Is Chris Evans off the team?
Im hearing Chris Evans will be leaving the program due to Team/University violations.....
— Nate Lewis (@NateLewis77) February 1, 2019
February 1st, 2019 at 5:42 PM ^
He has friends in and around the program.
February 1st, 2019 at 7:27 PM ^
He creditable and has connections for sure
February 1st, 2019 at 5:33 PM ^
I don't think it is that big of a loss, personally I thought he has regressed , kind of like a freshman female gaining those 15.We have enough lighter backs, we need some bigger in between the tackle kind of backs, which was very lacking against Florida.
February 1st, 2019 at 5:46 PM ^
I'm male. I gained 15 pounds as a freshman.
February 1st, 2019 at 5:51 PM ^
Bursley, right?
February 1st, 2019 at 5:58 PM ^
The Hill dorms were more than capable of adding 15 pounds to my thighs, hips, and stomach.
February 2nd, 2019 at 3:20 AM ^
Jeez, when I was there, Bursley food was crap. But that was back in the Harbaugh as quarterback days.
February 3rd, 2019 at 12:55 PM ^
Likewise.
Markley - rainbow beef, hockey pucks, etc.
Had better fare dumpster diving on Sundays when the dorms only served breakfast and i was often too hungover to partake.
February 1st, 2019 at 7:13 PM ^
Not his fault the coaching staff has tried to fit him into a round hole.
February 1st, 2019 at 7:15 PM ^
Why do you hate yourself?
February 1st, 2019 at 7:54 PM ^
He gained weight to try and be an every down back and in the process he lost a lot of the quickness that made him good in the first place.
February 1st, 2019 at 11:36 PM ^
I think it's more that he lacks vision. He misses the hole on the regular. If true this sucks from a depth standpoint but he was an average back at best.
February 1st, 2019 at 5:36 PM ^
We'll find out! If so, I hope he gets everything turned around and it wasn't criminal in nature
February 1st, 2019 at 5:37 PM ^
He was likely going to be tragically misused yet again anyways. Hope he figures out whatever it is that was the issue.
My guess is it'll be Charbonnet and Turner with the bulk of the carries by years end while Tru will end up about the same usage as this year.
February 1st, 2019 at 5:41 PM ^
If there is a lot of smoke probably. Might get lucky and have it just be a suspension
February 1st, 2019 at 5:48 PM ^
This won't be reduced to a suspension. This is serious.
February 1st, 2019 at 7:49 PM ^
Ha,ha,ha! Thanks for that wonderful nugget of info there, Frank!
February 1st, 2019 at 9:51 PM ^
It's an academic impropriety issue.
Edit: I didn't see the posts below until just now.
As I said above, it's serious. There's no coming back from this for him.
February 1st, 2019 at 5:42 PM ^
I know nothing about this, but I do know that Chris Evans has dedicated an exorbitant amount of his free time to helping underprivileged kids as a football coach. I also know that he made a cameo at my son’s birthday party out of the kindness of his heart. (He even demonstrated the integrity and intellect to ask if I was a booster, which I am not). I have also seen his prodigious talent and fantastic team first attitude through three seasons of Michigan football. Whatever comes of this, those facts do not change. I wish Chris Evans nothing but the best. I have great admiration for him!
February 1st, 2019 at 6:46 PM ^
One of the last guys I would expect to get in trouble for violating team rules/legal trouble.
February 1st, 2019 at 5:50 PM ^
If so, fackk.
February 1st, 2019 at 6:14 PM ^
I sit right beside Chris in one of my morning classes. He hasn't been to the latest few if that's any indication.
Regarding a comment above, he does spend much of his time in class organizing his football camp for kids.
February 1st, 2019 at 6:20 PM ^
Not sure if it's true but my son frequently sat next to him in a class and I'll say he wasn't exactly applying himself. There were some things I don't want to post here.
As much as I wanted him on the team and appreciated his work with kids, I'm not surprised to hear this and happy that players are expected to comply.
February 1st, 2019 at 6:27 PM ^
I'm in a class with him too, and while he didn't seen focused in class, instead organizing his camp etc... he just seemed like the procrastinating type which is very common.
I remember him asking someone beside him for her contact info on the first day of class so that he could keep up with the course work of either of them needed help, so it didn't seem like there were plans to get out of school or anything.
February 1st, 2019 at 7:05 PM ^
Edit: stupid joke redacted.
