Tyson Gentry and The Buckeyes

I got to go to The Game today. My first Ohio State – Michigan game. Now I’ve seen every Big Ten team play the Buckeyes except Northwestern. It was awesome. One thing though, that the ESPN and ABC didn’t show was the announcement of the seniors. As they called out each one they would run the length of the field into the arms of Coach Tressel and then their waiting parents. The last senior called out was Tyson Gentry, who rolled down the field to Tressel in his wheelchair. I cried like a baby.

Gentry was partially paralized in 2006 in a spring practice when he fractured his neck. Coach Tressel has made it a point to continue to honor Gentry by not only having his number put on the Buckeyes helmets, but by allowing him to continue to be a part of the team. The Toledo Blade featured an excellent article on Gentry in October, you can read it here.