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Looks like Mario is enrolled and is going to start for the spring semester. Any ideas as to why this is beneficial for him? He can't get coaching until August correct?
He can get a head start on
He gets a key to the weight
He gets a key to the weight room and he starts school now. The rest of the freshmen don't get those opportunities for another 2 months. He can also take part in offseason practices and film study directed by the players. This is highly beneficial to him.
He'll be in the weight room
He'll be in the weight room sooner. He's about 220 right now and could use another 10 pounds by fall.
Think back to the first
Think back to the first semester of your first year. I know I could have used some down time (and no Welcome Week) to acclimate myself to college life.
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More appropriately
I think more approriately that sentence should end "acclimate myself to college academic life." Because certainly nothing prepares you more for college life (read: constant partying/hanging out) more than Welcome Week. The academic rigors? Not so much.
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Get a head start on weight
Get a head start on weight training, get used to having some classes before you have to pile on Football (which is basically a full time job)
If you're doing nothing, how do you know when you're finished?
Much lower pressure
both academically and athletically. He can carry a less than full class load without any problem and give himself time to adjust. He can get in the weight program and work on getting in shape for the Fall.
What's not to like?
Edit: Guess it was pretty obvious to everyone but the OP.
It's common
It allows them to get a jump start on a few academic credit hours without having football shoved down their throats. Also allows them to be on campus to adjust socially, and get in the WEIGHT ROOM. While they can't be coached, they can still benefit greatly from the S&C program and OTAs.
I might be mistaken on the final benefit I'm going to list...does it also allow them to take fewer credits during the season?
Twin Cities
* I am not a credible source*
* I am not a credible source* BUT I have heard that a majority of the student athletes only take 2-3 classes each semester, but they do that year around so they can remain on campus.
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by student athletes, are you
by student athletes, are you just referring to the football players? or all athletes? I know for a fact that athletes on the track team take more than that.
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I'm pretty sure that wouldn't be enough
For the NCAA required minimum course load.
They do take as few classes as possible during the season, and offset it with more in other semesters, but they still have to remain eligible scholarship students. Is it still like 12 credits at U-M? (With a 16 credit pace to graduate?)
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I'm with you
I think it allows them to take less in-season but they usually have a normal 12-16 credit workload in other semesters. If they take spring and summer classes all year round -- this is a normal 4-year graduation pace. And I do know for a fact that most, if not all, scholarship players take spring and summer courses because it is a requirement to collect a scholarship check.
Twin Cities
Nope
With three players from my school walking-on this fall, I can say that they've told me beyond a doubt they must take 12 credit hours at a minimum in the Fall and Winter semesters. They try to keep it close to 12 in the Fall for obvious reasons, and then have 16 or so in the Winter.
They try to take ~6 credit hours during the spring or summer term to keep pace, I think they said they try to graduate them in 3 1/2 years if they can so that they're not scrambling at the tail end of their senior year to meet graduation requirements. If they're redshirting, this allows them to work on their masters for that last year or year and a half.
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Google > My sources (which
Google > My sources (which apparently suck)
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The 15 per year thing is
The 15 per year thing is correct. That normally means you take ~14 per term and then occasionally jump up to 16 or 18 via an extra lab or an entire extra class. It's very common for UM students to consider spring/summer classes to avoid having semesters that run at 16 or 18 credit hours.
Cognates can be done at WCC, EMU or some place cheap. Or you can do the intensive langauge classes over the summer. If the athlete wants a degree, he is in the same boat as the student.
I typically carried a pair of 3 credit hour classes and a pair of 4 credit hour classes for 14 per term as a normal load. That will keep you fairly busy.
Well ....
he could get started gaining good weight and the workouts with with the s&c coaches.
Winning cures everything.
Awesome!
So excited to see
Awesome!
So excited to see him play! At the very least this will help with the transition to college. It's not always easy for new freshman- particularly those hyped by a fan base of millions playing in front of 100,000+ fans. He'll get some weight room in, do the players practice sessions, and get some college class experience- afterall lots of the anxiety and diffiuclty transitioning is the huge differences of HS and college.
Also, he can start taking
Also, he can start taking classes Spring Term. This should help get adjusted to the campus, college format, etc. He'll be ahead of the game come Fall when the other freshmen have all the new experiences thrown at them at once.
