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Demar Dorsey's Potentially Bogus JUCO Journey
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As people who hit the message board already know and have vented about, there's a website out there that lists junior college LOIs for Fort Scott Community College. This would not be of interest to anybody except for this bit:
Commence running around and screaming and stuff. Or, if you're of the helpful persuasion, look up the NLI FAQ to get some clarity on this…
You may sign a National Letter of Intent if you have already signed a letter of intent with a junior college or an NAIA school. The National Letter of Intent is a voluntary program with more than 600 participating institutions, all of which are members of either NCAA Division I or II. By entering the National Letter of Intent program, participating institutions agree to honor one another's commitments.
…and do the grinding legwork of finding out how many of these 70-deep JUCO recruiting classes actually end up in JUCO:
56% of last year's "class" for the CC never materialized.... yeah, I think many of these are back up plans.
So. At some point Demar Dorsey signed a LOI with a JUCO, so he's not qualified yet and has made a backup plan. Tom tracked down Fort Scott HC Jeff Sims to confirm:
"He's working very hard to be a Wolverine, but he has to be ready just in case, to recover if he doesn't get in. If he comes here, we'd love to develop him, and get him to his goals. We are his back up plan. He may never end up at our school. If he can't get qualified, then he needs to know that he has a backup plan, and that's us."
He's still got the rest of this high school semester and the summer to get his grades in order but there's obviously a nonzero chance that happens. Players with truly hideous grades usually don't end up recruited by the Floridas and USCs and Florida States. Commence steady, relaxing breathing.
April 2nd, 2010 at 11:41 AM | 
Can I put
Can I put
April 2nd, 2010 at 11:43 AM |
I don't disagree with
I don't disagree with
I don't disagree with anything else you posted but,
Players with truly hideous grades usually don't end up recruited by the Floridas and USCs and Florida States.
doesn't sound like a glowing endorsement
Current Smug rating: "lethal"
April 2nd, 2010 at 11:59 AM |
I think he was just making
I think he was just making
I think he was just making the point that if a player is truly an academic long shot those programs won't invest a large amount of time in him. Doesn't mean he is going to make it, but a positive indicator.
April 2nd, 2010 at 12:20 PM |
That's how I read it as well.
That's how I read it as well.
That's how I read it as well. Schools like that don't have to devote unneccessary time to recruits who are likely to be longshots, grade-wise, because there are plenty of others to choose from.
"Come on, you Wolverines!"
April 2nd, 2010 at 12:29 PM |
I would agree with that then
I would agree with that then
I would agree with that then
Current Smug rating: "lethal"
April 2nd, 2010 at 4:21 PM |
FSU HEAVILY recruited Noel
FSU HEAVILY recruited Noel
FSU HEAVILY recruited Noel Devine as well as several other major programs....and Devine's grades and past history were a major concern. I firmly believe that if a player is good enough, it really doesn't matter what his grades situation are, coaches will take a chance on them. Their history is a little different, but as long as there isn't anything major or recent, most schools will take a chance on them as well
April 2nd, 2010 at 11:44 AM |
Thanks Brian
Thanks Brian
Can you please now address the 1964 Maize jersey issue?!!
5 4 3 2 1 Touchdown!
Touchdown Billy Taylor!
Touchdown Billy Taylor!
April 2nd, 2010 at 11:46 AM |
Putting my pistol and fifth
Putting my pistol and fifth
Putting my pistol and fifth of Wild Turkey away.....
all the dude wanted was his rug back...
April 2nd, 2010 at 11:59 AM |
Good, that dog looked scared
Good, that dog looked scared
Good, that dog looked scared for a moment there, Michael.
Touchdown Michigan!
April 2nd, 2010 at 11:47 AM |
Brian,
Brian,
You always ruin the fun that is a little bit of mass hysteria... Hyperventilation never killed too many people.
MGoGTI
April 2nd, 2010 at 11:48 AM |
Kudos for going to the CC Head Coach
Kudos for going to the CC Head Coach
Interesting angle to get get the story, and very likely to be credible.
April 2nd, 2010 at 11:49 AM |
Thank you.
Thank you.
A little sanity in an insane world can do wonders.
Keep hitting the books, Demar.
If you can't get into college,
go to State.
April 2nd, 2010 at 11:50 AM |
This is Good News
This is Good News
Not only from the fact that it is a confirmed back up plan, but in the essence that Demar seems to have a solid support structure at this point in his life.
The signing of this LOI as a backup plan is evidence that he is being advised well, which makes me feel good about his chances of qualifying for us. Somebody is pointing him in right direction.
Here's to Demar qualifying and wearing the winged helmet next year.
April 2nd, 2010 at 12:12 PM |
I've not been able to log-on
I've not been able to log-on
I've not been able to log-on to say these things (same as TomVH on Twitter). This isn't the kid who was trying to skate by into college and wasn't eligible, thereby screwing his team and his own future.
This is a kid who chose KANSAS to do his CC work if necessary. KANSAS.
Not Florida. Not Los Angeles. Not St. Louis/Kansas City/Detroit/Dangerous cities with negative influences. Fucking Kansas. I mean, it could have been Iowa but....
yah.
April 2nd, 2010 at 12:20 PM |
WELL.....
WELL.....
