This is about Micheal Oher from Briarcrest and Ole Miss .I saw this and was surprised they made it look like it was Sean Tuohy's wife (Sandra Bullock)that pushed to take on Micheal as a son. Sean Tuohy is played by Tim Mcgraw.Seems interesting and maybe inspiring.
http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/1810088176/trailer
(11-05-2009 08:10 PM)tigerjohn Wrote: [ -> ]This is about Micheal Oher from Briarcrest and Ole Miss .I saw this and was surprised they made it look like it was Sean Tuohy's wife (Sandra Bullock)that pushed to take on Micheal as a son. Sean Tuohy is played by Tim Mcgraw.Seems interesting and maybe inspiring.
http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/1810088176/trailer
Did you read the book, The Blind Side, tigerjohn? The wife was indeed the main force who encouraged her husband Sean Tuohy to allow Michael Oher to become part of his family. This is being accurately portratyed in the movie and was not edited at all.
I really only heard bits and pieces about Oher. I mainly heard people speak of Sean (mainly negative)and not so much his wife.Most implied that the only reason they took him in is because he could play football and his size.
(11-06-2009 03:20 PM)tigerjohn Wrote: [ -> ]I really only heard bits and pieces about Oher. I mainly heard people speak of Sean (mainly negative)and not so much his wife.Most implied that the only reason they took him in is because he could play football and his size.
The kid was homeless, lived in seven or eight foster homes, was very shy, and really did not have a pair of clothes that fits him. Those people are the same type of people who rain on the parade because it does not fit their narrow minded view of the world.
Thats cool.... I think the movie looks inspiring and I wouldnt mind seing it sometime.
I have mixed feelings about the whole thing.
(11-09-2009 06:52 PM)supertiger Wrote: [ -> ]I have mixed feelings about the whole thing.
me as well. i'm intrigued about it, but i can't get past the ole piss junk.
(11-10-2009 03:50 PM)mphstiger79 Wrote: [ -> ] (11-09-2009 06:52 PM)supertiger Wrote: [ -> ]I have mixed feelings about the whole thing.
me as well. i'm intrigued about it, but i can't get past the ole piss junk.
I was adopted as a child so I kinda look at things differently.
Hugh Freeze used the situation I think. I also have odd feelings when the family only adopted the kid that could play football.
So is the issue that some folks think that this family had absolutely no interest in Oher until they found out he could play football? B/c all indications point to the contrary. It's not like they auditioned kids in the city, saying, hey, we have an extra room, but y'all have to compete through this combine to get it.
Some people just don't get it, I suppose... And it's a shame. Here's a story that's uplifting. Just because Ole Miss was a beneficiary, isn't enough of a reason to cast aspersions. If the U of M benefited, 90% of the criticisms on this board would disappear. If that difference is the primary reason for the criticism, that would be shameful.
There are several areas that cause pause, most notably the BYU summer school, but it's out there, it's been out there for the NCAA to review. I don't know enough about the summer school to give an opinion, but so far it's passed NCAA muster.
I didn't read the book, but have heard the story, correct me if I am wrong, but did he even play football before he met the Tuhoy's?
Plus it is not like the used this kid for monetary gains, they were well off from the start.
I for one have always liked Michael Oher back from high school, great kid and great overall man. I will watch the movie first before reading the book.
(11-06-2009 03:20 PM)tigerjohn Wrote: [ -> ]I really only heard bits and pieces about Oher. I mainly heard people speak of Sean (mainly negative)and not so much his wife.Most implied that the only reason they took him in is because he could play football and his size.
why would you post something like that if you DONT know for sure?
I am 100% SURE you dont know for sure becasue you are 100% wrong ..
Oher was not even a football player when the Tuhoy's took him in.
Uh Ned I posted because i was confused about what the real story was. I heard on on this board and other boards the negative stuff but saw the movie preview and thought "was this accurate". Who the heck are you to tell me i am wrong when i didnt say anything about knowing the story. Are you just trying to pick a fight or what? This is a freaking message board to discuss things not the "dont post it unless its in the bible accurate". Get a life!
