Dave Claborn (OSU Ath Dep.) letter to Devin Gardner

"Please accept our gratitude and this 50% off coupon from Fine Line Ink Tattoos and Body Piercings"
Not really but a very classy gesture from their athletic department

That's awesome. Really dont have much else to say other than that.

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Nice letter and appreciated!on the other hand Someone please contrast the photo of Gardner with the one of the double finger by OSU last year.

Remember when Gardner burned his OSU recruitment letter. Maturity: do it.

Sportsmanship. Class all around.

on the letterhead looks miles better than the "split-O" they use for their "brand." One of the good things Brandon did ("branding"-wise) was to get rid of the split-M. It's not my call, but I think OSU should switch to the same "O" they use on their letterhead.

I like DG a lot.  The on the field results were inconsistent, but he did give is some great games to watch, and he's obviously winning at life so there's that.

 

 

Incredibly awesome thing for Claborn  to do.   Does anyone think Dave Brandon would have done that?  I don't and it annoys the hell out of me to concede sportsmanship high ground to OSU.   I do have some hope that Hackett might make a gesture like that though.

Thank you Devin Gardner for that simple action that reinforces the way things should be at Michigan.  

It looks like he is an administrator at a satellite campus, not with the AD.  Edit: still classy to do, not diminishing that.

The best moment on that field for either side on Saturday.

when they do this type of stuff.

curious what reaction, if any, 11 W board had to devin's sportsmanship. 

Athletic Department? OSU at Marion. How connected is this guy to OSU, Columbus? I'm not saying it's not a classy thing, but it doesn't appear to be coming from The Ohio State University. Yes I'm stirring the pot, but I'm also cynical that The OSU athletic department would send this given their track record with childish things related to Michigan.

But the letter is from a guy at OSU-Marion, not OSU (Columbus). 

The difference is there. 

This is pretty cool. Got me a bit emotional since all of this rises above the rivalry. 

Nice.

 

sjw

repeatedly has proven himself on the field and in The Game. He may not have won with his arm and feet against Ohio, but he always put on a first class show. And I always admire him as one of Michigan's finest who honored himself and the program while wearing Tom Harmon's number gallantly.  

My only regret is that he would have been given better opportunity to use his natural skills in a more efficient way at quarterback. That said he is a true Michigan Man, in every sense. 

Paranthetically, this nice note came apparently from a well wisher inside the Marion branch of   The Ohio State University, not from the official fundraising office in Columbus. Still, an extremely kind gesture. 

trying to get our AD job or something?

That Devin knows that once the final gun sounds, one score or another, one statistic or another, won't matter in the grand scheme of things. How you represent yourself will always be your measure as a human being in every part of your life, and will follow you long after you've stopped playing the game. It's called 'character' and he has it in abundance. I couldn't be prouder that he wore the Maize and Blue.

from his LinkedIn page

Spent 20 years in broadcasting. News Director, WTVN Radio, Columbus, 1984-94.
3 years with Ohio Dept. of Development, director of cooperative marketing program.
11 years as President of Marion CAN DO!, Marion, Ohio's economic development organization, 4/97-4/08.
5/1/08-6/26/2009, VP Marketing and Communications for The Missouri Partnership, statewide economic development organization charged with business attraction and marketing for the state of Missouri.
Currently Director of Development & Community Relations for The Ohio State University at Marion. Glad to be a Buckeye!

 

Gardner. Class act all the way.

I really hope someone gives Gardner a shot in the NFL. I don't think he'd get drafted any higher than the 6th-7th round, if at all, but he's got some good potential. I hope he can land somewhere like the Pats, Broncos or Packers, hold a clipboard for a while and really learn from an elite QB. I've always wondered what Gardner would be able to accomplish if he had the right coaches.

Those ND, OSU and Indiana games last year showed us that his good is really, really good.

Devin Gardner transcends the game of football.  He'll run some important organization some day.

Gerald Ford used to play football.  Do you know that Michigan only won one game when he was a Senior?  And yet that certainly didn't define Gerald Ford.

 

I stalked the guy and checked out his facebook page.  Seems like he has a grandson named (wait for it...) Devin.  The picture of him posted on his wall shows him in a maize and blue t-shirt over which some friend is giving him grief.  

Also, he is at OSU-Marian which is 45 miles north of C-Bus.

To be fair it couldnt come from the AD in Columbus they had all the M's removed from their keyboards. But yeah its a nice letter.

Please put in a good word for Coach Hoke, we still enjoy beating the crap out of you guys every year.

Yeah it was from a satelite campus, but it was still classy.  Hopefully the main campus was also touched by the heartfelt gesture.