Football Tryouts Scheduled Jan. 23rd

Submitted by Stay.Classy.An… on

Real dead time on the board lately, nobody posted this yet, so I figured I would. Title says it all, unfortunately, I'm not eligible to tryout. I would imagine that this year's session will be highly attended, because, Harbaugh. Hell, I would be there for sure if I was still a student! Here's to finding some diamonds in the rough!

The other reason for posting: Has anybody on the board ever experienced Michigan's football try outs (I'd like to know what this entails) and, if so, how is life as a walk-on member of the team?

http://www.mgoblue.com/sports/m-footbl/spec-rel/011216aaa.html

EDIT: Forgot to post link to mgoblue!

LSA Superstar

January 13th, 2016 at 11:48 AM ^

Heyo.  Year?

Did this in 2008.  Spotted an ad in the Daily(?) while reading it during a shift at work.  A small classified ad - seriously the size of a business card - said that football tryouts would be held at a certain time later that day, with a direction to call a number to register.  Put down the paper, stared out the window for a moment.  Picked the paper back up - I wasn't hallucinating.  Picked up the phone before I could think about it again.  Told my supervisor I needed to end my shift early and she let me go.

Went home to pick up my cleats.  As I walked out, roommate was sitting on the couch studying:

- "Where are you going in cleats?"

- "You won't believe me."

Shut the door and off I went to Schembechler.

Shirts off, weighed us.  Dressed us in practice jerseys.  Agility/athleticism testing.  Broke off into groups.  I practiced with the backs.  Fred Jackson was our coach during this time.  Skill drills - primary evaluative criteria was foot speed.  Ball skill drills happened next, where they'd hit you with a bag when you went up to catch a ball.  Then brought us into a passing skeleton where I caught a wheel route that caused Calvin McGee to go apoplectic for several reasons.

40 yard dash timing was next.  I remember I ran a 5.1.  The exchange between me and a grad assistant who I've always wanted to be able to identify:

- "6.1!"

- "6.1?  That's gotta be wrong."

- "I meant 5.1.  But that's slow too."

- "I ran 4.7 in high school."

- "Not my fault you got fat."

We ended with sprints.  About 3/4ths of the kids didn't quit and I was one of them.

Came home from class the next day to find that day's edition of the Michigan Daily on my bed.  My roommate put a sticky note on it with an arrow pointing to an action shot of me.  He wrote "THOSE WHO STAY" on the note.  I keep that note in a drawer in my office now.  When work gets tough I look at it.

DrMantisToboggan

January 13th, 2016 at 7:30 PM ^

Academic Center and swag didn't come right away, they wanted to make sure you stuck - but they came eventually.

 

Scholarship guys were trill ass dudes. Seriously, first day everyone came up, introduced themselves, were very cool. I specifically remember Denard, Taylor Lewan, Ray Taylor, Devin, Q Washington as dudes that went out of their way to talk to us that first week, make us feel a part of everything. 

814 East U

January 13th, 2016 at 11:00 AM ^

Didn't RR one year say if anyone beat Martavious Odoms or Denard they'd automatically be on the team?



Harbaugh should set up an obstacle challenge with Milk chugging, baseball crow hop throwing, etc.