The Big Ten announced Sunday it is fining both Ohio State and Michigan $100,000 for Saturday's postgame fight after the Wolverines attempted to plant their flag at midfield of Ohio Stadium following their 13-10 upset.

"We respect the Big Ten Conference's decision in this matter," Ohio State said in a statement. "What happened post-game yesterday was unfortunate. Good sportsmanship is always important in everything we do at Ohio State. Moving forward, we will continue to examine and address our post-game protocols to ensure our student-athletes, coaches, visiting teams and staff safely exit the field."

The two teams scrapped for several minutes before they were separated by on-field police, who even utilized pepper spray to end the melee.

It was one of many flag-planting incidents—and in one case, pitchfork-planting—in rivalry games across the country. And yes, other scuffles ensued:

The practice, as you might imagine, divided opinion on social media:

As for the melee between the Wolverines and Buckeyes, it was Michigan's fourth straight win in the rivalry, and came as a shocker against the No. 2 team in the nation, costing Ohio State a berth in the Big Ten title game.

So it wasn't surprising that emotions were running high after the contest.

"For such a great game, you hate to see stuff like that after the game. Bad for the sport. Bad for college football," Michigan running back Kalel Mullings said on the Fox broadcast after the fact. "At the end of the day, some people got to learn how to lose. You can't be fighting this stuff just because you lost the game. All that fighting, we had 60 minutes, we had four quarters to do all that fighting and now people want to talk and fight. That's wrong. It's bad for the game. Classless in my opinion. People got to be better."

Ohio State, of course, saw things differently.

"I don't know all the details of it but I know these guys are looking to put a flag on our field and our guys weren't going to let that happen," head coach Ryan Day told reporters. "So, I will find out exactly what happened, but this is our field and certainly we're embarrassed at the fact we lost the game. But there are some prideful guys on the team that weren't just going to let that happen."

It will end up being an expensive act for both schools. And given the various incidents across college football, it wouldn't be shocking if a number of conferences outright banned flag-planting on an opponent's field going forward.