(11-11-2009 06:34 PM)bakers_dozen Wrote: [ -> ]I didn't read the book, but have heard the story, correct me if I am wrong, but did he even play football before he met the Tuhoy's?
Plus it is not like the used this kid for monetary gains, they were well off from the start.
According to what I've seen, he played football once when he was younger. Then when he joined Briarcrest's team, he seemed incapable of grasping the team game. But he picked it up pretty quickly.
Many of the first impressions of him turned out wrong, so the story goes, in part because of a introverted demeanor that may (who knows how strongly the correlation) have been the product of his difficult and scattershot sort of upbringing.
The main inconsistencies about the family using him for financial gain seem to be his initial inability to pass classes and grasp football, which occurred after they already took him in. Also, he was brought to Briarcrest not by the Tuohys but by a friend who was sending his son there, and decided to try to send Oher there as well.
The success of this story seems to be the product not only of love, but of serendipity. Not every child will become an Oher. But if they show an interest in becoming a mechanic, then hopefully a loving family will help put in place the support at an early age to foster that interest and develop backup skills in case initial dreams don't become reality.
BTW, on an unrelated note, anyone know how Albert Means has been doing? Although he may not become an NFL player, I'm hoping he has received a degree and can make something productive and overcome a different and in some ways more appalling set of circumstances, at least at his hs/college transition.
I just can't be that cynical. All indications are that he was lucky they stumbled across him and the whole football things happened well afterward. I know many Memphis fans are critical of the role of Tuhoy...but the more I hear, the more genuine the situation seems. Even if there were some questionable motives (I don't believe this at all), I think the impact they had on Oher's life is unmistakeable and should be the main point of the discussion.
Just let a good story be...I honestly think people are just bitter because he didn't come play for Memphis and would sing a whole different tune if he had.
(11-13-2009 06:54 PM)99Tiger Wrote: [ -> ]I just can't be that cynical. All indications are that he was lucky they stumbled across him and the whole football things happened well afterward. I know many Memphis fans are critical of the role of Tuhoy...but the more I hear, the more genuine the situation seems. Even if there were some questionable motives (I don't believe this at all), I think the impact they had on Oher's life is unmistakeable and should be the main point of the discussion.
Just let a good story be...I honestly think people are just bitter because he didn't come play for Memphis and would sing a whole different tune if he had.
I heard that some station was offering free movie tickets for Michael Oher at Ciao Bello sometime in the near future. I cannot which one I heard it on today.
I have seen the movie at the preview recently held in Memphis. Regardless of your feelings on the matter, or the authenticity of the movie, it was very entertaining and I highly recommend it.
I wish it had been filmed in Memphis instead of Atlanta.
Kathy Bates' role is worth the price of admission, as are the pictures of MUS playing Briarcrest at the end of the movie. Pretty cool to realize this is a national movie, and it all happened here.
(11-13-2009 06:54 PM)99Tiger Wrote: [ -> ]I just can't be that cynical. All indications are that he was lucky they stumbled across him and the whole football things happened well afterward. I know many Memphis fans are critical of the role of Tuhoy...but the more I hear, the more genuine the situation seems. Even if there were some questionable motives (I don't believe this at all), I think the impact they had on Oher's life is unmistakeable and should be the main point of the discussion.
Just let a good story be...I honestly think people are just bitter because he didn't come play for Memphis and would sing a whole different tune if he had.
Yeah, people seem to gloss over the fact that without the Tuohys, he likely would not have graduated high school, much less gone to college and avoided traps that would've prevented him from getting an NFL contract. Or perhaps maybe another family would've gotten involved. That's speculative. I mean, really, what are the odds? Certainly not 100%. I'd say not even 10%. The only thing I wonder about is that family friend who helped him get to Briarcrest in the first place. How much involvement did he maintain in his life? Was he a supplemental support or an afterthought in Oher's life?
I hope others try to emulate the image of this movie, w/ respect to getting involved in helping others on a private basis, to supplement where government has failed.
(11-11-2009 04:22 PM)kabluey Wrote: [ -> ]So is the issue that some folks think that this family had absolutely no interest in Oher until they found out he could play football? B/c all indications point to the contrary. It's not like they auditioned kids in the city, saying, hey, we have an extra room, but y'all have to compete through this combine to get it.