The stare
I wonder if he has that look to him when hes lifting? His intensity knows no boundaries.
Shiiiiiiiiiiiiieeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeet
I've only heard this as a
I've only heard this as a rumor but take that for what it's worth. Word is that Michigan scientists and engineers are collaborating on combining the power of Mario's stare and Hoke's point to solve the energy crisis.
Getting to work on this earlier can only do good for our planet.
Intriguing..
If they could somehow include Brian's luscious flow, we could have the second coming of Jesus Christ our savior too.
Shiiiiiiiiiiiiieeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeet
I would also like to say that
I would also like to say that this will allow him to start lifting weights and get used to classes before the rest of the freshmen show up.
I'm surprised no one thought of that.
the biggest reason?
College girls.
True that. And since he's
True that. And since he's moving in now, it was hard to find an open dorm so he'll be living at the KKG house until fall because, according to MO, "that's where I'd be sleeping anyway."
Good choice by him. That
Good choice by him. That would be my #1 pick, too.
You have to be pretty sneaky
You have to be pretty sneaky to spend the night at KKG. The house mom comes after you with a broom if she catches you trying to "get it in".
Not totally true. I spent
Not totally true. I spent the night at Daddy Daddy Buy-Me quite a few times, and ate breakfast in the mornings.
"Discretion is the better part of valor." - Falstaff
The house mom at KKG was
The house mom at KKG was very strict when I was there, but it was very doable at AXO and DG, especially DG. I ate more meals at DG than my fraternity one semester sophomore year.
I'm sure he'll be too busy
I'm sure he'll be too busy studying the playbook and for classes- plus college girls don't like football players...
I heard all the girls were
I heard all the girls were ugly?
Obligatory:
Obligatory:
Early enrollment
Will give him more time to work on his death stare.
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You mean
It can get better than THAT?
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Something to Strive for
This is the face I make when they told me I couldn't take food out of the cafeteria.
Hail.
Actually
Those are actually his "sexy eyes" that he will be using on all the college girls. Needless to say, they will be powerless.
Do not startle me with my
Do not startle me with my afternoon coffee in my hands. Kthx.
Hail.
...
He's staring into my soul
So hot. Milk was a bad choice.
I clicked on this thread
I clicked on this thread title and speed-scrolled until I found this pic. Wasn't there one with glowing pupils?
Maybe like the rest of us, he
Maybe like the rest of us, he just loves Ann Arbor. I would enroll in spring classes if I could.
There's a time and a place for spontaneity.
I obviously didn't think hard
I obviously didn't think hard enough and realize that it took time for me to adjust to college classes as well. I just feel stupid now. I thought once you sent in your LOI you recieved a workout book anyway? I'm not saying Michigan's weight room isn't awesome because it is but couldn't you do the workouts at any gym?
...you could do the workouts
...you could do the workouts at any gym, but that gym won't necessarily be set up for your workouts. Nor will it have a training staff. Nor will it be free.
He's been working hard and
He's been working hard and put a little weight on. His biggest benefit there will be training tables. He needs to eat a lot of calories to increase his weight.
Mario's getting larger
His work with MB has gotten him very ready it seems. 10 lbs isn't enough but it's the right direction for him. That talent at 240ish will be very disruptive.
His work with who? He's
His work with who? He's actually training with me
I think he might be referring
I think he might be referring to Mike Barwis
MB = Mike Barwis
Of course he was training with you... but then again, MB wouldn't have to state that so I don't think it's you.
Ok. Don't believe me. I know
Ok. Don't believe me. I know who I'm training and know the other Michigan commits I'm training also. It's all good.
I'm
not sure what your obsession is with Barwis, but maybe you should actually look up who is training Mario. It's not some big secret . And it's not Mike Barwis. JVick would have no reason to say he was training Mario if he wasn't.
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Have you ever played a team
Have you ever played a team sport before?
It is more than just going into the gym and lifting weights. MO really wants to get to know his teammates as well. When you have your teammates there encouraging you and showing you the ropes it builds team chemistry.
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He can get a head start on the weight training program. Probably a good idea considering he's going to need to add some weight to his frame before he starts making an impact.