Game divided Hyde family

IOWA CITY - Little brother Micah Hyde and big brother Marcus Hyde met briefly on the field following Iowa's 37-6 win against Michigan State on Saturday.

Marcus Hyde, a Michigan State senior safety, barely spoke to Micah, Iowa's sophomore cornerback and just told him to hurry up so they could talk to their dozens of family members - including their mother - that watched the game in person.

"I went over there (after the game), but he was mad, of course," Micah Hyde said.

The pair didn't speak this week in preparation for their teams' game against one another. Marcus Hyde finished with a team-high nine tackles but had one critical penalty on Iowa's first scoring drive. Micah Hyde, however, scored his first touchdown at Iowa on a 66-yard return after a Tyler Sash interception. Sash pitched the ball to Micah Hyde, who was trailing on the play.

"I'm happy for him," Marcus Hyde said. "I was kind of mad (after the return)."

Sash laughed when he talked about the lateral because of how the Hyde brothers communicated during the week.

"All I heard all week was Micah and his brother spouting off to each other through their mom," Sash said. "They wouldn't talk to each other, but they would talk to their mom. Micah would say, 'Hey mom, tell Marcus this,' and they'd go back and forth. I think Micah had some bragging rights on this one.'"

The brothers considered themselves enemies during the week. Marcus Hyde even suggested Micah wouldn't smile after the game.

"If I was the older brother, and my little brother beat me twice, yeah, I would be really disappointed," Micah Hyde said.