Michigan and Ohio State pull out all the stops to honor their football All-Americans

Michigan and Ohio State pull out all the stops to honor their football All-Americans

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(14 Aug 2025)
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ARCHIVE: Ann Arbor, Michigan – 8 September 2021
1. UPSOUND The Michigan Marching Band performs “The Victors,” the university’s fight song

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ARCHIVE: Columbus, Ohio – 1971 (exact date unknown)
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2. Ohio State football coach Woody Hayes

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ARCHIVE: Ann Arbor, Michigan – 30 September 1972
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3. Michigan’s Ed Shuttlesworth runs for a touchdown against Tulane

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ARCHIVE: Minneapolis – 30 October 1971
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4. Ohio State’s Rick Galbos scores a touchdown at Minnesota

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ARCHIVE: Location unknown – 1972 (exact date unknown)
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5. Michigan football coach Bo Schembechler

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Columbus, Ohio – 4 August 2025
6. The entrance to Buckeye Grove on the Ohio State campus
7. Ohio Stadium as seen from Buckeye Grove
8. SOUNDBITE (English) James Laurinaitis, Ohio State All-American linebacker:
“So, this is Buckeye Grove, which is an awesome tradition here at The Ohio State University, just where when you become an All-American, first-team All-American, they will plant a tree for you in your honor.”
9. The plaque situated at the foot of Ohio State All-American James Laurinaitis’ tree in Buckeye Grove
10. Laurinaitis walks through Buckeye Grove
11. SOUNDBITE (English) James Laurinaitis, Ohio State All-American linebacker:
“It’s a really cool, I think, space to kind of honor some of our best and most talented football players.”

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ARCHIVE: Columbus, Ohio – 5 October 1995
12. STILL of Ohio State’s Eddie George running for a touchdown against Notre Dame (AP Photo: Mark Hall; ID 95100401072)

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ARCHIVE: Ann Arbor, Michigan – 19 November 2005
13. STILL of Ohio State quarterback Troy Smith looking downfield against Michigan (AP Photo: Tony Ding; ID 05111903829)

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Columbus, Ohio – 4 August 2025
14. Some visitors walk through Buckeye Grove
15. The Buckeye Grove entrance
16. Laurinaitis in the grove
17. SOUNDBITE (English) James Laurinaitis, Ohio State All-American linebacker:
“Eddie George to Orlando Pace, Troy Smith, Donte Whitner, and obviously the guys that come after me. It’s just an awesome space to kind of remember the names that, ‘Oh yeah, he went here. Gosh, he went here.’ It’s pretty cool to kind of honor that tradition.”

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Ann Arbor, Michigan – 7 July 2025
18. Framed photos of Michigan’s first-team All-Americans line a wall at the Wolverines’ football facility

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Ann Arbor, Michigan – 23 July 2025
19. SOUNDBITE (English) Sherrone Moore, Michigan head coach:
“It’s one of the coolest traditions you can see in college football with the sweaters, being able to have your picture up there.”

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Ann Arbor, Michigan – 7 July 2025
20. Framed photos of Charles Woodson and others on the wall
21. Tight of Tom Harmon’s name and the years he earned first-team All-American status

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Ann Arbor, Michigan – 6 August 2025
22. A Michigan player walks past the All-American wall

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Ann Arbor, Michigan – 23 July 2025
23. SOUNDBITE (English) Sherrone Moore, Michigan head coach:
“Our student-athletes get to see it every single day, whether they’re going to meetings, whether they’re going to the cafeteria, whether they’re going to the locker room, you see the guys of the past and you want to be on that wall. It’s a motivating factor for you.”

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Ann Arbor, Michigan – 6 August 2025

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