Former OL Dan Samuelson transferring to EMU
http://www.easternecho.com/article/2015/12/former-u-m-lineman-dan-samue…
Former University of Michigan offensive lineman Dan Samuelson has decided he will continue his collegiate football playing career at Eastern Michigan University in the fall. Samuelson announced in August 2015, he would be leaving the Michigan football program to play elsewhere and kept his options open, and officially made the decision to reside in Ypsilanti.
January 5th, 2016 at 10:32 AM ^
Great choice IMO
January 5th, 2016 at 10:33 AM ^
January 5th, 2016 at 10:44 AM ^
He'd have to sit out, because of this rule (he would have participated in practices in 2014):
Two-Year Non-Participation/Minimal Participation Exception
A student-athlete may transfer and play immediately if for a two-year period prior to starting any practice or competition at the new school, the student-athlete did not participate at all in intercollegiate athletics for two years, except for one 14-day period (i.e. a tryout). The two-year period must start after the student-athlete enrolls in college.
January 5th, 2016 at 10:45 AM ^
January 5th, 2016 at 10:45 AM ^
January 5th, 2016 at 10:37 AM ^
January 5th, 2016 at 10:47 AM ^
I'm sure he'll get plenty of playing time there, such as it is.
January 5th, 2016 at 11:23 AM ^
Hey, at least he'll still be on the field, getting cheered on by literally dozens of fans...
January 5th, 2016 at 11:43 AM ^
are "friendly". I mean, they did chose a school with a 150ft tall concrete dong nearby.
January 5th, 2016 at 11:45 AM ^
tipped over yet. . ..
Mr. Samuelson is going to have a fine time in Ypsilanti.
January 5th, 2016 at 2:51 PM ^
Read the linked article, Mad Hatter. I don't think Mr. Samuelson is going to EMU because of the friendly girls.
January 5th, 2016 at 4:36 PM ^
The friendly boys?
/didn't read article
January 5th, 2016 at 5:07 PM ^
NTTAWWT
January 5th, 2016 at 11:43 AM ^
Cumulatively.
January 5th, 2016 at 11:00 AM ^
I thought for a second there was actually an EMU blog out there. That was going to be more noteworthy to me than Dan transferring there
January 5th, 2016 at 11:00 AM ^
January 5th, 2016 at 11:06 AM ^
yeah I remember that. Didn't now it was a "trade". Pocic will likley get drafted. Samuelson was a Nebraska flip and he'd been committed somehwere else as well. Best of luck to him. Local kid TJ Lang played for EMU and has had a solid pro career.
January 5th, 2016 at 2:14 PM ^
January 5th, 2016 at 11:33 AM ^
Also Cameron Hunt.
January 5th, 2016 at 11:09 AM ^
Go Hurons!
January 5th, 2016 at 11:22 AM ^
I believe it's the Eagles now. How would you like it if we named a team the "Eastern Michigan University Old Ass White Dudes"?
January 5th, 2016 at 11:28 AM ^
January 5th, 2016 at 11:47 AM ^
How 'bout the WASPs (White Anglo-Saxon Protestants).
I get your point, but "Hurons" and "Old Ass White Dudes" isn't the same. Besides, there are already the Celtics, Knicks, Vikings and the Fighting Irish.
January 5th, 2016 at 1:49 PM ^
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January 5th, 2016 at 2:42 PM ^
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January 5th, 2016 at 4:39 PM ^
Yeah, they changed that over 10 years ago
January 5th, 2016 at 11:45 AM ^
You can't see the difference between naming a team the Hurons and naming it the Redskins? Huron Indians lived in the area. Hence the name. So long as there's not a cartoonish/mocking mascot (like the Cleveland Indians have) or racially derogatory name, I don't see the issue.
For the record, EMU's Huron logo was pretty cool looking and uninsulting.
January 5th, 2016 at 2:11 PM ^
Totally racially insensitive to name a lake after the Native Huron people. What is the white man inferring? All injuns should go jump in a lake? Injun is too stupid to make it across the lake?
Obviously racist white privilege at work here. My safe zone has been breached.
January 5th, 2016 at 1:54 PM ^
1. That would be the awesomest team name. It would be even better if they were the "Fighting Honkeys."
2. "Hurons" isn't disrespectful in any fashion. It is literally how local natives describes themselves.
3. Shut up more.
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January 5th, 2016 at 2:22 PM ^
But #3 on your list made me chuckle. So you've got that going for you.
Which is nice.
January 5th, 2016 at 2:55 PM ^
I couldn't care less if fomo was actually offended or not by the name "Hurons" and don't care what EMU is named, though my vote is for either "Fighting Honkeys" or the "At least we're not in Willow Run."
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January 5th, 2016 at 4:45 PM ^
I think I might need to change my signature back to "/s /s /s /s /s /s /s". Nobody on this board recognizes sarcasm. Or maybe they really thought I wanted to name a team "Old Ass White Dudes"?
January 5th, 2016 at 5:35 PM ^
"The Fighting Tuckians" as in Ypsitucky
January 5th, 2016 at 1:57 PM ^
January 5th, 2016 at 2:56 PM ^
How 'bout the fightin' whities? They're a real thing . . . Google is your friend!
LINK: Fighting Whites
January 5th, 2016 at 11:17 AM ^
Best of Luck to him and I hope he finds playing time and success on the field for EMU.
January 5th, 2016 at 11:28 AM ^
that was committed to Nebraska, got snakeoiled to Michigan. Now at EMU. That's quite a journey.
January 5th, 2016 at 11:35 AM ^
January 5th, 2016 at 11:36 AM ^
I remember the news that he was going to transfer, but I had always wondered if I had simply missed the news on where throughout the season. Glad to see he did find a fit and indeed, he didn't have to go all that far to do so. Best of luck to him as he begins a new chapter at Eastern Michigan.
January 5th, 2016 at 11:42 AM ^
In other news, I was just looking up Denzel Ward. You might remember him as the very, very tall offensive tackle who committed to about fourteen different schools (including Michigan) along the way. Anyway, he ended up signing with Syracuse, redshirted last year, and then took a medical scholarship in the middle of this past season due to a foot injury. So he's now out of football and finishing up his degree at Syracuse.
January 5th, 2016 at 11:45 AM ^
was good friends with LTT if I remember correctly.
January 5th, 2016 at 3:29 PM ^
January 5th, 2016 at 1:45 PM ^
January 5th, 2016 at 1:59 PM ^
BASTAAA LUCCCKKKK TO YAAAA!!!!
January 5th, 2016 at 6:59 PM ^