Arrives Play video: WSJ Opinion: Trump's 'Liberation Day' Arrives Keep hovering to play Journal Editorial Report: The President's tariffs trigger a market selloff. Photo: Michael Brochstein/Zuma Press/Timothy A. Clary/AFP/Getty Images Three things can happen when you throw the ball, legendary Ohio State football coach Woody Hayes once warned, and two of them are bad. Few figures in world history like going deep more than President Trump, and now the world is watching to see what happens to his latest Hail Mary on trade. Mr. Trump, to be sure, is a certified miracle worker. In his first term he managed to turn dovish Democrats into flaming Russia hawks. Less than 100 days into his second term, he's already converted the Democrats into Milton Friedmanite free traders. Give him a third term, and the Democrats will demand a return to the gold standard. But even miraculous powers have their limits. When Mr. Trump left Washington in January 2021, many key goals remained unmet. There was no 'big, beautiful wall' on the U.S. southern border, and the check from the Mexicans that was supposed to pay for everything was still lost in the mail. North Korea kept its nukes, Iran remained unbowed, Russia stayed surly, and American forces were still in Afghanistan. Now Mr. Trump has returned and is hurling one long pass after another. Threaten Canada with annexation. Launch a trade war with China. Negotiate a cease-fire between Russia and Ukraine. Claim Greenland. Call the North Atlantic Treaty Organization's future into question. Tariff virtually everything that moves. Then untariff, retariff and partially untariff again. Offer Israel unprecedented support. Offer Iran a new nuclear deal.
