You know him. You love him. He’s probably hanging in your basement. The image of Zach Boren standing over Michigan quarterback Devin Gardner has become the icon of the The Game— perfectly emulating the dominance Ohio State has had over TTUN ever since the photo was taken in 2012.
While the image clearly portrays his distaste for *ichigan, that wasn’t always the case. Not only were the three Boren brothers raised to hate Ohio State, Boren’s father, Mike, played for Bo Schembechler and is the sixth-leading tackler in TTUN history, and his mother, Hope, ran track at Michigan.