BC2 Toy Drive from Somerset Mall
Corum is a great leader, great ambassador, great dude all around.
Sam Webb & WTKA broadcasting live from the former set of a Very Harold and Kumar Christmas.
https://x.com/michiganinsider/status/1733516869838270929?s=61
December 9th, 2023 at 11:26 AM ^
talking to Captain Mikey Sainristil right now. quickly becoming one of my favorite all time.
December 9th, 2023 at 11:30 AM ^
He polished
December 9th, 2023 at 11:27 AM ^
Saw a video of the line, going to be a lot of toys to hand out.
December 9th, 2023 at 11:48 AM ^
Read on twitter that they estimated 5,000 people there and that it started 45 minutes early due to the huge crowd. Going to be a lot of happy kids!
December 9th, 2023 at 7:59 PM ^
I was there, easily 10K showed up, probably more. Lots of good pics in the link.
December 9th, 2023 at 11:53 AM ^
Listening to WTKA, WOW! I can feel the love. Great interviews with a little extra insight inside the locker room.
It doesn't get any better. As for Blake; what a guy! What a team for most of them to show up. I can appreciate more so what this team (144) has been through.
I don't think 'Bama can stop them in a little over three weeks.
December 9th, 2023 at 12:04 PM ^
Just made it through the line. Blake is awesome! The amount of toys is insane. I’d say closer to 10,000 people. The line stretched from one end of the mall to the other.
Also got to briefly meet Junior Colson. All these guys are so humble and gracious.
My boys, 9 and 8, thought it was the coolest thing ever.
December 9th, 2023 at 12:36 PM ^
So proud of these fine young Michigan Men!!!
December 9th, 2023 at 12:34 PM ^
Rich Eisen giving it attention. Saw a tweet, maybe from Angelique, saying 10-15k estimated now ( backing the reporting of max8700 ).
December 9th, 2023 at 1:14 PM ^
Michigan fans should be so proud of their team for their football achievements but more importantly as wonderful community role models. We already knew this. But now the world does.
BET. You can't fake this. This is special. This team is special. I just watched the event as broadcast and came away just thrilled about the outpouring of love, faith and goodwill of all involved, a truly wonderful experience.
December 9th, 2023 at 1:07 PM ^
We got there at 10 am. Waited 2.5 hours and had to leave and it would have been another 45 minutes had we been able to wait. As we drove away the line was outside the mall for part of it. Not sure how these guys are going to be free to do the second event at 2:30.
December 9th, 2023 at 1:24 PM ^
Oh man. Sorry to hear that. When we left the mall about 20 mins ago the line was still insane. From one end of the north mall to the other, and yes, then snaking outside. It would take 2-3 more hours to get through.
December 9th, 2023 at 2:18 PM ^
that was for Chik-Fil-A
December 9th, 2023 at 2:07 PM ^
"second event"?
December 9th, 2023 at 2:17 PM ^
i believe autographs were after the toy drop off? 26 current Wolverines
December 9th, 2023 at 8:02 PM ^
They shut it down just shy of 1, we were literally minutes away from getting on stage. But we did get pics of him as he came through, as well as other players.
December 9th, 2023 at 3:15 PM ^
That was insane. Waited over 2 hours before they had to wrap it. But the players still walked through the crowd. Son got pictures with Rod Moore, Colston, and Keon Sabb. All of them were incredibly patient and positive. All smiles. Good guys.
It is hard to explain how many people were there.
December 9th, 2023 at 4:11 PM ^
Great turnout - at least 10k fans. Waited almost 3 hours, and luckily made it to the stage and met Blake, Will Johnson, Colston Loveland, Rayshaun Benny, and Mason Graham. Zak was there, Donovan, Mikey, Rod Moore and many others.
Had to end the event before everyone got through to the stage, but the players walked through the crowds afterwards, meeting and taking selfies with everyone. A whole lotta love, a whole lotta toys, and a whole lotta great young men. Blake is a rockstar, but this team is special.
Spoke to Will - he said he feels fine. Didn’t wish him good luck, as he doesn’t need it. He agreed - just relying on hard work and preparation. They will be ready!
December 9th, 2023 at 7:17 PM ^
Not everyone. I talked to some people who waited over 3 hours at the toy drive and got absolutely nothing. They were cut off in line by the organizers. Didn’t even see a player for a hello or a pic. Further, we did get through the autograph session and after waiting 4 hours (after separately waiting 2.5 this morning) they told us we could only get one item signed even though we paid for 2 tickets. We got no time at all with the last few players they literally took the item from us and had them sign it and gave it back to us.
If anyone here is connected to Champion’s Circle I will gladly volunteer to help with future events and make sure this kind of disorganization and disappointment doesn’t happen again. An event that is scheduled from 2:30 to 4:30 with tickets sold in advance should not take 5 hours with people being turned away and not given what they paid for.
December 9th, 2023 at 8:06 PM ^
The problem was they didn't anticipate the turnout they got, Blake even mentioned that when he wrapped up. Next time they just need to do a single event, not 2, and have the top 2 players sponsor it. If Corum had stepped down at 1 and JJ took his place to finish I don't think anyone would've been upset at all.
(Edit: no, JJ was not there at all, but many other notable players were)
December 9th, 2023 at 4:30 PM ^
Did they stop calling it the Somerset Collection?
December 9th, 2023 at 4:46 PM ^
No it’s still that.