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December 2016

The Wolverine: Covering University of Michigan Football and Sports

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THE BIG PICTURE BRINGING BACK BUNYAN Senior tight end Jake Butt (far left) and redshirt sophomore wideout Drake Harris hold the Paul Bunyan Trophy in the Michigan locker room after the Wolverines' 32-23 win over Michigan State as freshman defen- sive end Rashan Gary and senior safety Dymonte Thomas (far right) look on. Since keeping the trophy in Ann Arbor for six straight years from 2002-07, U-M only won it twice the next nine seasons (including this year). For the fourth-year seniors like Butt and Thomas, it marked the first time they beat their in-state rivals and got to take home the four-foot tall wooden statue that has gone to the victor of the annual contest since 1953. The last time prior to this fall that U-M beat MSU was 2012. PHOTO COURTESY UM PHOTOGRAPHY THE BIG PICTURE

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