Even though he was from Columbus, Ohio, Michigan football made their pitch to recruit Archie Griffin to become a Wolverine. “When Coach (Woody) Hayes recruited me, he talked about this game,” the two-time Heisman Trophy winner said on ESPN’s “College GameDay.” “When Bo recruited me at Michigan, he talked about this game. So this game is huge, and those guys are fierce rivals.” Griffin chose to stay at home, becoming the first back-to-back Heisman Trophy winner in college football history, while recording 5,939 all-purpose yards and 27 touchdowns in four years with the Buckeyes. Ohio State football news:Sign up for the Ohio State Sports Insider text group with Dispatch reporters “When you come to Ohio State, this is what you come for: to play the Team Up North,” Griffin said. In four meetings with Michigan, Griffin never lost, beating the Wolverines in 1972, 1974 and 1975 along with one tie…
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