Josh Garnett interview coming soon from Tremoundous

Submitted by drewro02 on

Just saw on Twitter (20 minutes ago-is) that Tremendous has done an interview with Garnett very recently, and the info could be coming soon. We will be waiting on the edge of our seats, Tremendous. Excellent work as always.

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Just got done chatting with Joshua Garnett less than 24 hours before he chooses between Stanford and Michigan. Update coming.

20 minutes ago

EDIT: Interview is in. Sorry if I stole your thunder Tremendous. Now I feel kinda like a d%$k.

http://thisismichiganfootball.blogspot.com/2012/01/very-quick-final-jos…

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Look Up_See Blue

January 25th, 2012 at 9:39 PM ^

If he wakes up tomorrow and postpones his announcement, Is that good or bad for Michigan?  I would say maybe not that great since our coaches had the chance to make a final impression on him recently.

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DTWNwa

January 25th, 2012 at 9:58 PM ^

There is a great article in SI from 5-26-80 about a great lineman from Fl Who choose UM over Stanford. He now according to Wiki (great source huh) is the Med director of a hospital in.... Spokane,Wa. It would be cool if Garnett knew about Stefan Humphries. Maybe he does. Maybe history will repeat itself tomorrow. Go Blue!

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bing24

January 25th, 2012 at 10:34 PM ^

Or, the kid could just want to keep things 50/50 to the public since he has an announcement party planned by his twin sister...So it's a bit more fun and suspenseful than leaking where he's going just before. It's dramatic, but he deserves it and I'm sure the process hasn't been all fun for him. I still feel positive about the announcement...but then again, I don't know shit! Haha. Seems like an unbelievable kid and would represent the Maize n Blue tremendously

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gajensen

January 25th, 2012 at 11:26 PM ^

I hate to say it, but I tend to agree.  I'm a pre-med failure myself, and believe me it's hard to succeed in those courses without any extracurriculars, much less a sport that is as time-consuming as a full-time job.

I was testing at a 36-38 on the MCAT before I confessed that my science GPA, which was totally fucked at Michigan due to P Chem and Animal Phys, was going to make realizing the dream damn near impossible.  If Garnett wants to go to the med schools he's mentioned, he'll need a similar MCAT score as mine and more As than Bs.

It can be done and it has been done, but it's far from automatic.

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Section 1

January 26th, 2012 at 12:22 AM ^

In the early 1970's, Michigan had an ultra-competitive combined B.S./M.D. program ("Inteflex")for people who were academic freaks, to get their medical degrees in six years.  For people who totally devoted themselves to study, it was a hard program.  They have since ended it.

Then there was Kirk Lewis.  An academic All-American, a starter on Bo's OL.  And he was in the Inteflex program...!  It is just about the most amazing athletic/academic career I have ever known of.

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coldnjl

January 26th, 2012 at 5:49 AM ^

Athletes don't have the same standards as normal students for med school. You need to have a GPA over 3.2 and a solid MCAT, but bc of the time commitment of major college athletics, they usually get a bump up. I would even say that UM athletes get into UM med at a much higher clip than UM students. I know at least 5 who are there now(wrestling, lacrosse, etc). 

It's their ability to balance time which makes them very appealing applicants

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One Inch Woody…

January 25th, 2012 at 11:03 PM ^

I honestly think Garnett will choose Stanford over Michigan... just a gut feeling. I know, this will be marked as flamebait, but hear me out! 

All of the speculation towards him going to Michigan has been twitter-based, but all that could be immaterial if Garnett is just as close with a player who is going to Stanford, but isn't on twitter. It's possible that Garnett just had made friends with Magnuson and it's a good friendship, but they are going separate ways. All in all, I believe when he says it is 50/50 between the two schools. But I think that his ties to the region and friends outside of twitter can make a strong enough case for him to pick Stanford.

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Bo Knows

January 25th, 2012 at 11:30 PM ^

It'd be interesting that he was doing an interview with a school he wasn't planning on going too.  Then again this was so vague and he's a polite kid so I don't think there is anything to read from this.

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