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Michigan Stadium tunnel issues cause delay during Wolverines-Illini game

In what seems to be a weekly occurrence, there was another problem with the locker room tunnel situation at Michigan Stadium on Saturday.

The second half of Saturday's game between the Wolverines and Illinois Fighting Illini had to be delayed a couple of months due to a "log jam" issue in the tunnel as both teams were attempting to return to the field. 

The issue revolved around Michigan being late to the field, being held back, and then sent back out when Illinois was attempting to return to the field.

This is at least the third time this season there has been an obvious issue with teams trying to return to the field.

Penn State head coach James Franklin was critical of the tunnel situation after their game at Michigan earlier this season, which resulted in a sarcastic response from Wolverines head coach Jim Harbaugh. Then a couple of weeks later, there was a violent incident in the tunnel when a fight broke out between Michigan State and Michigan players. That incident resulted in police investigation.

The more this keeps happening, the more it is clear that Michigan has a problem here, even if it continues to pretend it does not have a problem. 

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