Thirty-seven seasons ago Mike Boren was the Michigan Wolverines' leading tackler.
He and his wife Hope are both Michigan graduates, and their eldest son Justin followed their footsteps to Ann Arbor in 2006 to play for Lloyd Carr, who was Bo Schembechler's DB coach during Mike's playing days.
But Carr's retirement in 2007 produced a sequence of events that led to a midfield presentation this afternoon during Ohio State's season-opening win over Florida Atlantic.
Thank you to the Boren family! Buckeyes paying forward! pic.twitter.com/umcCx21Lb4
— gene smith (@OSU_AD) August 31, 2019
Justin did the unthinkable, transferring from Rich Rodriguez's Wolverines to Jim Tressel's Buckeyes, clearing a path for both of his younger brothers to follow his footsteps instead of their father's.