Rawls to Announce Tomorrow at 1:30.
http://footballrecruiting.247sports.com/Article/Rawls-moves-up-announce…
Per the link, Rawls is going to make his announcement tomorrow afternoon as opposed to Wednesday due to Stormageddon.
January 31st, 2011 at 2:11 PM ^
So less than 24 hours before we know if it is us or CMU!
Sitting on pins and needles.
January 31st, 2011 at 2:15 PM ^
Damn near a guarantee its us (Atleast in my mindset)
January 31st, 2011 at 2:34 PM ^
Our helmets have wings..........
theirs is just another letter in the alphabet.
Has to be ours.
January 31st, 2011 at 3:30 PM ^
of NCAA Football, the iPhone version. You can pick from dozens of teams, including all the classic football powers. Mid-levels like Iowa, Wiscy, and WVU are also part of the game. Heck, you can choose Colorado State, Troy, Wake Forest or, incredibly, Central Michigan as your team if you wish.
<br>But you cannot pick Sparty. They did not make the cut. I think of this and chuckle
January 31st, 2011 at 5:47 PM ^
I almost just fell out of my chair. That. Is. Awesome.
January 31st, 2011 at 4:10 PM ^
Central's helmets used to be sweet. They had the spear before FSU (I think).
January 31st, 2011 at 4:30 PM ^
1973
Florida State first started using the spear on their helmets in 1976. Though the CMU helmet is a obvious ripoff of the Redskins, who started using it in 1966.
January 31st, 2011 at 2:39 PM ^
BKFinest it?
January 31st, 2011 at 3:24 PM ^
Has BKFinest been back since the guaranteeing of Zettel to UM debacle? There must be no flights out of Bolivia.
January 31st, 2011 at 3:26 PM ^
He BKFinest'd Keith Heitzman to Michigan. Of course he did it a day before the commit when Heitzman received his offer and promptly edited the post to try and play it off like he never said he'd commit....
January 31st, 2011 at 3:45 PM ^
Didn't he also BKFinest the whole Frank Clark and Leilon Willingham as roommates thing, too? I don't know about you, but I miss his always accurate reassurances.
January 31st, 2011 at 4:19 PM ^
January 31st, 2011 at 4:31 PM ^
You suck McBain!
January 31st, 2011 at 2:27 PM ^
very funny...however bet on rawls divulging a few silent offers from some big time schools, that many weren't aware of.
January 31st, 2011 at 2:14 PM ^
This is sweet news. I love this guys last name. It "rawls" off the tongue. Lou Rawls is also cool. "You're gonna miss my lovin'"
January 31st, 2011 at 2:16 PM ^
He looks like a bulldog running in his video. His frame reminds me a bit of Ingram...if I'm allowed to say that.
January 31st, 2011 at 2:17 PM ^
Its a guarantee...MICHIGAN!!!!
January 31st, 2011 at 2:17 PM ^
BKfinest it!
January 31st, 2011 at 2:20 PM ^
I think it's because he had to work hard to qualify and he did it -- he succeeded. That's a good sign. We've seen several others fail to do this in recent years, so to see somebody pull it off is heartening.
January 31st, 2011 at 2:26 PM ^
the kid really wanted to come to Michigan and he worked his ass off for the chance. I can't wait til tomorrow when he throws on the Michigan hat.
January 31st, 2011 at 2:41 PM ^
Has there been any change from the academics/admissions standpoint? Other guys have been offered only to end up having to wait to enroll (Slocum, Kinard, etc.) and Witty got qualified only to get denied by admissions.
Hopefully Rawls can get in and be a success on the field and in the classroom, but I don't know that the process is over just yet.
January 31st, 2011 at 3:12 PM ^
And if I did, I couldn't talk about it. [Not a backhanded way of saying I know.] But the way this is being presented seems different from the cases you mention. My sense is his grades are consistent, but he had a disastrous test score that he had to improve significantly in order to qualify. So there's unlikely to be any problems with Admissions.
January 31st, 2011 at 4:08 PM ^
Witty got qualified only to get denied by admissions.
Are you sure about this? I'm quite positive that we will admit anyone who's qualified. The only real admissions standards we have for athletes are for schools other than Kines.
January 31st, 2011 at 4:14 PM ^
I'm hazy on all the details, but I'm pretty sure he got a qualifying test score in the fall of what would have been his freshman year but UM admissions still passed. Then he ended up at Cincinnati where presumably he is/was qualified because he got admitted and at least participated in spring ball according to their website.
http://www.gobearcats.com/sports/m-footbl/mtt/witty_adrian00.html
January 31st, 2011 at 5:51 PM ^
Demar Dorsey.
January 31st, 2011 at 2:19 PM ^
I love that he's announcing a decision he's pretty much already announced. The next level: the meta announcement!
January 31st, 2011 at 2:19 PM ^
Sounds good to me! Can't wait to see him in the winged helmet.
January 31st, 2011 at 2:20 PM ^
Agreed! Him and Hopkins in the same backfield gets me feeling like a school girl...
January 31st, 2011 at 2:24 PM ^
Do you think we will see a lot of sets with both of them in the backfield? "Me thinks not, " say the man in Pirate speak.
Raaawwwwwls!
January 31st, 2011 at 3:01 PM ^
you're probably correct, but I can dream...
January 31st, 2011 at 2:21 PM ^
Rawls is a beast. I hope he redshirts unless hes far an away one of the best Rb's we have coming out of spring ball.
January 31st, 2011 at 2:35 PM ^
Unless I'm mistaken if he goes blue he won't be participating in spring this season. Only early enrolee can I believe.
Go Blue Rawls!
January 31st, 2011 at 3:33 PM ^
To the best of my knowledge you are correct.
January 31st, 2011 at 2:28 PM ^
I'm really curious to see what kind of player he turns out to be. Is his relatively low ranking really due to his grade issue and/or that he's wanted to go to U-M all along? That seems hard to believe. He's a superstar in one of the most competitive HS leagues in the state. It's weird.
January 31st, 2011 at 3:46 PM ^
Does anyone know of any other Michigan players that were from Flint Northern in the past?
January 31st, 2011 at 4:14 PM ^
Demetrious Solomon, Greg Cooper, what others?
They also put out Mateen, Antonio Smith, Robaire Smith, etc.
January 31st, 2011 at 2:28 PM ^
time to gear up the informative portion, tim.
January 31st, 2011 at 2:30 PM ^
When he picks Michigan, I'm going to stand up and give him a Rawlsing applause.
January 31st, 2011 at 3:03 PM ^
I can Rawl with that.
January 31st, 2011 at 3:06 PM ^
Just had to throw that out there. Also, I'm in agreement with a poster above: you have to love guys who end up going to their dream school (*am knocking on wood that he goes Blue, of course*). The fact he had to battle adversity to get there only makes it sweeter.
Here's to hoping he chooses Michigan and that he has a fantastic career, both on the field and off.
January 31st, 2011 at 2:47 PM ^
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January 31st, 2011 at 3:12 PM ^
You drop off your date, put that partition up, and rub one out in the backseat on the ride home. Everybody knows that.
January 31st, 2011 at 3:23 PM ^
What, too poor to pay for a hooker? God, what is this country coming to?
January 31st, 2011 at 3:48 PM ^
Considering the kind of pros I could have afforded with my awesome minimum wage job, taking matters into my own hands was probably for the best.
Now, as a wealthy industrialist, I can splurge on the finest of prostitutes, limo or no limo.