As the snow piled up to replicate a backyard game, the hearty fans at Spartans Stadium remained loud while witnessing history. Michigan State topped Penn State 30-27 to mark the program’s biggest single-season turnaround with an undefeated mark at home before a Peach Bowl victory a month later capped an improbable 11-2 year.

Michigan State football's season ended in disappointing fashion on Saturday with a lopsided loss to Rutgers at home in a snowy Spartan Stadium. The Spartans will now end their season with a losing record and without an invite to a bowl game.

The Big Ten Conference announced it fined Michigan and Ohio State $100,000 each for violating the conference's sportsmanship policy for the on-field melee at the end of the Wolverines' win in Columbus on Saturday.

No players will receive individual discipline, although the conference could have doled out suspensions for postseason games.

A fight broke out at midfield after Michigan stunned No. 2 Ohio State 13-10 on Saturday when Wolverines players attempted to plant their flag on the OSU logo and were confronted by the Buckeyes