Michael Bowman Qualifies

by outsidethesidelines on Jul 2, 2009 11:11 AM CDT Comment 12 comments

Some great news breaking late this morning, as several published reports are indicating that Michael Bowman has qualified academically, and that he has also been approved by the NCAA Clearinghouse. With his academics good to go, Bowman will arrive in Tuscaloosa shortly for the beginning of the second summer term.

This is huge news, no two ways about it. Our staff was very high on Bowman this past year, and we took a commitment from him despite his academic issues. Bowman is a very big, physical target, and once he arrives on campus he will probably be the closest thing we have to Julio Jones in terms of physical skill set and raw ability. This past year, both Rivals and Scout.com had Bowman as a four-star receiver, with Rivals having him as the #20 receiver in the country, and Scout.com having him as the #14.

With Bowman qualified, we have only two players left on the fence, and they are Darrington Sentimore and Eddie Lacy. Most seemingly feel pretty confident about Sentimore, and the Clearinghouse concerns still linger with Lacy. Either way, though, even if both fail to qualify, that will mean that 24 of the 27 signees in the 2009 class qualified academically, and as a whole that is a very good percentage.

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Just out of curiousity.

How are we doing on scholarship numbers, both for this year and overall?

by rugman11 on Jul 2, 2009 11:26 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs

Eh...

… it’s going to work, we know that, but we really just do not know how.

I figure we will probably need to clear about seven or eight more slots, and it’s hard to say what happens. I think you’ll probably see a couple of kids greyshirt, a few kids go on medical scholarship, and a few kids will probably leave the team. Like I said, it will work, but only Saban knows how.

by outsidethesidelines on Jul 2, 2009 12:44 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

We need a widget

on the front page that has the ‘slots we need to clear’ countdown on it. On top it needs to read “IN SABAN WE TRUST” and on the bottom it should have your quote: “It’s going to work, we know that, but we really just do not know how.”

I bleed crimson and white...I puke Vol puke orange. RTR

by SugarBowl93 on Jul 2, 2009 2:29 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

that should placate

the brian cooks of the world…

welcome to the SEC kiffykins...

by tempebamafan on Jul 4, 2009 1:08 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

That's great to hear!

You said he will be the closest thing to Julio that we have.. With the all the difficulties that freshmen face, will he make an immediate impact on the field? His highlights look great & I think he will but I also thought Star Jackson would be capable of leading the offense this year… (We all see how that turned out..) Thanks!

by BamaBoy777 on Jul 2, 2009 11:41 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs