Russell Bellomy Transferring Comment Count

Brian

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[Eric Upchurch]

Via Bellomy's instagram:

I will receive my degree at the end of this semester and have decided to sign my release that enables me to play my 5th year as a graduate student at another university.

Bellomy was well down the depth chart at QB.

His departure brings Michigan to 14 scholarships for the incoming class plus any additional attrition; this is the bit where I remind you that Brady Hoke said he expected a couple of OL to not return and project that Michigan will sign 16 or 17 players in this class.

Comments

dg62

January 30th, 2015 at 1:00 PM ^

Hopefully we can refrain from even mildly disparaging commentary (e.g., "unstoppable throw god").  As far as I know, there has never been a suggestion that the kid did anything other than work his tail off and do what the coaches asked of him in practice and in class -- and kept fighting when the experience at Nebraska would have caused weaker or less dedicated kids to fold in any number of ways.  Any quarterback here under the prior staff deserves the benefit of the doubt re his abilities and praise re his patience and faith. 

Edit: I see we're on the same page, Sport.

schreibee

January 30th, 2015 at 1:22 PM ^

I hope this won't be considered "disparaging" - although on this board I believe the smell of fresh coffee and muffins once got downvoted - but compare Bellomy's exit notice with Justice's...

Bellomy's was a bit short on praise for the University and the opportunity in comparison. The praise heeped on him by dg62 seems a bit over the top in light of that. To me anyway...

Hopefully he'll find the right fit and get an opportunity to play this year.

Michigasling

January 30th, 2015 at 1:32 PM ^

There was more to Bellomy's instagram:

To those of you that know me well, I always try my hardest never to get emotional; however, I write this with a heavy heart. My heart is packed full of experiences, acquaintances and irreplaceable memories that I will reminisce on for the rest of my life. I love each and every one of my teammates, both former and present, and I hope y'all know that every day I busted my butt for you and the benefit of UM.

and

...this was not an easy process. I am forever grateful to have attended and played for UM and I wouldn't trade it for anything in the world.

schreibee

January 30th, 2015 at 1:43 PM ^

Thank you for posting that - I clearly had NOT read the full statement, only what was excerpted in this peice. I since got a notice to check Twitter for something and found the rest posted there.

So... I guess my "disparaging" comparison should be saved for the person who posted Justice's entire staement vs only a boilerplate "see ya" from Bellomy. The link is there, I just didn't follow it.

I stand corrected!

 

PeterKlima

January 30th, 2015 at 12:44 PM ^

On your last point, where are 7 to 8 kids going to come from this late? I just don't see how it can happen in so little time




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OccaM

January 30th, 2015 at 12:48 PM ^

I always felt bad about the criticism directed at Bellomy stemming from that Nebraska game a couple years ago. It wasn't on him, but the asinine decision to shift Gardner away from QB to WR. 

Good luck! 

JamieH

January 30th, 2015 at 1:59 PM ^

We can only evalute him from his playing time, and at no time when he played in actual games did he ever show anything that made it look like he might challenge for playing time this upcoming season. 



Who knows what he showed at practice--might have been a different story.    Hopefully he will find a spot that gives him a chance to play during his last year of eligibility.  Wish the best for him.

InterM

January 30th, 2015 at 1:10 PM ^

even the mildest criticism of Bellomy or Borges is frowned upon, and the down-voters are out in force in this thread.  OK, I'll play along -- Bellomy apparently worked hard in practice, and I have no evidence that Borges actively intended to sabotage the team by playing Bellomy in the Nebraska game.

NoVaWolverine

January 30th, 2015 at 1:30 PM ^

If Bosch wasn't one of them, who is it?

Can't imagine Kugler is one of them, right now he's your first back-up at center and presumably takes over that job with 2 years of eligibility left after Miller graduates next year.

Maybe some of the guards like Bars or Samuelson who are a little more buried on the depth chart now since Glasgow became a starter and Magnuson moved inside from tackle b/c of Mason Cole? 

Commence uninformed (or better, informed) speculation...