Brent Yarina, BTN.com Senior Editor, October 15, 2015

Few people know how heated the Michigan-Michigan State rivalry is more than Tom Izzo.

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The Michigan State coach was asked about Michigan fans vandalizing the Magic Johnson statue, located outside the Breslin Center, at Big Ten media day Thursday, two days before the two ranked football teams play at Michigan Stadium.

Izzo, as expected, was not very pleased.

"Messing with Sparty is a bad thing, like messing with their "M" is a bad thing," he said. "But messing with Magic? That's a worse thing."

Here's a picture of the statue: