Following a 28-24 comeback victory over Michigan State football on Nov. 3, 2007, Michigan football running back Mike Hart spoke on his team's performance against the Spartans .

"Sometimes you get your little brother excited when you're playing basketball and let him get the lead. Then you just come back and take it back."

Mark Snyder, then the U-M beat writer for the Free Press, said that Hart smirked through his "throwaway comment" about the Spartans — but it's one that neither side has forgotten since.

Michigan State has gotten the better of Michigan since then, winning 10 of their 17 matchups since the "little brother" comment. But Michigan currently has the bragging rights, winning the last three games dating back to 2022 and winning a national championship in 2023, somethin

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