Hope Evans is able to stay as every indication is that he's a great kid.
February 1st, 2019 at 6:31 PM ^
I have close ties with kids that also have classes with football players at U of M. I’ll just say their in class behavior (these kids are trustworthy and honest as I’ve ever met) is equal to a 5th grader. Talk while the professor is talking, play on their phones, never pay attention or write anything down. One such player got the final exam from the professor, sat and stared at it for just over an hour, then turned it in completely blank. Don’t believe me if you want, but I’ve heard the same type of thing regarding other players.
February 1st, 2019 at 6:38 PM ^
This is kinda sad. I don't think one can get away with that for too long at Michigan.
This just sucks.
Oh well, on to happier things.
February 1st, 2019 at 8:16 PM ^
Talk while the professor is talking, play on their phones, never pay attention or write anything down.
My wife is an English professor at a D-I university. You just described 75% of her students.
February 1st, 2019 at 9:55 PM ^
Let's not even talk about what high school teachers must be contending with.
February 2nd, 2019 at 8:38 AM ^
I teach high school science for Ann Arbor Public Schools and you describe about 95% of my students. Just had a student take an answer key off my desk when I was going around my classroom helping students, take my answer key, scratch off the words "answer key" from the top, and put his name on it. Having students turn in empty quizzes/tests is a regular occurrence.
That said I was a chemistry GSI when Tate Forcier was taking chem 130. one of my fellow GSI's proctoring with me caught him cheating on one of his midterms. I knew he was getting booted from the university before it came out about a week later. Dude was dumber than a rock.
February 2nd, 2019 at 10:41 AM ^
It’s was the same when I was in Michigan in the 70’s. Some athletes make the most of their time here, others barely scrape by. Remember many of thes guys have been coddled most of their life.
February 2nd, 2019 at 3:07 PM ^
This type of behavior is not exclusive to football players. If the kids you know noticed all of this maybe they weren't as focused as they wanted to players to be either. Lastly I sat for an hour starring at a midterm and walked out not answering a single question. Things happen,
February 1st, 2019 at 6:54 PM ^
Yeah he’s not listed on the Canvas site for the class he was in anymore
February 1st, 2019 at 6:21 PM ^
If so, that's unfortunate. I thought he would have been good for #SpeedInSpaceBitchesSPACE.
February 1st, 2019 at 6:31 PM ^
Is Ace fuckin Williams still around?
February 1st, 2019 at 6:33 PM ^
Like 80%, or more, of these rumors have turned to be true it the past few years.
Michigan is supposed to be turning up the passing game this upcoming season (right?) so maybe that will compensate some for losing him--if he is lost.
February 1st, 2019 at 6:38 PM ^
WTF? Now whose gonna be our guy that gets ankle tackled now?! WHO?!!!
February 1st, 2019 at 6:50 PM ^
I think WD has some eligibility left.
February 2nd, 2019 at 12:26 AM ^
....but what about his pad level???
February 1st, 2019 at 6:50 PM ^
That would surprise me. He has good track record
February 1st, 2019 at 6:52 PM ^
For what it’s worth, I checked the Canvas site for the class I take with him - he is no longer enrolled in the class.
February 1st, 2019 at 6:55 PM ^
Ummm. Let’s adress the elephant in the room...Who is going to run Manball?
February 1st, 2019 at 10:05 PM ^
Tru was and is the better manball running back.
February 2nd, 2019 at 7:55 AM ^
Even with Evans on the team, the answer should never be, “Evans”
February 1st, 2019 at 6:58 PM ^
February 1st, 2019 at 7:04 PM ^
This is a blow if true. Both the player and the team will suffer. He’s the presumed lead back coming back for a senior season. Got to say I’m super surprised seemed like the kid was pretty squared away.
February 1st, 2019 at 9:13 PM ^
He would’ve been the lead third down back, but he is not an every down back. Wilson, Turner or Charbonnet were going to seize that role for themselves no matter what.
Not saying I wouldn’t want Evans back or that this isn’t a blow to the team. It is. But losing Evans is, in my mind, an easier blow to absorb than losing the above mentioned.
February 1st, 2019 at 7:22 PM ^
What a wasted opportunity.
February 1st, 2019 at 8:56 PM ^
If it's what I think it is he'll get picked up by a MAC school, rush for 1000+ yards, and get drafted by a playoff caliber NFL team.