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A plane scrawled "Go Blue" into the skies above Spartan Stadium before Michigan State kicked off against Youngstown State on Saturday.

(Brandon Howell | MLive.com)

Update:

EAST LANSING -- Rivalries are fierce, often spilling over from the playing field.

But into the sky?

That's what happened Saturday afternoon in East Lansing, when an airplane skywrote "Go Blue" over Spartan Stadium about 12:30 p.m., just hours before Michigan State kicked off versus Youngstown State.

Thousands of Spartan fans looked up to the clouds incredulously as a pilot carved those words most anathema to the Green and White into the clear blue sky.

MSU head swimming and diving coach Matt Gianiodis also was incredulous--at the effort an apparent Michigan fan took to prank the school many Wolverine fans consider an insignificant opponent.

MSU fans take photos with their phones of the "Go Blue" skywriting over East Lansing.

Said one MSU fan just outside of Spartan Stadium: "They got the wrong weekend. It's not Nov. 2 yet."

It remained unclear Saturday afternoon exactly who was responsible for the aerial graffiti. Oregon Aero Skywriters, an Oregon-based group, has been hired in the past

Oregon Aero Skywriters could not immediately be reached for comment on Saturday.

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