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BGSU's first game turns into unlikely Michigan reunion

BOWLING GREEN — On one sideline Thursday, a Michigan alumnus will lead a coaching staff loaded with former Wolverines into his first game as the head coach of a program looking to become a winner again.

And on the other sideline is, well — the exact same thing.

Doyt Perry Stadium is the unlikely host of a Michigan reunion that will skip the golf outing and dive right into the football season.

An agreement signed two years ago between Bowling Green State University and Morgan State turned into a unique collision of former teammates who are not only at the exact same point of their careers at the exact same time, but serving as each other’s first opponent.