I think it had to due more to the fact that's it's one of the elite football programs at that level than where the influences are or aren't, and how good they are at moving people to Division 1.
http://www.njcaa.org/sports_news.cfm?sid=11&divid=0&gender=w&slid=5
They're number #2 in the National Poll, and are usually up there. (11-1 last year)
"I love him, he's a great coach, he's a great mentor, he's a great friend. He's every single thing you want a college coach to be, and he does it flawlessly." -David Molk
April 2nd, 2010 at 12:13 PM |
Be honest. You just want this
Be honest. You just want this
Be honest. You just want this to be a backup plan so you don't get all your MGoracular points yoinked.
And so you still get to sleep with Megan Fox, IIRC.
April 2nd, 2010 at 12:25 PM |
Since you have this 'inside
Since you have this 'inside
Since you have this 'inside info', you do know that DD signed multiple LOI's, right? Not even the UofM coaches knew for sure the night before signing day the he was coming here,let alone our players. It doesn't surprise me at all the he signed this CC LOI. I agree, that it was a good back-up plan though.
i only respect other superfans
April 2nd, 2010 at 11:58 AM |
I was so nervous
I was so nervous
and scared to check MGo, that I actually did work, and a lot of it. Wow, is that sad :(
As always, thanks for coming to the rescue!
"They're stuck with that quarterback (sophomore Braxton Miller) for the next two or three years, that's fine with me. He throws worse than (Tim) Tebow. - Steve Everitt
April 2nd, 2010 at 11:58 AM |
Deep Breaths...
No big deal
Deep Breaths...
No big deal
Deep Breaths...
No big deal at all...
A wise man speaks because he has something to say; a fool because he has to say something. - Plato
April 2nd, 2010 at 12:01 PM |
The fact that he does have a
The fact that he does have a
The fact that he does have a backup plan at least says he is planning, not something all teenagers do. I'm betting he makes it in. If he is committed to getting it together, and it sounds like he is, he should have enough time.
April 2nd, 2010 at 12:01 PM |
Thanks, TomVH
Thanks, TomVH
For actually picking up the phone and getting some info on this. Amazing how useful some bona-fide reporting can be.
April 2nd, 2010 at 12:05 PM |
This is good news, Ed!
Good
This is good news, Ed!
Good
This is good news, Ed!
Good News!!
It ain't easy being cheesy
April 2nd, 2010 at 12:09 PM |
Backup plans are always a good thing
Backup plans are always a good thing
but given the historic infrequency of JUCO transfers coming to Michigan, I hope he doesn't have to resort to that plan, for his sake. He's much better off with a Michigan degree, totally aside from the issue of where he plays football.
April 2nd, 2010 at 12:16 PM |
tony drake did this same
tony drake did this same
tony drake did this same exact thing. calm down.
i only respect other superfans
April 2nd, 2010 at 12:16 PM |
Bogus
Bogus
Bogus
April 2nd, 2010 at 12:25 PM |
And...
And...
Boom goes the dynamite.
Thank you!
You sound like you're from London
April 2nd, 2010 at 12:30 PM |
"Commence steady, relaxing breathing"
"Commence steady, relaxing breathing"
...you must be new here.
April 2nd, 2010 at 12:31 PM |
Demar
Demar
Thank you for walking me off the ledge.
April 2nd, 2010 at 1:12 PM |
Interesting!
Interesting!
A casual back up plan is of importance when it comes to Michigan and its players. Hmpf! The inference is negative.
Demar seems like a good kid. He may have had some advice. This is real smart and cautious. They are still talking about The Wolverines. They love Michigan's woes. Even if there are none. Soon that talk will be about the new winning streak.
Some people don't have anything else going on in their lives. DeMar Dorsey will be completely Blue! No worries.
"To strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield" --Alfred Lord Tennyson/ John Sheridan B5
&n
April 2nd, 2010 at 12:41 PM |
This just into the Freep
This just into the Freep
ANN ARBOR - In a further shocking display of egregious disregard for NCAA academic standards, U-M Head Football Coach Rich Rodriguez admitted to using junior colleges to bolster the likelihood of acceptance to U-M. When asked to quote on this story, Rich Rodriguez offered this, "Get the @#$% out of my office and don't come here again, Rosenberg!"
"If life is the road, then Ohio is simply a place to stop for gas." -- Scott Burgess, Detroit News, 9/16/2010
April 2nd, 2010 at 12:53 PM |
Basically, everything other
Basically, everything other
Basically, everything other than Tom VH's comments and the pic of Dorsey's name on the LOI roster could have been summed up by the thread's tags--they even read like something out of Family Guy:
Demar Dorsey -> JUCO -> Panic
That pretty much sums up the thread earlier.
April 2nd, 2010 at 1:18 PM |
Well 950 AM jumped all over this
Well 950 AM jumped all over this
and reported "not likely he will be at UM in the Fall". Is everyone looking for a negative story. Why don't they report the sparties have convicts on their roster?
Go Blue !!!
Dave Brandon: Detailed and thorough investigation proves that Freep report was intentionally misleading.
April 2nd, 2010 at 4:34 PM |
Demar Dorsey
Demar Dorsey
I'll admit it, I absolutely freaked out this morning. Thanks for reporting the actual information. He still has a lot of time left and since it sounds like he is working really hard I think he will hopefully get in.
My paper bag down?!?
We will have our vengeance- Michigan football 2010