February 9th, 2011 at 4:05 PM ^
Really would have liked to keep him on, despite his troubles in the classroom. Would have been a nice fit for a backup in Borge's offense.
Best of luck at the U, Tate.
February 9th, 2011 at 4:16 PM ^
Forcier was not a good fit for this school, in more ways than just academically. He wore out his welcome in the locker room.
February 9th, 2011 at 4:50 PM ^
I didn't know that this was the case. How do you know? What did he do?
February 9th, 2011 at 5:37 PM ^
He is correct. I saw this firsthand.
February 9th, 2011 at 5:43 PM ^
Am I the only who wishes he would take all of his Michigan pictures off his family's stupid website?
February 9th, 2011 at 6:09 PM ^
Don't let the door hit you in the arse on the way out.
February 9th, 2011 at 4:06 PM ^
i still don't get how he can enroll in another school when he was academically ineligible at michigan.
February 9th, 2011 at 4:09 PM ^
A Michigan dropout is already a qualified Professor in Columbus.
February 9th, 2011 at 4:19 PM ^
February 9th, 2011 at 4:21 PM ^
I believe it was Michigan who decided he was inelidgable, not the NCAA. If that's what you were asking. I could be wrong about that, but that's how I understand it.
February 9th, 2011 at 4:23 PM ^
If he'd stayed at Michigan and gotten his grades up, couldn't he have worked his way back onto the team? He's got to sit out a season anyway per NCAA rules before he can play at Miami, right? Presumably he can get (back) into acceptable academic standing in that year.
February 9th, 2011 at 4:48 PM ^
The following is according to some guy on the rivals message board who saw Tate at the airport:
Tate evetually got his grade situation settled. He tried to meet with DB with his dad, but DB refused to or wasn't available to meet with them. DB supposdedly told Tate that he would not play for Michigan.
He then told the guy that he was going to join some guys that were being recruited by Michigan.
Again take it FWIW, this is just message board heresay.
February 9th, 2011 at 5:11 PM ^
Maybe I am completely off, but shouldn't Coach Hoke been the one to decide instead of DB. I didn't quite get the second to last sentence.
BTW, congrats on your return. Heard La Paz is getting pretty crowded these days.
February 9th, 2011 at 9:16 PM ^
I have no idea, but it might have been during the coaching search.
About the second to last sentence. Tate told the message board guy that he was going to join some guys that Michigan was recruiting. I guess he was talking about Miami.
February 9th, 2011 at 5:46 PM ^
Grades:
Academic probation works like this. The first time you fail a class you get a warning semester. You're not out, but you're on probation. If you don't get your GPA up in that warning term you can't take classes the following term. You don't actually get kicked out, but you have to go take some classes somewhere else and then petition the LSA Academic Standards to get back in good standing. The classic move is to take 8+ credits at Eastern, get two A grades and write an essay about how you messed up. With some grovelling you can get back to normal status.
The only way to be permantly dismissed from Michigan is due to an intgerity violation. I obviousily cannot source this because personal student records are confidential, but basically Tate was bounced for an intergerity violation (aka plagarism). There was a reason only one of his two proffs was willing to let him do catchup work and get rid of his incomplete. The other incomplete was a nicer way of keeping an infraction off his transcription (basically: We'll pretend you never turned this plagarised paper, thus you get the I instead of something worse.)
Basically Tate's orginial plan was to do the 8+ credits at EMU/WCC, but it was made clear to him that the board knew the real reason behind the one I and he would not be allowed to return. That was the genesis of that long heartbroken Twitter message and him saying Michigan wasn't giving him the chance to return.
February 9th, 2011 at 5:51 PM ^
Bad decisions by Tate, but appropriate actions by the university.
February 9th, 2011 at 7:38 PM ^
Won't be on the field for 1 year during which time he can focus (sort of) on the classroom.
February 9th, 2011 at 4:06 PM ^
Great choice. Great place. Good for Tate.
February 9th, 2011 at 6:19 PM ^
February 9th, 2011 at 4:06 PM ^
heres a source http://twitter.com/#!/BFeldmanESPN/status/35444208181448704
Miami source says ex-Michigan QB Tate Forcier just signed papers to transfer to Miami.
February 9th, 2011 at 4:11 PM ^
I think Al Golden has a serious crush on Michigan commits and players. Suprised he hasn't hired former coaches since he has done just about everything else.
