Kellen Jones to Oklahoma
Kellen Jones is picked up by the Sooners. Seeing him suit up for the #1 team in the country is going to sting.
August 12th, 2011 at 8:18 PM ^
Shows the integrity of OU...
August 12th, 2011 at 10:15 PM ^
OU's integrity? A very good LB prospect from a pipeline state.
August 13th, 2011 at 1:37 AM ^
Maybe because of him allegedly sexually assaulting a girl. Why do you think he's no longer on the team/coming to Michigan?
August 13th, 2011 at 12:36 AM ^
So you've concluded that Jones is guilty then.
How do you know this is true?
August 13th, 2011 at 2:27 AM ^
I trust the coaches on this one. I doubt they would dismiss any player, much less one of his caliber at a position of great need, without a thorough investigation and careful consideration. If the coaches determined that Kellen did something that warranted expulsion from the team, and in the absence of evidence to the contrary, I'm satisfied that he did something wrong.
August 12th, 2011 at 8:20 PM ^
Wow, didn't expect that...
August 12th, 2011 at 8:20 PM ^
...alma mater.
Yay!
Not really.
August 12th, 2011 at 8:21 PM ^
Good luck to him.
August 12th, 2011 at 8:23 PM ^
I confirmed that with his dad today. His dad said as far as he understands he'll be able to play right away, rather than redshirting. He may redshirt anyway because he's a freshman, but they think he'll have instant eligibility.
August 12th, 2011 at 8:28 PM ^
How is that possible if Kellen signed a LOI to Michigan for 2011?
August 12th, 2011 at 9:05 PM ^
LOI's don't really mean anything if he didn't enroll. If Michigan won't let him enroll, they essentially void their end of the deal and it's like he never signed it.
August 12th, 2011 at 9:23 PM ^
So technically Jones isn't a transfer from Michigan because he was never enrolled in the first place. That means he plays right away, correct?
August 13th, 2011 at 2:17 AM ^
Correct. He's a true freshman that can play immediately
August 12th, 2011 at 8:25 PM ^
Is this a situation where we will ever hear what happened, or will it always be hearsay?
August 12th, 2011 at 8:28 PM ^
Oklahoma picked him up, so regardless of whether the rumors were true or not, they'll never be confirmed.
August 12th, 2011 at 10:05 PM ^
This is 2011, even the most miniscule stories are splashed all over the internet, and this one just kind of came and went like a ghost. Very strange.
We'll see what happens at OU - they are loaded at LB.
August 12th, 2011 at 8:25 PM ^
Good luck to him...I hope he has a brilliant college career.
August 12th, 2011 at 8:32 PM ^
Only if it's not at our expense.
August 12th, 2011 at 8:29 PM ^
Am I the last guy in Washtenaw County to know wtf is going on with this?
He is a transfer, right? Despite never having gone to a class (or even enrolling) here? As was the case with Randy Moss and Our Lady College of Northern Indiana? He's got to sit a year.
August 12th, 2011 at 8:56 PM ^
He was released from his LOI
August 12th, 2011 at 8:29 PM ^
If the rumors are true I do not wish him luck and don't understand why people would.
August 12th, 2011 at 8:34 PM ^
I agree...but hope the rumors are wrong, and if they are, wish the kid the best.
Though, I get the feeling Hoke would not have thrown him out if he thought the rumors were not true. He probably would have been redshirted. So...make your own conclusions.
August 12th, 2011 at 9:29 PM ^
Hope the rumors are wrong? They aren't wrong, that's why Hoke booted him from the team, he wouldn't have done that for just a rumor.
This is disappointing, I guess it shows where the Sooners stand on moral integrity.
August 13th, 2011 at 12:41 AM ^
yeah, you are right, it doesnt look like the rumor is false or he would be on the team
August 12th, 2011 at 9:04 PM ^
What did the rumors say he did? I guess I missed the boat on that
August 12th, 2011 at 8:36 PM ^
Did Kellen's father confirm why he wouldn't be attending U of M?
I have heard the rumors but if they were true Oklahoma would not be taking him.
If they are not true, then he should be in Ann Arbor.
BTW: If Michigan lets him out of his LOI he wouldn't have to sit out a year. He never enrolled so he is free to play at Oklahoma.
August 12th, 2011 at 8:39 PM ^
That's right.
August 12th, 2011 at 8:52 PM ^
How do you know what Oklahoma would or wouldn't do? Obviously, they don't give a shit. I'm glad that we have some standards. Hoke did the right thing by turning Jones away.
August 12th, 2011 at 8:59 PM ^
I have no idea what is so "obvious" about any of this.
And it is nice to think that "we have some standards." I'm sure we do have some standards. But I'll be darned if I know how Kellen Jones adds to our understanding of what some of Michigan's "standards" are.
I don't like rumors. Just two days ago, rumors were flashing around about two more Michigan suspensions on the way. And that seems to have gone nowhere. That seems to have been a rumor that was properly killed. I like killing bad rumors as much or more than anybody. But why can't anybody write anything authoritative about this now? If there are mere allegations, just write that there are mere allegations. But beyond any doubt, there have been real consequences to whatever allegations exist.
August 13th, 2011 at 10:44 AM ^
August 12th, 2011 at 9:32 PM ^
Obviously, they don't give a shit. I'm glad that we have some standards. Hoke did the right thing by turning Jones away. -Pete99
EXACTLY.
August 12th, 2011 at 8:36 PM ^
This is the one of the most puzzling situations I have ever seen with a player. All sorts of rumors about a run in with the law but nothing official to confirm what happened.
August 12th, 2011 at 8:40 PM ^
Well that's uhhh puzzling, best of luck to him there
August 12th, 2011 at 8:42 PM ^
Good luck to Kellen
August 12th, 2011 at 9:44 PM ^
How is this old news?
August 12th, 2011 at 10:16 PM ^
I heard about it yesterday, but thought you guys would have already knew this. I was going to start a thread about but just figured you already knew this happened. I did a Google search on the Kellen Jones to transfer to Oklahoma popped up and did not wanna post it twice. Sorry, guys.
August 12th, 2011 at 8:43 PM ^
I understand why we don't know what happened with Kellen at Michigan, but it's frustrating to see him removed from our team and not told why, and then to quickly be picked up by Oklahoma.
August 12th, 2011 at 8:52 PM ^
Now that he is a Sooner - What the hell happened?
August 12th, 2011 at 8:54 PM ^
August 12th, 2011 at 9:02 PM ^
How's the weather up there on your high horse?
August 12th, 2011 at 9:23 PM ^
August 12th, 2011 at 11:07 PM ^
Tell that to Jim Tressel and his sikk domination of the B-I-G
August 12th, 2011 at 8:59 PM ^
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August 12th, 2011 at 9:16 PM ^
From what I've read/heard he stole a bunch of kittens from a 6-year-old blind girl, threw them in a bag and then lit the bag on fire so the blind girl could smell them burning.
When Michigan heard this they revoked his LOI.
Also, I believe at one point he was a Sith Apprentice.
August 12th, 2011 at 9:32 PM ^
He burned the bag??!!! Good god...
August 12th, 2011 at 9:42 PM ^
Don't listen to smwilliams, he's full of shit. The girl was not blind at all.
August 12th, 2011 at 10:31 PM ^
My source says the girl was "most likely" blind because she was wearing sunglasses even though it was partly cloudy.
Regardless, definitely the kind of kid we don't want getting a college education and/or playing football.
Back to the streets with him I say! Back to the streets!
August 12th, 2011 at 11:28 PM ^
Actually my sources confirm that it was not that it was cloudy but she was wearing her sunglasses at night.