As a college football player, Garin Justice was just like that humungous tree sitting out in the backyard – big, sturdy and dependable. Therefore, it’s not surprising Justice was known as “Big Oak” by his 2005 West Virginia University football teammates.
“We called him ‘Big Oak’ for one reason,” recalled teammate Dan Mozes, who won the Rimington Award in 2006 as college football’s top center. “That oak tree has a big base and no matter how far that tree leans in one direction it is always going to stay very sturdy, and that’s the way Garin’s game was.