Demar Dorsey to Walk on at FSU?
So apparently warchant is blowing up over the potential to have Demar Dorsey walk-on the team next year. I have just heard this from a friend who has access to the site (I don't have access).
Just a quick "Demar dorsey walk on FSU" google search and the scout board has a thread on it as well.
I know he's not coming to Michigan, ever. But how would you guys feel if he was at another major program and contributing next year? I wish the kid luck, but I feel like the "woe is the state of Michigan athletics" would gain another bullet point.
December 20th, 2010 at 7:43 PM ^
What happened to your point total? What did you do?
December 20th, 2010 at 7:59 PM ^
Antoine Dodson + Notre Dame Thread
December 20th, 2010 at 8:54 PM ^
I knew something very bad happended. Thanks for the update so I can stop going "what the hell to the OMG Shirtless guy" to myself.
December 20th, 2010 at 7:59 PM ^
Trips to Bolivian are expensive, man.
December 20th, 2010 at 8:12 PM ^
December 20th, 2010 at 8:29 PM ^
December 20th, 2010 at 9:02 PM ^
Yeah, I go to FSU. There are a lot of in state scholarships and discounts on tuition. I pay my way and it's really not that bad.
December 21st, 2010 at 12:50 AM ^
This young man's going to be winning a lot of scholies with the essays he's about to start writing.
December 21st, 2010 at 10:47 AM ^
He'd still be eligible for need-based aid like a Pell Grant and whatever institutional grants FSU offers. Hopefully not loans.
December 20th, 2010 at 6:13 PM ^
That would be the school he'd qualify at.
December 20th, 2010 at 7:07 PM ^
he'd qualify at a school that has recently produced Rhodes Scholar football players?
FSU may be many things, butseriously, accademically unsound is not one of them.
December 20th, 2010 at 7:10 PM ^
Everyone gets As when they don't take the tests or write the papers themselves
December 20th, 2010 at 7:12 PM ^
Myron Rolle ring a bell?
It is true that FSU has churned out a ridiculous amount of Rhodes Scholars in recent years, and the Rolle story was one of those times where you're proud to see athletics and academics actually coexist for once, even if it isn't in your school's program.
December 20th, 2010 at 7:25 PM ^
Rolle is an amazing story, and just plain awesome, but he is the exception and by a long ways the exception.
December 20th, 2010 at 7:38 PM ^
That's all I'm saying. (In truth, I kid- I don't discredit FSU, Circus is not a major, per se.)
December 20th, 2010 at 7:47 PM ^
lol didn't even know that existed, hahahaha
December 20th, 2010 at 7:58 PM ^
December 20th, 2010 at 8:42 PM ^
I can live with it
December 23rd, 2010 at 8:18 PM ^
Slow down with the Rolle praise. Remember he was an exercise science major with at 3.75 gpa. With that gpa in that field at that school there is no way he gets even close to receiving the Rhodes if he is not a high profile athlete.
December 20th, 2010 at 7:58 PM ^
While they may have Rolle they also have players who read at a second grade level.
Not a shot at learning disabilities but it doesn't seem like FSU is trying to help student-athletes overcome them.
December 20th, 2010 at 9:28 PM ^
December 20th, 2010 at 7:12 PM ^
FSU:UF :: MSU:UM.
December 20th, 2010 at 8:32 PM ^
December 20th, 2010 at 8:18 PM ^
People keep getting this confused. You cannot not qualify at one NCAA Division 1 institution and still qualify at another NCAA D1 instituion. Qualifying is all about NCAA guidelines. You either qualify per NCAA requirements or you don't. If a perspective student-athlete qualifies per NCAA guidelines he/she is still subject to each institutions admission standards.
December 20th, 2010 at 8:25 PM ^
You can, however, fail to qualify under Michigan's guidelines, which are higher than the NCAA minimums, and then qualify under another school's admission standards.
December 21st, 2010 at 9:56 AM ^
That's fine and dandy, but when talking about recruits (by coaches, scouting services, etc.) the word "qualify" is used 99% of the time when only talking about NCAA guidelines. The NCAA Clearinghouse changed the needed academic requirements for prospective student-athletes a few years ago and started using the term "qualify." when they switched to having an importance on core classes...............I'm only trying to get everyone using the same terminology (and correct terminology) so people don't get confused. This can happen easily because of Michigan's stricter admission standards.
December 20th, 2010 at 8:25 PM ^
...correct, but it's "prospective", not "perspective".
December 21st, 2010 at 9:45 AM ^
You got me on that. The white flag has been waved.
December 21st, 2010 at 7:50 AM ^
Demar Dorsey was "academically qualified" according to the NCAA, however he was not admitted to Michigan.
December 21st, 2010 at 10:04 AM ^
I agree, but people keep saying Demar didn't qualify at Michigan, didn't qualify at Other School X, etc. Qualify is a term used in recruiting when talking about NCAA academic guidelines.
December 21st, 2010 at 12:09 AM ^
What, you think the Crimi-noles have low standards for admittance? Nah.......
December 21st, 2010 at 10:13 AM ^
Yes, they are not the best academic school in the nation, but they are a great school with a lot of pride. They have been an excellent athletic institution for a long time.
I'm all for a troubled teen to turn their life around. One good coach or mentor could change this guy forever.
Work hard Demar...You not coming to Michigan was probably a blessing in disguise for everyone. Good luck.
December 20th, 2010 at 6:14 PM ^
Who is he? i swear i have never heard of him on this board
December 21st, 2010 at 6:02 AM ^
O LET DO IT!
December 20th, 2010 at 6:14 PM ^
i wish the kid luck wherever he goes and except for any day that we play his team.
confused by your last sentence.
December 20th, 2010 at 6:20 PM ^
Last sentence explanation:
Michigan gets 5-star recruit at a position of need. Kid doesn't qualify. Kid doesn't even qualify at a school with lower standards (Louisville). Kid disappears. Kid is playing on a top 25 team the following season.
If you had told a Michigan fan that after the 2008 season (or during the 2009 season - any time before we knew of Dorsey but after the 3-9 season), they would have probably thought "FML" or "kill me now". Thus, adding another bullet point to our list of things to complain about.
(just to be clear I do wish the kid succeeds, I just wish it could be here, and I hope he's ready to avoid bad situations that can be found in college)
December 20th, 2010 at 6:15 PM ^
We landed on the Moon!
December 20th, 2010 at 6:18 PM ^
If he does go to FSU, will this stop all the "What's up with Demar?" posts?
December 20th, 2010 at 6:21 PM ^
Most likely no.
December 20th, 2010 at 6:24 PM ^
By the way, when exactly is RoJo declaring?
December 20th, 2010 at 6:28 PM ^
Well then, fuck.
December 20th, 2010 at 7:31 PM ^
You know, that Lattimore kid is really putting up some good numbers at South Carolina. What if we had gotten him?
December 20th, 2010 at 8:15 PM ^
I wonder that same thing - Lattimore is a beast.
December 20th, 2010 at 6:21 PM ^
you guys aren't missing out on anything
December 20th, 2010 at 9:50 PM ^
We are missing out on a guy who can't meet the minimum ncaa standards to get into college. If you went to Michigan, you should be ok with this.
December 21st, 2010 at 8:35 AM ^
that he got through the ncaa clearinghouse and that it was UM's higher standards he couldn't meet? I am not saying I am 100% sure, but that is what I thought happened.
December 20th, 2010 at 6:21 PM ^
Good for him. Hopefully we will never discuss him again.