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 7:31 PM ^
In today's info world smoke usually means a fire.
Door's open for Charbonnet. Probably was even with Evans.
February 3rd, 2019 at 9:17 AM ^
Unfortunately true. This one will hurt.
February 3rd, 2019 at 10:29 AM ^
Ooph damn! What'd he do!?
February 4th, 2019 at 7:48 AM ^
Here's what we know on Monday before the news cycle gets going.
Yes, lots of smoke surrounding an academic issue. However, he was given a chance to debunk the rumor and he did. He told BB directly that it was false. However, some teammates and players have differing opinions. This has not been addressed by the team or David Ablauf. There is an academic review process that he will go through if this turns out to be true. I would not expect closure anytime soon. Maybe over the coming weeks.
February 1st, 2019 at 8:52 PM ^
Fuck....we really needed him against Thanos next year.
Does Tony Stark still have any eligibility?
February 2nd, 2019 at 9:26 AM ^
Captain Marvel has some left, she will be the first woman to play RB at a D1 program and she helps take down Thanos.
February 1st, 2019 at 8:53 PM ^
Shit like this makes me glad that I'm not out of weed.... currently
February 1st, 2019 at 9:23 PM ^
This is just sad. I’m sorry for him and for M football, especially with Gattis at the helm.
February 1st, 2019 at 10:37 PM ^
If true it would be shocking. Evans doesn't seem like the type that would get himself kicked off the team. He always seemed level headed and mature.
February 1st, 2019 at 10:38 PM ^
Anyone verify this? As I’ve said in other similar threads, the longer this thread stays up the more likely it is to be true.
February 1st, 2019 at 11:42 PM ^
Would have been nice to have a known in the backfield. But, he wasn't as shifty as his freshman self . Got too bulky .
February 2nd, 2019 at 5:03 AM ^
Not good. Unfortunate to hear these things. Any viable candidates in the portal?
February 2nd, 2019 at 8:38 AM ^
Damn, if this is true Michigan has 4 days to sign another RB in the 2019 class.
February 2nd, 2019 at 9:05 AM ^
manbaaaaaal
February 2nd, 2019 at 11:00 AM ^
February 2nd, 2019 at 1:00 PM ^
"Somehow this is a good thing."
- every transfer thread
Yeah, maybe if we lose some more starting offensive skill players, it will really open things up for the better players on the bench. Good Christ.
February 2nd, 2019 at 1:16 PM ^
Yeah, if this is true it’s a loss, there was about a 75% chance Evans would be our leading rusher in 2019.
I love Charbonnet and think he’s going to be a stud here, but the chances of him being a big factor in 2019 are not more than 30%.
February 2nd, 2019 at 1:52 PM ^
Hoping he turns into the stud we deserve after less than stellar results from some of our highly rated RB's of late. Higdon was one of our best rb's of recent memory and he was a 3 star - would he nice for charbonnet to turn into an explosive and dynamic threat sooner rather than later, especially if Evans truly is gone.
February 2nd, 2019 at 8:29 PM ^
If a true freshman QB can lead his team to win the national championship I'm sure a true freshman RB can have a significant impact on his team as well.
February 2nd, 2019 at 1:33 PM ^
If the rumors about classroom shortcomings are true, the damage that he’s doing to himself in terms of wasted opportunity far outweighs any damage to the team.
February 2nd, 2019 at 2:24 PM ^
So at this point which I would call a speculative one, if this is true it makes you wonder how early these issues were identified and how they were addressed at that time. Makes you wonder how it would not have been drilled in his head that if he really wanted to lead youth groups he needed to be a positive role model himself. Hard to figure some kids out, but you would think that someone would have helped him understand that once his star isn't so bright, along with that will go his appeal to the youngsters he is / was working with. Hope this is all wrong but if not, hope he gets his priorities back in order.
February 2nd, 2019 at 3:04 PM ^
While I do think his loss will be significant early on from a leadership standpoint, I’m not going to be one of those people that say this is going to be a significant impact on the field. As it’s been said throughout these comments he just hasn’t had the same shiftiness and acceleration since his freshman season. He’s shown spurts and sure last years hamstring didn’t help but it’s not like he’s been that big play waiting to happen guy everyone thought he’d be. En lieu of his absence I honestly feel like Turner can be the exact player Evans would’ve been this year if not add that same element back to the offense that Evans hasn’t shown in a while. Kid looked like he could be pretty special in the bowl game if given a little room.