Some people just don't get it, I suppose... And it's a shame. Here's a story that's uplifting. Just because Ole Miss was a beneficiary, isn't enough of a reason to cast aspersions. If the U of M benefited, 90% of the criticisms on this board would disappear. If that difference is the primary reason for the criticism, that would be shameful.
There are several areas that cause pause, most notably the BYU summer school, but it's out there, it's been out there for the NCAA to review. I don't know enough about the summer school to give an opinion, but so far it's passed NCAA muster.
Exactly...bottom line is, thanks to the Touhy's, there is one less homeless, negelected, uneducated child running around the streets of our city....Michael received a chance and took advantage of hit....excellent for him and good for the Touhy's.
The movie embelishes it some, but when Oher first got to BCS, by all indications, he was an absolutely awful football player. "Raw" would be putting it very kindly. It's the same as if you saw a 7'1" kid and automatically tossed him a basketball.
Every Tiger fan who has adopted a large homeless male (from another race) to live with them and their children ... can bash the Tuohey's right now....
How did he end up at Briarcrest?
in the movie it showed that he was already at bcs when the tuohy's met him...don't know if it's true or not
(11-30-2009 03:03 PM)mphstiger79 Wrote: [ -> ]in the movie it showed that he was already at bcs when the tuohy's met him...don't know if it's true or not
That's my understanding. However, I've never heard how he ended up at Briarcrest in the first place. I doubt they have a lot of homeless black kids from across town going to school there. Just curious.
Micheal Oher
North Memphis, Tennessee
*thumbs up*
(12-01-2009 10:33 AM)poppaslaw Wrote: [ -> ]Micheal Oher
North Memphis, Tennessee
*thumbs up*
The Blind Side in the first two weeks has made over $100 million at the box office in the theaters. When has anyone heard of a movie doing better in the second week it made $60+ million dollars in the second week, than in the first week when it made $34 million dollars?
(11-30-2009 05:01 PM)3601 Wrote: [ -> ] (11-30-2009 03:03 PM)mphstiger79 Wrote: [ -> ]in the movie it showed that he was already at bcs when the tuohy's met him...don't know if it's true or not
That's my understanding. However, I've never heard how he ended up at Briarcrest in the first place. I doubt they have a lot of homeless black kids from across town going to school there. Just curious.
Some guy from the inner city was trying to send his son to Briarcrest and Michael was staying intermittently with them, so he brought him too. I haven't read the book, so this is just from collecting info on the net. Take it for what it's worth.
I still haven't seen the movie, but I want to. But the discussions here and elsewhere have triggered more thoughts about the controversy around this movie (which, in all frankness has been relatively in the minority).
The question people have to ask is what would've happened if Oher and the Tuohy's didn't meet? Oher probably would've struggled to eat lunch (hopefully someone else would've stepped in on that end). Oher still would've attended Briarcrest (but who knows for how long). Oher would still have walked the streets in shorts in winter, and ended up going to the gym for warmth, at least for one more night, if not longer.
Everything else about Oher -- his grade improvement, his high school graduation, his personality being exposed, his athletic potential being explored, all of that which has occurred, without the Tuohy's, it's speculation whether that would've happened.
Likely, Oher and Ole Miss would not have gotten together, but that too is speculative.
And the Tuohy's? Sean still would've been doing Grizz broadcasts. They still would've been wealthy. They still would've had a jet at their disposal. They still would've had a large house. They would not have an bigger brother for their other two children. They may not have noticed a void that was missing that they now claim is filled by Michael (and I have no reason to doubt their love except to concoct a negative because of well, who knows what motivates some).
I think some folks want to limit other people's ability and potential -- whether it's an ability to love a stranger, a potential to open your heart to someone who's not like you, whether it's an intellectual ability that hasn't been prodded, a potential to be a contributing member of society, a potential to become an inspiration to break through difficult barriers, or a potential to make a success out of oneself despite cruddy circumstances. For some, positivity and inspiration either should not exist, or should be limited -- by religion, by team allegiance, by city, by nation, by culture, whatever.
