Academic Progress Rate Out, Ugly As Expected
Michigan's 2010 APR is out, and all sports that aren't football are well clear of the 925 penalty mark. Football is down to 936 thanks to the 897 they put up last year, something this site repeatedly fretted about before getting the raw numbers and concluding it would take a San Jose State level of failure to get in trouble this year.
That 897 is ugly, considerably uglier...
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June 09, 2010
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June 09, 2010
Michigan Fun-Haters Axe Player For Bad Drug Deal
When Michigan offensive lineman Kurt Wermers left the team and transferred to Ball State last month, he blamed the move on the new culture surrounding the program, a claim quickly debunked by the fact that he was academically ineligible (and then further buried by Brian at MGOBLOG).
(One of the bad guys? Pleeease.)
In fact, Wermers had [...]
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August 10, 2009
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August 10, 2009
Kurt Wermers: "I figured I'd get out while I could."
Those will be the lasting words from former Michigan lineman Kurt Wermers who annouced his intentions to transfer to Ball State last week. I was gone on vacation when this story dropped, so bear with me while I finally get around to posting my thoughts.
The Northwest Indiana Times posted the news on their website last week.
Wermers said he didn't mesh with Michigan's...
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July 22, 2009
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July 22, 2009
Big Ten Rumblings: Wermers' Secret, Ferentz's Deal, & Twitter Smack Talk
Latest Michigan Transfer Kurt Wermers Was Ineligible All Along
Former Michigan offensive lineman Kurt Wermers told The Times of Northwest Indiana that Michigan's coaches were to blame for his request to transfer.
Wermers said the coaches recruited players who were "not my kind of crowd" and echoed the sentiments of former Wolverines offensive lineman Justin Boren in...
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July 22, 2009
Academic Progress
When Kurt Wermers left town, he tried to take a potshot at the Michigan coaching staff, comparing them unfavorably to Lloyd Carr’s (under whom he never played, for the record). This, of course, has a serious short term effects of making the media insufferable for about a week, and compounding the similar accusations made by [...]
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July 21, 2009
Adam Rittenberg: Kurt Wermers Was Academically Ineligible
ESPN.com’s Adam Rittenberg is reporting that Kurt Wermers, who officially transferred to Ball State last week and trashed Michigan’s coaches in an Indiana paper, was academically ineligible at Michigan.
Former Michigan offensive lineman Kurt Wermers was academically ineligible when he announced his transfer to Ball State last week, sources told ESPN.com. [...]
But according...
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July 20, 2009
Kurt Wermers Got Out When He Had To
Weeee!
Former Michigan offensive lineman Kurt Wermers was academically ineligible when he announced his transfer to Ball State last week, sources told ESPN.com.
… But according to sources with knowledge of the situation, Wermers was already out.
His academic struggles would have prevented him from suiting up with the Wolverines. Wermers wasn't even enrolled in summer...
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July 20, 2009
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July 20, 2009
Sources: Transferring Michigan Wolverines lineman Kurt Wermers was ineligible
Former Michigan offensive lineman Kurt Wermers was academically ineligible when he announced his transfer to Ball State last week, sources told ESPN.com.
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July 20, 2009
Ring And Run, Kurt Wermers, Ring And Run
The doorbell rang and now I'm sitting outside here with no one to talk to except a burning bag of what I'm sure is poop. How are you doing, poop? Well? That's nice to hear. Would you like to spend the next four years lifting until you explode? Oh. Ok then.
Fun day to be out of pocket, as I missed another offensive lineman burning his bridges on his way out the door:...
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July 16, 2009
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July 16, 2009
Kurt Wermers Leaves Michigan
Rich Rodriguez announced to the press at the Griese and Hutchinson Charity Golf event that Kurt Wermers will no longer be a member of the Michigan football team. The Personnel HQ has been updated accordingly.
Rodriguez also mentioned that “a couple guys” might be leaving the team soon, a statement that most people assume to refer [...]
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May 17, 2009
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