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Boren considering OSU after departing Michigan

Thursday, March 27, 2008 3:21 AM

By Tim May

THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH

JOHN T. GREILICK | THE DETROIT NEWS
Justin Boren, center, a graduate of Pickerington North and son of a Wolverine player, is the third offensive lineman to leave Michigan this offseason.

One week after beating out Michigan for top quarterback prospect Terrelle Pryor, Ohio State found itself in the running yesterday for Michigan lineman Justin Boren, who announced he's leaving the Wolverines.

Boren, a Pickerington North graduate who started for the Wolverines as a sophomore last season, released a statement in which he criticized the atmosphere under new coach Rich Rodriguez. Boren's father, Mike, a former Michigan captain and linebacker, supported his son's decision.

"Ohio State would be a good fit for Justin, and that's why he's not at Michigan anymore, because Michigan is not the right fit for him," said Mike Boren, who played under Bo Schembechler in the early 1980s.

"I have not talked to Ohio State and I'm not sure about their situation. … But would he go to Ohio State? Yes. The only two schools he seriously considered three years ago were Ohio State and Michigan, and he almost went to Ohio State even then..."

Things don't appear to be very, shall we say, "Rosey" at "the school up north" right now. Bo's gotta be doing back flips in his grave at the prospect of a M******n player transferring to The Ohio State University. I promise you this, if he wants to come here he may not get a "football" scholarship, but he won't have to worry about paying tuition.