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There were a couple of things that were noticable in the video interview by ch. 6. Justin is a huge man, and in street clothes and at least 6 weeks removed from any formal workouts he surely didn't look in bad shape at all. I think all of those MI. homers must have been confusing him with Mitchell when they were trying to come up with an excuse as to why Justin no longer felt the big weasels' program was going in the right direction. Also, Zach looks alot smaller than his older brother. That was interesting to me only because in pictures at a recent combine I thought Zach stood out against some of the other guys as really being put together physically. A couple of stout addittions to the program.
 
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OL Boren broke the workout news!

Just out from Desmond Howard-
Justin Boren warned his brother that the workouts were too hard at ScUM and then BOTH warned Terrelle Pryor. Don't no one want to work no more? Also, Desmond admits that Herbstreit "seems intelligent"? I LAUGH EVERYTIME DESMOND COMES ON THE ESPIN BECAUSE HE IS SO INARTICULATE. Please espin, let Herbstreit and Howard debate something, ANYTHING!
 
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FortGordonBuck said:
Just out from Desmond Howard-
Justin Boren warned his brother that the workouts were too hard at ScUM and then BOTH warned Terrelle Pryor. Don't no one want to work no more? Also, Desmond admits that Herbstreit "seems intelligent"? I LAUGH EVERYTIME DESMOND COMES ON THE ESPIN BECAUSE HE IS SO INARTICULATE. Please espin, let Herbstreit and Howard debate something, ANYTHING!
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There are several paragraphs on Justin Boren on Mgoblog currently. Same old speil. And even though he wasn't any good, is lazy, and got preferential treatment from being a legacy, Brian still thinks he will have an impact in our loaded depth chart when he becomes eligible to play. Nothing like discrediting their own warped argument about what happened with Justin, with thoughts that he might have future success at OSU.
 
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BIG TEN MEDIA DAY
Justin Boren's remarks seen as divisive
By MARK SNYDER
FREE PRESS SPORTS WRITER
July 24, 2008

CHICAGO -- ESPN college football analyst Kirk Herbstreit knows the Big Ten and the Michigan-Ohio State rivalry as well as anyone and his ears perked up when he heard the Justin Boren saga, transferring from Michigan to Ohio State.


?To me, I worry from Michigan, that standpoint," he said. "It?s not like Adrian Arrington or Mario Manningham leaving for the pros. This guy was a legacy guy and when he makes comments like, ?my dad played for Bo, it was an honor to wear the winged helmet but the family atmosphere is eroding and I?m outta here'; that?s not like, 'hey I?m going to go to another school,' that?s like getting kicked square in the shorts when you?re Rich Rodriguez.


"With all the other things that are happening, when you get that comment form a legacy guy, a guy whose dad started 3-4 years for Bo, all of a sudden everybody?s tentacles go up a little bit, like what?s he talking about family atmosphere eroding.


"It might have been truthful, but I didn?t think it was the right way to leave, in my opinion, because he?s got friends who are on the (Michigan) team right now, he seems to care about the program. He could have just left. I was surprised to see him make those comments. I?m sure he did it out of emotion.


?But I?m a little concerned right now for Rich. There?s a lot of negative things adding up. They need to start the season and win some games to get some positive stuff going, some mojo going, because it?s not good right now.?
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Justin Boren's remarks seen as divisive | Freep.com | Detroit Free Press
 
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Sporting News: Ohio State's Justin Boren is a player divided

Ohio State's Justin Boren is a player divided

July 31, 2008
Michael Bradley

If you are a particularly ardent Michigan Wolverine, Justin Boren is a turncoat. Benedict Arnold in cleats. Mata Hari with shoulder pads.

To Michigan, at least for now, Boren is the face of arguably the greatest rivalry in sports. He did the unthinkable, the unforgivable. Justin Boren transferred from Michigan to Ohio State.

"I got calls telling me I was a piece of crap," Boren, a junior offensive lineman, says. "I got text messages telling me 'I hope you blow out your knee.' "

Boren left town during spring practice critical of the program's direction under new coach Rich Rodriguez. "I need to stand up for what I know is right," he said in a statement.

Okay, you can go, but Ohio State? What, communist China didn't have any scholarships available?

Players switch schools all the time. They crave more playing time. They want a different coach. They're too far from home. But switching these sides hasn't happened since World War II, when a couple of Buckeyes returned from the service to play for the Wolverines.

Now, a player used to living behind the scenes is very much at the forefront of something fierce. Sitting down with Sporting News for his first interview since making the controversial move in the spring, he's not backing down from the Michigan fans who won't forgive or forget. "I laugh at it," he says of the abuse he has received. "It never wore on me. Those guys are a bunch of idiots."

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shetuck;1219411; said:
Sporting News: Ohio State's Justin Boren is a player divided
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I'm assuming the writer came up with that title in order to attract TSUN fans who would otherwise probably have skipped over the article... Because there's nothing in the whole piece that supports the notion that JB is in any way unsure or looking back over his decision to transfer.

Especially not with a slam-dunk ending like this:
Boren says the hate spewing from Ann Arbor doesn't bother him much, that he ignores it, that he knows the real reasons he left.

Then again, he also quickly points toward November 21, 2009.

Michigan vs. Ohio State.

In Ann Arbor.

"I think about (that game) almost every day," Boren says. "It will be the happiest day of my life. It's going to be crazy. That's what I'm looking forward to, and it's all the better it's in Ann Arbor."
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