Why Rams RB Blake Corum Chose Michigan Over Ohio State | The Rich Eisen Show

when did you first carry a football in your life oh man I probably first carried a football in a real practice or game yeah six years old six years old tackle tackle football never played flag you played tackle at age six oh went right into it right into it you know I was uh I played for fyf Rams mhm you know for the Rams for the Rams I was a ram then I'm a ram now and this is in the state of Virginia virgin Virginia yes sir okay and when did you first show up on uh the Michigan Wolverine radar screen when did that happen or when did they show up on yours you that you know they were a little later uh in my recruiting process M uh for a long I think it was like maybe Junior okay junior year and the sophomore year did Jim come to see you uh you know Coach Harbaugh had like these satellite camps oh that's right yeah he but people were really pissed about that yeah he he had he had a satellite camp in Baltimore and I remember I went to it I don't remember I don't remember how old I was they didn't offer me then okay um but you know by my sophomore year I had 20 plus offers and then Michigan finally came and I was like oh you know then it came down to Michigan or Ohio State for me oh okay so what were the pluses and the minuses for you uh you know two great football programs you know I I I'll give them the credit you know they had a great football program but you know Michigan sold me on the alumni base oh is that right they they sold me man and and it's been nothing but great you know we do have the biggest and the strongest and the most loving alumni base as you know you we were everywhere you know and so they sold me on that I'm like oh yeah I committed on spot silently you did yeah and then I posted a video like maybe two weeks later so you do you notice guys that Blake and I can say the words Ohio State we're fine with it we can say that yeah we we can say it man because you know what cuz we're adults yeah yeah we're adults we're not like you know little babies who can't say Michigan isig can't even say the letter M or that school up north I could say it Ohio State right yeah that's it like I could say it in the form of a sentence like Ohio state is the school that Blake beat three straight times before turning pro try it try it without the smug it's not smug it's there's a it's a fat yeah yeah well the tone was you know like for instance just saying the last three um what offensive rookies of the Year came from Ohio State but lost to Michigan in their last game if Marvin Harrison Jr wins offensive Rookie of the Year this year that's how's that for a statement that's a fact right these are facts facts what's wrong what do the matter y those are facts yeah it's it's been a long year Blake well it's been this year's gone fast hasn't it oh Luba exactly right the famous picture with you bloody at the at the the on your not I could see there's still a mark right there oh yeah it ain't going nowhere where where did that where did that come from what happened in that play uh it was I believe it like second play of the game or third play of the game uh D D Carter number 11 yep gave me a nice little hit who does he play for you know nitty Lions okay right okay NY Lions uh helmet came down split it open it just got a little worse throughout the game you know we ran the ball in the second half 30 32 times straight I believe yes indeed and so it just kept getting worse and worse but uh you know the pitcher that's one of the ones I have in my office and at my house you do oh that's a legendary picture in my eyes and when did that picture get taken uh that was right after the game when I was going to the press conference you know they they took those pictures um and then a nice fan I wish I knew their name cuz I would give him a shout out right now sure but uh she drew the picture of me with a I'll just send you a picture it's unb it's unbelievable it's nice I mean what do you think of when you see that right there look at that yeah that means uh we went to war you know I mean my the rest of the 10 well I mean what was that game like cuz you didn't know who your coach was up until game time right I mean because we spoke to Chiron Moore about it and he didn't really know until about an hour and a half before right yeah because they didn't know if Harbaugh was going to be suspended or not you know it's kind of just kind of going with the flow but for us and I I tell everyone that uh everyone this like that game is what determined the rest of our season what do you mean because we were already going through adversity but that game you know we think we're going to have the coach we land boom you know all getting these alerts from ESPN and all these other you know s saying you know hard ball suspended hard ball suspended and it's like okay this is our first challenge too against I think they were like a top five defense sure you know and a ranked team yeah that's chop Robinson I don't know if you play the Dolphins this year you're going to see him again see him again we we will see him again um they come they come play us but uh that was the first true definition of you know a team we had a go against that you know was gritty you know had had a really good defense and uh to do what we did run the ball 32 times straight after that I knew I was like yeah this team's special man this team's special and we have a chance to go all the way and we did were you one of the guys who hashtag bet who put that out no I I didn't hashtag bet uh I I saw it went crazy on but you know I knew what it was that had that H that hit that started on the plane ride right it started on the plane yeah as soon no as soon as we got off the plane right and we found out because all the alerts that's when it started the next thing you know alumni everyone just started saying bet bet well what do you say to people who are and you'll you'll probably be hearing this for for quite some time and obviously you're about to be a pro and this stuff is in your rear of your mirror what do you say to people say that the controversy and the you know the issues were brought on by Michigan itself and that you're you're you you used something that you brought on yourself Blake yeah I mean at the end of the day people can say whatever they want you know the toughest part of our schedule was the end of the year you know we didn't have any help if that's what they think we had M um and we went we went out and opened a can of whoop you know what I'm saying on everyone else you know so they can say whatever they want you know whatever they want to say about Michigan about the school about team 144 but you know you you know the rest of the Michigan alarm you know the people inside shinbe Hall we know what we put in man we know we had a great team we know we had great coaches and we went out beat Alabama we beat Washington we beat Penn State we beat Ohio State we won a big 10 you know that was the toughest part of the schedule right 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