Malik McDowell to MSU (Per Ohio Insiders website, as discussed on Reddit)
http://www.reddit.com/r/CFB/comments/1x1w9l/malik_mcdowell_to_msu_again…
Apparently he won't invite his mum to the ceremony.
February 5th, 2014 at 2:00 AM ^
February 5th, 2014 at 2:13 AM ^
I'm relying more on the Ohio Insiders website bit, but you're right. For this reason, I have been explicit about the sourcing.
February 5th, 2014 at 2:12 AM ^
Awkward family situation if true...
February 5th, 2014 at 2:13 AM ^
Go blue !
February 5th, 2014 at 7:45 AM ^
Work hard, study hard and it will pay off!
(Hope someone breaks it to him gently that they still have to go to class at MSU!!!)
February 5th, 2014 at 8:08 AM ^
or it didn't happen.
February 5th, 2014 at 2:24 AM ^
February 5th, 2014 at 2:28 AM ^
February 5th, 2014 at 2:46 AM ^
February 5th, 2014 at 9:15 AM ^
I don't know, I feel like you can learn to love something you didn't really like at first. Look at my relationship with brussel sprouts. My mom made me eat them and at first I hated them, but then she explained to me the deep tradition brussel sprouts had and even though they weren't widely liked these days how in the past they were the king of vegetables and eventually they were gong to regain their place at the top of the cruciferous vegetables. Now I love them, its the exact same thing with McDowell
February 5th, 2014 at 10:02 AM ^
It's hard to think of a time when Brussels sprouts were at the top of the list of cultivars of Brassica Oleracea. Think of the versatility of cabbage (slaw, kraut, stuffed). Sure the new hotness is Kale, but what kid truly would have ever chosen that. Not to mention Broccoli or Cauliflower. Consider also the fractal beauty that is the Romanesco Broccoli.
Would someone like to help establish a list of cruciferous cultivars and their analogous B1G universities?
February 5th, 2014 at 10:33 AM ^
I would suggest a cultivar like rapeseed (B napus) for OSU. Not for the name, but for the fact that it is an allopolyploid (basically results from inbreeding the offspring of two things that have no business mating).
February 5th, 2014 at 2:40 AM ^
One of the weirder recruiting situations Michigan has been involved in for a while. I hope for his sake whatever concerns his parents have about him staying to close to home don't mess up the kid's career.
February 5th, 2014 at 2:53 AM ^
seems like every year there's a recruit who is supposedly solid to UM early in the process but no commitment comes, and the recruit ends up somewhere else when the LOI is signed.
February 5th, 2014 at 6:03 AM ^
Yeah, and most years our team isn't a dumpster fire, so this shouldn't really shock anyone.
February 5th, 2014 at 6:20 AM ^
Nor was it this year. Disappointing, yes, but not a dumpster fire. Winning record and only one game we weren't in.
February 5th, 2014 at 7:25 AM ^
Did you watch any of the MSU, PSU, Nebraska, Akron, Uconn games?
February 5th, 2014 at 7:58 AM ^
Not to pile on, but throw K-State on that fire, though without Devin I give us a bit of a pass.
I'd say we were a "conditional dumpster fire." As in, conditional on the talent on the team, we were a dumpster fire, unlike a team like Miami U (NTM), who were an unconditional dumpster fire.
February 5th, 2014 at 8:18 AM ^
Those were some slightly larger "dumpster fires". Especially the one that was supposed to compete for the BIG title. (Is that right? Is that what our conference is called these days? I seriously have no idea. Just saw it on Iowa's court last night.)
February 5th, 2014 at 10:40 AM ^
If we were Purdue or Northwestern fans, our standards would be lower.
February 5th, 2014 at 9:07 AM ^
February 5th, 2014 at 9:28 AM ^
The family drama is a much bigger deal there. Both of his parents are adament against MSU, and not even because of fandom (like the Landon Collins mother incident). They didn't like MSU as much to start, but seemingly would have been OK with it initially, but after a couple visits and hearing things they completely turned against that idea. So if he still picks Sparty, I can't really imagine how they'd feel.
February 5th, 2014 at 1:53 PM ^
Not a very credible rumor, especially with a situation so volatile it could change by the minute.
February 5th, 2014 at 3:08 AM ^
that we won't have to absolutely rely on 6-8 freshmen to play prominent roles. Hoke has 50 kids coming into their junior or reshirt sophomore years. This makes me happy, and it hopefully means that our freshmen are on the field because they're amazing rather than needed.
Good luck at MSU, MM.
