ANN ARBOR – Growing up, the last vision Joel Honigford saw before he closed his eyes and the first thing he spotted after waking was scarlet and gray. His room was, essentially, a shrine to Ohio State. “My whole childhood, I was an Ohio State fan – a huge Ohio State fan,” said Honigford, whose dad played basketball for the Buckeyes and his mom also attended Ohio State. “I knew everything about them. I loved the Buckeyes and always hated Michigan, because they’re Michigan.” That has all changed. The walls in Honigford’s bedroom are gray, but they’re now void of the Ohio State posters and flags that used to hang. That’s what happens when you commit to Michigan as Honigford, a three-star offensive tackle from Garaway High School in Sugarcreek, Ohio, did in June. “Once I committed, I was 100 percent for Michigan,” Honigford said. “There’s no Ohio State left…
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