Going beyond this movie, the question I'd like to ask critics, haters and/or malcontents is, what do you stand for? Do you want to be an obstacle, limiting other people with your words or actions (toward your neighbor, toward your city, toward your university)? Or do you want to help or at least support the unleashing of that positive ability and potential indiscriminately? It's one thing to be constructively honest and frank. But you can always tell who is being a critic/hater with an intent (possibly unconscious) to limit and confine others, usually out of some sort of envy. And, the next difficult step is tying our actions to what we claim to stand for, and we/I don't always do that...
(12-03-2009 01:10 PM)kabluey Wrote: [ -> ]I still haven't seen the movie, but I want to. But the discussions here and elsewhere have triggered more thoughts about the controversy around this movie (which, in all frankness has been relatively in the minority).
The question people have to ask is what would've happened if Oher and the Tuohy's didn't meet? Oher probably would've struggled to eat lunch (hopefully someone else would've stepped in on that end). Oher still would've attended Briarcrest (but who knows for how long). Oher would still have walked the streets in shorts in winter, and ended up going to the gym for warmth, at least for one more night, if not longer.
Everything else about Oher -- his grade improvement, his high school graduation, his personality being exposed, his athletic potential being explored, all of that which has occurred, without the Tuohy's, it's speculation whether that would've happened.
Likely, Oher and Ole Miss would not have gotten together, but that too is speculative.
And the Tuohy's? Sean still would've been doing Grizz broadcasts. They still would've been wealthy. They still would've had a jet at their disposal. They still would've had a large house. They would not have an bigger brother for their other two children. They may not have noticed a void that was missing that they now claim is filled by Michael (and I have no reason to doubt their love except to concoct a negative because of well, who knows what motivates some).
I think some folks want to limit other people's ability and potential -- whether it's an ability to love a stranger, a potential to open your heart to someone who's not like you, whether it's an intellectual ability that hasn't been prodded, a potential to be a contributing member of society, a potential to become an inspiration to break through difficult barriers, or a potential to make a success out of oneself despite cruddy circumstances. For some, positivity and inspiration either should not exist, or should be limited -- by religion, by team allegiance, by city, by nation, by culture, whatever.
Going beyond this movie, the question I'd like to ask critics, haters and/or malcontents is, what do you stand for? Do you want to be an obstacle, limiting other people with your words or actions (toward your neighbor, toward your city, toward your university)? Or do you want to help or at least support the unleashing of that positive ability and potential indiscriminately? It's one thing to be constructively honest and frank. But you can always tell who is being a critic/hater with an intent (possibly unconscious) to limit and confine others, usually out of some sort of envy. And, the next difficult step is tying our actions to what we claim to stand for, and we/I don't always do that...
Hear, hear, kabluey I could not say it better myself what you have just stated. +2 in my book for that statement about the Michael Oher situation.
(12-02-2009 12:48 AM)BARTLETTTIGER Wrote: [ -> ] (12-01-2009 10:33 AM)poppaslaw Wrote: [ -> ]Micheal Oher
North Memphis, Tennessee
*thumbs up*
The Blind Side in the first two weeks has made over $100 million at the box office in the theaters. When has anyone heard of a movie doing better in the second week it made $60+ million dollars in the second week, than in the first week when it made $34 million dollars?
I could care less how much this movie has made. I was referencing his slight to the place that got him in the NFL, Ole Miss, during the player introductions on Sunday Night Football.
Granted at times, NFL players mention their high school other than their college, but he didn't even do that. He must not be proud of Ole Miss or Briarcrest.
And I've yet to see anyone actually make a hand gesture during these self intros.
I wonder when the last time Oher visited "North Memphis, TN".
(12-04-2009 04:34 PM)poppaslaw Wrote: [ -> ] (12-02-2009 12:48 AM)BARTLETTTIGER Wrote: [ -> ] (12-01-2009 10:33 AM)poppaslaw Wrote: [ -> ]Micheal Oher
North Memphis, Tennessee
*thumbs up*
The Blind Side in the first two weeks has made over $100 million at the box office in the theaters. When has anyone heard of a movie doing better in the second week it made $60+ million dollars in the second week, than in the first week when it made $34 million dollars?