February 5th, 2014 at 3:13 AM ^
I just don't see Malik going to MSU. If it does happen this could hurt his relationship with his mom for the rest of his life.
February 5th, 2014 at 3:39 AM ^
"bow bow" - Flockavelli
February 5th, 2014 at 8:57 AM ^
February 5th, 2014 at 9:25 AM ^
February 5th, 2014 at 3:51 AM ^
February 5th, 2014 at 4:28 AM ^
and be happy instead of caving into his parent's wishes. Logic, and that has proven to be less than an ubquitous commodity w/in the past decae: and ever declining, but....................I cannot know because I only signed one LOI and never advised anyone on what they should do. A man, and he is a man, as to do what he wants to do. What far too many peope don't get,and I don't know why, certain kids belong at certain schools. That is, afterall, what the recruiting process is all about. You fashion yourselves as best you can but just as calendar years begin a new beginning, so too does every coaching change, current win/loss records, records against arch-rivals, i.e., And let's be honest we haven't faired too well lately so justly, our rivals, including those in-state should reap the benefits. It is the team's duty to merit justification for the bullshit word exchange- which is good for both sides - to justify the fan's obnoxinous. As certainly as all MSU BB fans are begrudingly beginning to admit that UM, under coach B has owned their ass, it is our duty as football fans to recognize the same. Cycles, cycles, cycles. College sports have always been about such. Whether you liked RR or not-yes, he has beaten Ore in the past decade; something we've not- his words ring true, "We'll win when we deserve to win." Signing off from Tequila, yes me amigos there really is a town named that down here, OUT
February 5th, 2014 at 5:48 AM ^
is one of the oldest tenants of western civilization. that along with listening to and heeding the wisdom of your/our parents. as a newly-minted 18 yr old, he would be wise to follow those ideas.
wish him well wherever he goes, but family is more important than football.
February 5th, 2014 at 8:03 AM ^
Constantly thinks he knows better than the logic and wisdom of his parents, or somehow things have changed so much since we were teens that or experience no longer applies. Usually this is when he learns the old man may still know a thing or two the hard way: like how teachers like to give you pop quizzes after snow days to see if you did anything while you are out.
February 5th, 2014 at 9:01 AM ^
February 5th, 2014 at 9:26 AM ^
Tenet, not tenent.
February 5th, 2014 at 12:20 PM ^
just a typo the 'a' should've been an 'e'.
grammar and spelling police out there, checking with radar...
February 5th, 2014 at 3:23 PM ^
You're still wrong. Look it up. Tenent is a renter, tenet is a belief.
February 5th, 2014 at 5:01 PM ^
but we do take freshman English at the U and we should know how to spell and write, even if those that went to Staee don't
February 5th, 2014 at 4:30 AM ^
February 5th, 2014 at 10:22 AM ^
This whole recruitment was too weird. I have a feeling this will not work out well for Malik. Given how adamant his parents were about him not going to MSU, and how offended his mother was about something or other there, his father's "anywhere but MSU" attitude, given his focus on the party atmosphere (apparently), it all screams "problems down the road." Not rooting against him, just reflecting on what has been reported.
February 5th, 2014 at 4:30 AM ^
February 5th, 2014 at 4:45 AM ^
This has been such a strange recruitment. All four schools are worthy and attractive options for a DL, yet each is arguably a consolation prize.
February 5th, 2014 at 5:13 AM ^
Momma aint gonna be happy
February 5th, 2014 at 8:27 AM ^
have to be played out so publicly. We've all forgotten what privacy looks like, or why a family might even want it.
February 5th, 2014 at 9:14 AM ^
Nobody is forcing anyone to hold curious ersatz announcement ceremonies with hats on a table, or anything else.
These things turn me off to the sport entirely. It's like NFL-Lite Draft Day. This is only a good thing for businesses like subscription recruiting services and 24-hour sports broadcasters.
February 5th, 2014 at 9:21 AM ^
Pretty sure privacy went out the window when everyone is crowding so they can be on camera too.
February 5th, 2014 at 8:27 AM ^
SHE'S hawwwwt!!!
February 5th, 2014 at 5:54 AM ^
February 5th, 2014 at 6:16 AM ^
I said yesterday, I'm hesitant about his character. Sure, he'd be worth the gamble because of his talent. But if he commits to UM I'll be a bit leery and if he goes elsewhere my disappoitment will include a dash of relief.
February 5th, 2014 at 6:28 AM ^
He's a kid and wants to go a different school. Let him be. I'm not sure what character issues you are referencing.