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karen lotz
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Nov 29, 2010 3:10pm
Sam McGuffie??

New Notre Dame recruit Cam McDaniel is drawing comparisons to the former Michigan player. I know he transferred from Michigan and I believe it was back to Texas somewhere, but shouldn't he be playing where ever he went by now? I know he was a handful for a lot of teams, especially ND and I'd only assume he would be a really good compliment to Denard Robinson in that offense had he stuck around. He would have been a true junior this year, right?
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Nov 29, 2010 3:14pm
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Nov 29, 2010 3:26pm
Didn't he get homesick? Like the Wear twins from Carolina that just transferred home to UCLA
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Nov 29, 2010 3:29pm
wildcats20;580909 wrote:Didn't he get homesick? Like the Wear twins from Carolina that just transferred home to UCLA

That rings a bell though it was during the Rich Rod swears at me/family values exodus so it's hard to tell whether that was it or not.
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Nov 29, 2010 3:33pm
Didn't he get banged up too during that first year? Maybe a concussion?
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Nov 29, 2010 3:35pm
Didn't he get banged up too during that first year? Maybe a concussion?
That also rings a bell (no pun intended)
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Nov 29, 2010 3:41pm
He did get pummeled often, and did end up with a concussion, thought it might have been against OSU too though I don't remember for certain. I thought the consensus was that he realized he was undersized for the Big 10.
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Nov 29, 2010 3:43pm
From what I remember he had a little brother who needed a positive male influence so he transferred closer to home.
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Nov 29, 2010 3:45pm
Lol...we're graspin', some UM fan will set us strait. I don't remember the little brother thing, don't doubt it at all just don't remember that.
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Nov 29, 2010 3:48pm
ytownfootball;580933 wrote:Lol...we're graspin', some UM fan will set us strait. I don't remember the little brother thing, don't doubt it at all just don't remember that.

I may have just read that here.
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Nov 29, 2010 3:58pm
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Nov 29, 2010 3:58pm
Read another blog also that cited "family issues" as a main reason for his leaving, but he suffered multiple concussions including one against OSU.

http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/1358215/sam_mcguffie_to_transfer_to_the_rice.html
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Nov 29, 2010 4:39pm
He could front flip over tanks if I remember correctly. He had some sort of YouTube mixtape.

Let's hope Cam can do the same.
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Nov 29, 2010 4:44pm
I think one of the links posted above had this in it but might as well post it again

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Nov 29, 2010 4:47pm
killer_ewok;580985 wrote:Let's hope Cam can do the same.
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Nov 29, 2010 6:41pm
I believe there were some family issues so he wanted to be closer to home. I don't remember where he transferred to, but it wasn't a 1-A school.

[video=youtube;0OtFr9EiP0o][/video]
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Nov 29, 2010 6:43pm
I believe there were some family issues so he wanted to be closer to home. I don't remember where he transferred to, but it wasn't a 1-A school.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0OtFr9EiP0o
He's at Rice.
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Nov 29, 2010 7:54pm
wildcats20;581119 wrote:He's at Rice.

Hmm. Did he transfer to a JuCo or a lower level school first, or did he go straight to Rice?
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Nov 29, 2010 7:56pm
Straight to Rice. Sat out last year and is playing this year.
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Nov 29, 2010 8:02pm
What karen said.

But Kramb, I feel like I remember hearing that too. The whole going to a lower division or ju-co.
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Nov 29, 2010 8:05pm
Maybe he was talking about going to a JuCo or lower division school before deciding on Rice.
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Nov 29, 2010 8:05pm
I actually was a fan of McGuffie while he was playing at Michigan. At the end of the day, even though he was an exciting player, he was not built to get 20+ touches in the Big 10. Rich Rod loves those waterbug, smallish yet fast players and he about kills them. He's a perfect change of pace guy, but he should not be getting more than 12-15 touches a game (in the Big 10 anyways)

I'm glad that McGuffie is happy and it seems like the concussion issues are behind him (by the way he got absolutely drilled in the Buckeye game) but I really think going to Rice was a boneheaded decision. Should have picked Houston or Texas A&M. I can count on one finger how many times Rice has been on tv this season
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Nov 29, 2010 8:07pm
Not sure if he looked at JuCo or smaller schools, but he wanted to stay within 100 miles of home and in FBS according to the SI articles posted above. That narrowed his choices down to Rice, Houston, and A&M.
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Nov 29, 2010 8:17pm
I am almost certain he went straight to Rice.
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Nov 29, 2010 8:20pm
Yeah he did go straight to Rice, the question was brought up whether he looked at the JuCo or non FBS route.