I could care less how much this movie has made. I was referencing his slight to the place that got him in the NFL, Ole Miss, during the player introductions on Sunday Night Football.
Granted at times, NFL players mention their high school other than their college, but he didn't even do that. He must not be proud of Ole Miss or Briarcrest.
And I've yet to see anyone actually make a hand gesture during these self intros.
I wonder when the last time Oher visited "North Memphis, TN".
If you allow a professional football player some airtime during introductions on the National Broadcasting Company Sunday Night Football, this will happen at times. I will let this pass considering the life MIcheal Oher has lived as a homeless and a foster child as a ward of the state of Tennessee. He is still a young man and remembers when he came from in the end.
(12-06-2009 08:02 AM)BARTLETTTIGER Wrote: [ -> ] (12-04-2009 04:34 PM)poppaslaw Wrote: [ -> ] (12-02-2009 12:48 AM)BARTLETTTIGER Wrote: [ -> ] (12-01-2009 10:33 AM)poppaslaw Wrote: [ -> ]Micheal Oher
North Memphis, Tennessee
*thumbs up*
The Blind Side in the first two weeks has made over $100 million at the box office in the theaters. When has anyone heard of a movie doing better in the second week it made $60+ million dollars in the second week, than in the first week when it made $34 million dollars?
I could care less how much this movie has made. I was referencing his slight to the place that got him in the NFL, Ole Miss, during the player introductions on Sunday Night Football.
Granted at times, NFL players mention their high school other than their college, but he didn't even do that. He must not be proud of Ole Miss or Briarcrest.
And I've yet to see anyone actually make a hand gesture during these self intros.
I wonder when the last time Oher visited "North Memphis, TN".
If you allow a professional football player some airtime during introductions on the National Broadcasting Company Sunday Night Football, this will happen at times. I will let this pass considering the life MIcheal Oher has lived as a homeless and a foster child as a ward of the state of Tennessee. He is still a young man and remembers when he came from in the end.
I'm glad that he says North Memphis. I would much rather him "forget about" Mississippi than I would him forget about Memphis and no one outside Memphis would even know that the thumbs up represents North Memphis unless they had listened to local rap artists. Not sure why the thumbs up is a big deal, anyway. Why do you care about the Rebels? According to your avatar you are a Memphis and a State fan. I'd think you would be happy he didn't mention the Rebels.
(11-13-2009 06:54 PM)99Tiger Wrote: [ -> ]I just can't be that cynical. All indications are that he was lucky they stumbled across him and the whole football things happened well afterward. I know many Memphis fans are critical of the role of Tuhoy...but the more I hear, the more genuine the situation seems. Even if there were some questionable motives (I don't believe this at all), I think the impact they had on Oher's life is unmistakeable and should be the main point of the discussion.
Just let a good story be...I honestly think people are just bitter because he didn't come play for Memphis and would sing a whole different tune if he had.
It wasn't luck; it was divine providence. Or a "God Thing"; where someone (Tuohy Family) walks their talk and does God's will and gives of themselves. IMHO that's just amazing.
The Tuohys are an example to all of us, thank God for them. Do unto others.
Oh only if more people did things like this we wouldn't live in such a awful time in existence. Especially our leaders.
Merry Christmas to all.
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(12-06-2009 04:05 PM)memphis88 Wrote: [ -> ] (12-06-2009 08:02 AM)BARTLETTTIGER Wrote: [ -> ] (12-04-2009 04:34 PM)poppaslaw Wrote: [ -> ] (12-02-2009 12:48 AM)BARTLETTTIGER Wrote: [ -> ] (12-01-2009 10:33 AM)poppaslaw Wrote: [ -> ]Micheal Oher
North Memphis, Tennessee
*thumbs up*
The Blind Side in the first two weeks has made over $100 million at the box office in the theaters. When has anyone heard of a movie doing better in the second week it made $60+ million dollars in the second week, than in the first week when it made $34 million dollars?
I could care less how much this movie has made. I was referencing his slight to the place that got him in the NFL, Ole Miss, during the player introductions on Sunday Night Football.
Granted at times, NFL players mention their high school other than their college, but he didn't even do that. He must not be proud of Ole Miss or Briarcrest.
