The ongoing sparring match between Michigan State and ESPN continued Tuesday night, this time with Spartans football coach Mark Dantonio taking a public shot at the network.

Dantonio was angered by a tweet sent by ESPN reporter Dan Murphy regarding a story he wrote about William Strampel, the former dean of Michigan State's College of Osteopathic Medicine who was arraigned Tuesday on multiple charges. The tweet linking to the story included an image of the Spartan logo at midfield at Spartan Stadium when it included the No. 3, honoring former Michigan State punter Mike Sadler, who died at age 24 in a car crash in Wisconsin on July 23, 2016.

Dantonio tagged Murphy in the tweet, saying he "has stepped OVER the line. This is totally unacceptable. M. Sadler is a deceased player whose memory was being recognized with his #3 in the Spartan logo during his life celebration at Spartan Stadium. He was a decorated Academic All-American. #RIP3 #Inexcusable."

.@DanMurphyESPN has stepped OVER the line. This is totally unacceptable. M. Sadler is a deceased player whose memory was being recognized with his #3 in the Spartan logo during his life celebration at Spartan Stadium. He was a decorated Academic All-American. #RIP3 #Inexcusable https://t.co/vTeQUQ0hbb — Mark Dantonio (@DantonioMark) March 27, 2018

Dantonio's tweet, sent shortly after 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, came about seven hours after Murphy's tweet about the story regarding Strample. It also came after Murphy, in response to questions about the photo used, tweeted that it was a stock image that generates automatically when a tweet is sent, was not included in the story and was not intentional. Murphy said he notified ESPN's news desk as soon as the image was pointed out to him to be changed and apologized to anyone offended. The tweet accompanying the story now includes an image of Strample.

I notified our news desk as soon as it was pointed out to me, and it's been changed. — Dan Murphy (@DanMurphyESPN) March 27, 2018

The spat between ESPN and Michigan State has been playing out for months. In January, ESPN published a report questioning how complaints of sexual assaults involving athletes were investigated and alleged some were handled internally by the athletic department and even by Dantonio or basketball coach Tom Izzo. Dantonio denied he ever individually handled sexual assault complaints and Izzo said he has and will cooperate with any investigations.

Interim Michigan State president John Engler in February called ESPN's reporting sensationalistic but never pointed out any factual errors.