On top of this, this only seems to force the issue with airing it out more. Gattis wants to spread the ball around and he will almost have to if breaking in some young RBs and luckily we have the talent and depth out wide and in the QB room to make this a viable alternative. This is where the offense was headed, or supposedly headed, anyways and now it has to happen. His loss will be felt in some aspect I just don’t see it being on the field. Charbonnet will surprise and Turner will take over his role seamlessly. Maybe. Hopefully. Lol
February 3rd, 2019 at 9:07 AM ^
This is where some fans lose me. Evans has 344 career touches and 20 TDs and averages over 6 yards a touch. Turner has a career long run of 19 yards and has shown almost nothing at the college level. Evans is a proven commodity, he was hurt last season, but he’s shown he’s a big play threat at this level.
Im hopeful Turner can replace him and I’m hopeful Charbonnet can replace Higdon, but those things aren’t likely and it’s most likely it’s RB by committee all season.
February 3rd, 2019 at 9:57 AM ^
How many of those yards and TDs were gained in garbage time? And let's remember, stats do not tell the whole story.
February 3rd, 2019 at 12:00 PM ^
^^^^^^ this exactly! Don’t bring his numbers as a whole to the table and try and act like they happened in games that mattered. Sure he went off like he was supposed to against Hawaii and the likes... hooray!! He had more than 70 yards rushing in B1G play five times, once against Minnesota when the entire team ran wild on them, twice against Rutgers which almost shouldn’t even count, and once against both Purdue and Penn St in games that weren’t competitive. Turners run that was called back against Florida in the bowl game was more explosive than anything Evans has shown in over a year. Go ahead and be in the “sky is falling” crowd, I won’t be and will gladly welcome in the new regime if he is in fact gone. If he’s back, the more the merrier. However it’s not make or break my dude.
February 3rd, 2019 at 1:04 PM ^
Had over 100 yards on 16 touches vs Ohio State in 2017. Over 100 yards on 17 touches vs Maryland, 191 yards against Minny, 125 yards on 16 touches and 2 TDs vs Purdue the same season. Has a nice game vs Florida. This season he had a nice game vs Penn State. Was also good against a few teams in 2016 including FSU.
Evans was banged up last season or I think he might have split carries 50-50 with Higdon. He certainly has shown a lot more than any other back we have for this Fall. But now maybe he’s gone and are fans are crapping on him. This happens too often.
February 3rd, 2019 at 1:28 PM ^
By no means am I crapping on him, all I said was that I didnt think this would be something that would be a tragic loss to the team. He was a good player, far from great, that had ability and was never fully utilized properly. But there’s talent in that room to make up for his loss. If not completely replace him immediately. Let’s also not forget he began losing carries to a walk-on for a reason. He was never going to be an every down back therefore the loss of a change of pace guy isn’t the end of the world. I’ve been a firm believer that Charbonnet would be RB1 by week 5 from the second he committed anyways...
February 2nd, 2019 at 7:37 PM ^
If true, time for some Gattis magic and flip the RB that Bama is recruiting- Keilon Robinson.
February 3rd, 2019 at 10:35 AM ^
I hope this isn't the case, both from a football perspective and that of Chris's future. But if some of the behavior I'm seeing reported online is true, about disrespect of professors and middle-school level disinterest of class, then I don't want that kind of behavior representing the team.
February 3rd, 2019 at 10:42 AM ^
Lets be honest. Chris Evans reached his ceiling like 3 years ago. Time for someone else to fill his shoes.
February 3rd, 2019 at 12:09 PM ^
Classroom attitude isn’t always indicative of grades. I quite often fell asleep in my early AM lectures, yet my grades were fine (I was mostly there to get homework assignments and find out when the tests were.) My roommate, who was usually in class with me (and awake) was eternally pissed at me for outscoring hin despite sleeping through half the lecture each day.
That being said, it does sound like maybe some football players aren’t exactly taking things as seriously as they should.
That being
February 3rd, 2019 at 12:24 PM ^
So now there's a rumor starting that he actually is not off the team.
But there's too much smoke about him being gone.
February 3rd, 2019 at 2:20 PM ^
I hope this ^^^^^rumor is true.
February 3rd, 2019 at 1:37 PM ^
I'm hoping this is just "Chris Evans in Space" and he maneuvers back to "on the team" (in rumor space) soon.
February 4th, 2019 at 1:18 PM ^
His twitter suggests that he is not the player in question. I guess time will tell.
Look at his “likes”