And I've yet to see anyone actually make a hand gesture during these self intros.
I wonder when the last time Oher visited "North Memphis, TN".
If you allow a professional football player some airtime during introductions on the National Broadcasting Company Sunday Night Football, this will happen at times. I will let this pass considering the life MIcheal Oher has lived as a homeless and a foster child as a ward of the state of Tennessee. He is still a young man and remembers when he came from in the end.
I'm glad that he says North Memphis. I would much rather him "forget about" Mississippi than I would him forget about Memphis and no one outside Memphis would even know that the thumbs up represents North Memphis unless they had listened to local rap artists. Not sure why the thumbs up is a big deal, anyway. Why do you care about the Rebels? According to your avatar you are a Memphis and a State fan. I'd think you would be happy he didn't mention the Rebels.
North Memphis? Where do the Tuoy's live?
I certainly don't care about the Rebels. I just find it funny he didn't mention them nor did he mention his HS team as many on the self intros do. I got on to Mike McKenzie about this same issue as he never mentioned Memphis as his school of choice..."School of Hard Knocks" etc.
I'd be happy if we didn't even have this movie.
(12-03-2009 12:51 PM)kabluey Wrote: [ -> ] (11-30-2009 05:01 PM)3601 Wrote: [ -> ] (11-30-2009 03:03 PM)mphstiger79 Wrote: [ -> ]in the movie it showed that he was already at bcs when the tuohy's met him...don't know if it's true or not
That's my understanding. However, I've never heard how he ended up at Briarcrest in the first place. I doubt they have a lot of homeless black kids from across town going to school there. Just curious.
Some guy from the inner city was trying to send his son to Briarcrest and Michael was staying intermittently with them, so he brought him too. I haven't read the book, so this is just from collecting info on the net. Take it for what it's worth.
Courtesy of the Wiki (I'd like to think I know the story pretty well and this doesn't deviate):
Quote:Early life and high school
Oher was born to Denise Oher, who was addicted to crack cocaine since his birth. As a result, he received little constructive attention during his formative years. He repeated both first grade and second grade, and attended eleven different schools during his first nine years as a student. He also alternated between time spent in various foster homes and periods with no fixed address until he was sixteen years old.[1] Oher's estranged father was later murdered while Oher was a senior in high school.
After playing football his freshman year at a public school in Memphis, Oher applied for admission to a private school, Briarcrest Christian School, at the instigation of acquaintance Tony Henderson, with whom he was staying temporarily. Henderson was sending his son to the school in order to fulfill the dying wish of the boy's grandmother, and thought Oher might as well come along. The school's football coach submitted Oher's school application to the headmaster, who agreed if Oher could complete a home study program first. Despite not finishing the program, he was admitted when the headmaster realized that his actions had the consequence of having removed him from the public education system.[1]
Oher was living with several families and a football teammate at Briarcrest for a year and a half or so until Leigh Anne and Sean Tuohy, a couple with a daughter and son at Briarcrest, allowed Oher to move in with them and began taking care of his needs after becoming familiar with his difficult personal circumstances. They also connected him with a tutor, who worked with him for twenty hours a week.[1] At Briarcrest, he was named Division II (2A) Lineman of the Year in 2003 and First Team Tennessee All-State.[2] Scout.com rated Oher a five-star recruit and the #5 offensive lineman prospect in the country.[3] Oher eventually brought his 0.6 grade point average up to a 2.52 GPA by the end of his senior year so he could attend a NCAA Division 1 school by replacing Ds and Fs earned in school classes such as English with As earned in a series of 10-day-long internet-based character courses from Brigham Young University.[4][1]
(12-08-2009 04:18 PM)poppaslaw Wrote: [ -> ] (12-06-2009 04:05 PM)memphis88 Wrote: [ -> ] (12-06-2009 08:02 AM)BARTLETTTIGER Wrote: [ -> ] (12-04-2009 04:34 PM)poppaslaw Wrote: [ -> ] (12-02-2009 12:48 AM)BARTLETTTIGER Wrote: [ -> ] (12-01-2009 10:33 AM)poppaslaw Wrote: [ -> ]Micheal Oher
North Memphis, Tennessee
*thumbs up*
The Blind Side in the first two weeks has made over $100 million at the box office in the theaters. When has anyone heard of a movie doing better in the second week it made $60+ million dollars in the second week, than in the first week when it made $34 million dollars?
