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Old 09-16-2012, 11:24 PM
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Default Nice piece!

Pretty cool piece...6 ft is doable...you could mount that on your wall easy enough. I woiuld recommend mounting it horizontal. To make it viable...that is to impress the viewer you'd want to go to a trophy maker, brick and mortar or online, and have about 12" wide by 6" tall brass plaque engraved that expounds on it...nothing too long...just a short explanation of what it is etc. You might want to give it's era and mention any significant teams that sat on it....Like I say try to keep it short but as interesting as you can...play with the wording till you get it right and plan out the font sizes, title, treatment etc.....then mount it centered between the 26 and 25.

You might want to get about say five framed 8" x 10" action shots and head shots of some top Michigan players that used it and hang them above it. And if there is any possibility of doing so get the bench top signed by some of those big name players.

And of course you can add to the display over time...get a game used helmet, a jersey, whatever....them move the photos below and display the hardware above it....Then once you get finished with that you can start on the goal posts :-)
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