February 9th, 2011 at 4:12 PM ^
February 10th, 2011 at 2:45 AM ^
My favorite has to be one of these two.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1gDv0HMTJEY
-breaking ankles
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sXNwLMtlXDA
-the ND game winner
February 9th, 2011 at 4:22 PM ^
Poor decision
February 9th, 2011 at 4:23 PM ^
Good choice for Tate, He could start in 2012 due to Harris graduating and the poor quality of the qbs behind him
February 9th, 2011 at 4:29 PM ^
Didn't want to go to class in Ann Arbor. Now will be done in South Beach.
Nothing can go wrong here.
February 9th, 2011 at 4:34 PM ^
Freudian slip?
February 9th, 2011 at 5:02 PM ^
Good catch.
I wonder if the reason Tate didn't go to class in A2 because he was at that beach South on 23? Which is very similar to South Beach.
February 9th, 2011 at 5:12 PM ^
Yes. Heath Beach. God's Country. Best beach in America. . . or, at least it appears that way from the interstate. Tried to go there once for the humor factor while in college; they wanted to charge us, and we just wanted to look at people and judge them. We didn't have enough green tattoos, nor were we sporting the required foam cooler, so they wouldn't waive the charge. We left in protest. We should've stayed. I regret this decision daily. 9 years later.
February 9th, 2011 at 5:59 PM ^
If there's a place in Michigan that says hillbilly more than Heath Beach, I'd like to see it.
February 9th, 2011 at 6:08 PM ^
If you have a few minutes to kill, take a look at this:
http://www.heathbeach.com/index.htm
I'd add some of the pictures, but many of them are NSFW/NSFH/NSFAnything
February 9th, 2011 at 6:59 PM ^
I didn't know what you guys were talking about until I looked at that link. Ugh, the one and only time I ever went there, I saw some gross old lady's big fake boobs. Ew...
February 9th, 2011 at 4:33 PM ^
If Al Golden's recruiting at the U thus far is any indication, watch them land a blue chip QB who is going to compete with Forcier for the starting job.
February 9th, 2011 at 4:38 PM ^
Hope he kills the ACC
February 9th, 2011 at 4:38 PM ^
I bet Golden gives him a green and orange-painted bong.
February 9th, 2011 at 5:15 PM ^
I thought Uncle Luke handled the bongs? Or is that just the strippers and blow?
February 9th, 2011 at 4:41 PM ^
Good move for him - sit out a year to focus on academics and get back on track. I wish him well.
February 9th, 2011 at 4:41 PM ^
I wish him good luck. That's about it though, not much more to say.
February 9th, 2011 at 4:42 PM ^
From Larry Coker who relied on Rivals rankings for recruiting to Al Golden who just takes anyone RR ever talked to...
February 9th, 2011 at 4:45 PM ^
C'mon you guys its FREAKING MIAMI. The last thing on his mind will be studying I gurantee.
February 9th, 2011 at 4:46 PM ^
Antonio Kinard, Dallas Crawford, Matt Goudis, Tate Forcier all on the same team.
Best of luck to them.
February 9th, 2011 at 4:56 PM ^
Also will be blocking for him
February 9th, 2011 at 4:51 PM ^
Good luck at the U........
February 9th, 2011 at 4:53 PM ^
Tate recieved incompletes and failed a few classes in the Fall . He may have just given up. He was ineligible for the Bowl game because he did not pass 6 certified hours (NCAA Rule). He was also on suspension from the Univeristy. His eligibilty at Michigan has nothing to do with his standing at the U. He may have some work to do to catch up with his NCAA eligibilty depending on how his credits transfer. I wish him luck at the U but I not sure how he will fit into the culture.
February 9th, 2011 at 5:07 PM ^
His family is bizarre. That's all. I can't believe coaches keep letting them into their programs.
February 9th, 2011 at 5:23 PM ^
....and I hope he does well at Miami. I doubt he has any hope of starting, and in the year he sits out, I have have feeling Miami might recruit a pretty good QB anyway. Nonetheless, he can at least complete school somewhere.
February 9th, 2011 at 5:31 PM ^
kinda disappointed to seem him go, but he was having some issues. he gave us some good times his freshman year, so i wish well. Just as long as he doesn't cross our path, if he does he's going down.
February 9th, 2011 at 5:48 PM ^
"There is so much positive energy around this program and I really want to be apart of it"
Which must be unlike the negative energy you perceive when you don't go to class or complete your assignments.