I could care less how much this movie has made. I was referencing his slight to the place that got him in the NFL, Ole Miss, during the player introductions on Sunday Night Football.
Granted at times, NFL players mention their high school other than their college, but he didn't even do that. He must not be proud of Ole Miss or Briarcrest.
And I've yet to see anyone actually make a hand gesture during these self intros.
I wonder when the last time Oher visited "North Memphis, TN".
If you allow a professional football player some airtime during introductions on the National Broadcasting Company Sunday Night Football, this will happen at times. I will let this pass considering the life MIcheal Oher has lived as a homeless and a foster child as a ward of the state of Tennessee. He is still a young man and remembers when he came from in the end.
I'm glad that he says North Memphis. I would much rather him "forget about" Mississippi than I would him forget about Memphis and no one outside Memphis would even know that the thumbs up represents North Memphis unless they had listened to local rap artists. Not sure why the thumbs up is a big deal, anyway. Why do you care about the Rebels? According to your avatar you are a Memphis and a State fan. I'd think you would be happy he didn't mention the Rebels.
North Memphis? Where do the Tuoy's live?
I certainly don't care about the Rebels. I just find it funny he didn't mention them nor did he mention his HS team as many on the self intros do. I got on to Mike McKenzie about this same issue as he never mentioned Memphis as his school of choice..."School of Hard Knocks" etc.
I'd be happy if we didn't even have this movie.
Maybe he is trying to be an inspiration to those who have still be left behind in North Memphis...
(12-13-2009 05:51 PM)BinghamptonNed Wrote: [ -> ] (12-08-2009 04:18 PM)poppaslaw Wrote: [ -> ] (12-06-2009 04:05 PM)memphis88 Wrote: [ -> ] (12-06-2009 08:02 AM)BARTLETTTIGER Wrote: [ -> ] (12-04-2009 04:34 PM)poppaslaw Wrote: [ -> ] (12-02-2009 12:48 AM)BARTLETTTIGER Wrote: [ -> ][quote='poppaslaw' pid='4899028' dateline='1259681617']
Micheal Oher
North Memphis, Tennessee
*thumbs up*
The Blind Side in the first two weeks has made over $100 million at the box office in the theaters. When has anyone heard of a movie doing better in the second week it made $60+ million dollars in the second week, than in the first week when it made $34 million dollars?
I could care less how much this movie has made. I was referencing his slight to the place that got him in the NFL, Ole Miss, during the player introductions on Sunday Night Football.
Granted at times, NFL players mention their high school other than their college, but he didn't even do that. He must not be proud of Ole Miss or Briarcrest.
And I've yet to see anyone actually make a hand gesture during these self intros.
I wonder when the last time Oher visited "North Memphis, TN".
If you allow a professional football player some airtime during introductions on the National Broadcasting Company Sunday Night Football, this will happen at times. I will let this pass considering the life MIcheal Oher has lived as a homeless and a foster child as a ward of the state of Tennessee. He is still a young man and remembers when he came from in the end.
I'm glad that he says North Memphis. I would much rather him "forget about" Mississippi than I would him forget about Memphis and no one outside Memphis would even know that the thumbs up represents North Memphis unless they had listened to local rap artists. Not sure why the thumbs up is a big deal, anyway. Why do you care about the Rebels? According to your avatar you are a Memphis and a State fan. I'd think you would be happy he didn't mention the Rebels.
North Memphis? Where do the Tuoy's live?
I certainly don't care about the Rebels. I just find it funny he didn't mention them nor did he mention his HS team as many on the self intros do. I got on to Mike McKenzie about this same issue as he never mentioned Memphis as his school of choice..."School of Hard Knocks" etc.
I'd be happy if we didn't even have this movie.
I don't care where the Tuohys live, he was born in North Memphis and lived there most of his life. I don't have an issue with that. The School of Hard Knocks thing is ridiculous, though.