Blake Corum is my temporary neighbor
First post ever, so pardon any transgressions. Random story.
We are doing a reno on our house and so we had to move out for about two months. Doing a month to month at an apartment complex. Anyways, I am moving stuff in and I turn my head and I see Blake Corum walking toward me. Turns out he is my neighbor, so I have been seeing him a few times per week, talked to him briefly he was incredibly nice. I try not stare and bother him too much, but it’s always interesting seeing him do day to day stuff like walk his dogs or bring back chipotle.
That's awesome and also not really sure if this falls under humble brag or creeper. Edit: Complete sarcasm, because Id be pretty excited about having such a bad ass neighbor too.
Creeper. No sarcasm.
Pretty accurate. My wife thinks I’m crazy.
The Descendants?
Bahaha couldn’t have chosen a better gif. Perfect
Also, that’s rad OP! I’d be gitty. Michigan legend, right across the hall.
Sorry! I have to do it. “Giddy”
OP, I definitely don't need to know the location, but in this age of NIL I'm generally curious about the apartment complex. Swank? Opposite of that? Something in-between?
Yeah it’s probably on the nicer end, but there are definitely swankier places in A2. I think he’s probably being smart with NIL money.
You need to offer to walk his dog for him. We don’t need anything happening to those legs before November.
Trust me I have thought about it.
You can post a pic of you holding a bag of Blake’s dog’s poop. Or you can offer to express his anal scent glands. The dog’s I mean.
With your username, this is way funnier if I imagine Donovan Edwards writing this.
Make sure you don't leave any banana peels on the sidewalk.
Maybe you can start up a new NIL program:
“I’m out”
Chatting with him isn't weird. Posting it here... Is more so
OP is excited and knows this is probably the only place he could turn to that would understand the level of serendipity.
I was leading a small group discussion once, doing intros for new people. Halfway through one guy’s intro I realized he was a just-graduated player for M. Had a fanboy moment. Definitely embarrassing to think back on it. Still, was pretty stoked to have met him. I get it, OP.
If he lives near corum, then he's ON CAMPUS. Nowhere else to share??? C'mon. I get that it's cool.
Uh, what makes you think it’s ON CAMPUS? Players aren’t required to stay on campus. And with the NIL money someone like Corum is getting, he can afford to get his own place off campus.
+1 for serendipity.
Not sure what is so weird about it. This is a Michigan Blog, and it’s complete happenstance that we randomly live next to him. Not like I’m posting it on Twitter or Facebook for the world to see.
I probably think it’s cooler than it is given that I think that I have a strange connection to housing and UM football in that we purchased Ron Princes (former UM offensive analyst) house when we moved back to Ann Arbor, and my closest colleague lives in Bo’s old house.
But to each their own.
You can't please everyone.
Also. It’s creepy.
Cool story for you-just posting kinda.. creepy.
but then, I’m old.
I respect your opinion, I guess I just don’t see it that way since im experiencing it. I look at it the same as just talking about running into someone famous with a group of people who may find it interesting.
I was being a bit sarcastic in my OP talking about trying not to stare, but that obviously may not have come across.
Logged in just to upvote this. That is a work of art.
Invite him to the mgoblog camping trip.
“Ew, thanks for stopping by”
Get to know him well enough to where you feel comfortable asking him what his MGoBlog handle is.
I lived down the hall from Mike Hart his freshman year. A friend and I walked by him once and after we turned the corner, I told here who we had just passed. She gets all excited and runs back around the corner to see him again. He also turned back and they literally run into each other. Pretty smooth all around.
I ran into Mike Hart once as well like 3am outside of Bells Pizza. He was with Braylon who showed up in a purple Bentley (this was the year after he got drafted)
Man I miss Bell's pizza.
Man I miss Braylon.
Man i miss purple bentley
I always miss 3AM.
Man I miss man.
And I miss "the 'Zoo"!
Actually laughed out loud at this, well done
Me too. Lol
When you ran into Hart, I assume he didn't fumble his pizza/beverage. Can we tally his true total carries without fumbling?
Awesome.
Did he ever get his car back?
I remember seeing Ryan Van Bergen outside Charley’s after they beat OSU in 2011. Those guys look big on the field, and they manage to look even more ginormous up close.
Played basketball/football against him in high school. Proud to say I held my own. Also did some recruiting during/after games every time lol
The old WMC! One of the toughest leagues (of its size) in the state!
Make sure no women visit during the season.
Women weaken legs.
Encase him in bubble wrap until the season starts.