Darker Blue

September 5th, 2014 at 4:11 PM ^

Thanks for sharing this. I believe in Devin Gardner, but more importantly I think Team 135 believes in him as well. We're going to beat ND tomorrow night. BELIEVE

LSAClassOf2000

September 5th, 2014 at 4:56 PM ^

He thought for a moment, then said, "An 'A' student." He explained that athletes are unable to pull all-nighters like other students because of the demands on their time. Still, he managed to finish his bachelor's degree in 3½ years, and is working on a master's now.

It takes a very organized, very dynamic person to pull off being a player and leader and to stay as committed to their education as Devin has, I would think. It would great to see Devin walk away with a nice season here, but we know he'll walk away with the tools to make an impact in the world either on the field or off....or both really. 

Mike420GoBlue

September 5th, 2014 at 5:23 PM ^

Love the "where would we have been without him" about Denard. Without Denard, and Devin where would we be record wise? We had down years, yes. Horrible years, no. Only thanks to these two team carriers.

MadMonkey

September 5th, 2014 at 6:31 PM ^

example of what most of us think the student-athlete paradigm should resemble.

However, I have one beef with DG this year.  What happended to wicked funny Vines (the Gallon/Gardner vine is one of the best ever)?

umichjenks

September 5th, 2014 at 10:53 PM ^

After a couple of years borrowing teammates' cars, Gardner picked up a little blue coupe, which had "wires hanging out from the engine, and half the back bumper missing," former teammate Elliott Mealer said. "Devin couldn't have resold that thing to a blind man. So, no. No one's giving him cars."