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Dead chipmunks portray Michigan State's miracle football win

LANSING, Mich. (AP) - Touchdown! Chipmunks?

A Lansing taxidermist is honoring Michigan State's stunning football victory over Michigan with dead, stuffed chipmunks portraying players on the final play.

Jalen Watts-Jackson returned a fumble for a touchdown on Oct. 17. Nick Saade (SAAH'-day) has a stuffed chipmunk wearing a Spartan helmet and crossing the goal line with a football.

Chipmunks with Michigan helmets are in pursuit. A referee chipmunk has its arms raised to signal a touchdown.

Saade tells the Lansing State Journal (http://on.lsj.com/1jS90G9 ) that the chipmunks were trapped by friends as nuisance animals.

The display includes a scoreboard. It's for sale for $1,500.

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Information from: Lansing State Journal, http://www.lansingstatejournal.com

This photo taken Monday, Oct. 26, 2015, shows stuffed chipmunks portraying players on the final play of the Michigan State-Michigan NCAA college football game at the home of taxidermist Nick Saade in Lansing, Mich. Michigan State's Jalen Watts-Jackson returned a fumble for the game-winning touchdown on Oct. 17. Saade tells the Lansing State Journal that the chipmunks were trapped by friends as nuisance animals. (Judy Putnam/Lansing State Journal via AP) NO SALES; MANDATORY CREDIT The Associated Press
This photo taken Monday, Oct. 26, 2015, shows the scoreboard with an image of stuffed chipmunks portraying players on the final play of the Michigan State-Michigan NCAA college football game at the home of taxidermist Nick Saade in Lansing, Mich. Michigan State's Jalen Watts-Jackson returned a fumble for the game-winning touchdown on Oct. 17. Saade tells the Lansing State Journal that the chipmunks were trapped by friends as nuisance animals. (Judy Putnam/Lansing State Journal via AP) NO SALES; MANDATORY CREDIT The Associated Press
This photo taken Monday, Oct. 26, 2015, shows stuffed chipmunks portraying players on the final play of the Michigan State-Michigan NCAA college football game at the home of taxidermist Nick Saade in Lansing, Mich. Michigan State's Jalen Watts-Jackson returned a fumble for the game-winning touchdown on Oct. 17. Saade tells the Lansing State Journal that the chipmunks were trapped by friends as nuisance animals. (Judy Putnam/Lansing State Journal via AP) NO SALES; MANDATORY CREDIT The Associated Press
This photo taken Monday, Oct. 26, 2015, shows stuffed chipmunks portraying players on the final play of the Michigan State-Michigan NCAA college football game at the home of taxidermist Nick Saade in Lansing, Mich. Michigan State's Jalen Watts-Jackson returned a fumble for the game-winning touchdown on Oct. 17. Saade tells the Lansing State Journal that the chipmunks were trapped by friends as nuisance animals. (Judy Putnam/Lansing State Journal via AP) NO SALES; MANDATORY CREDIT The Associated Press
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