DOLPHINS: New Fins WR to pull for

[Marvin]

Heyyyy, 
I resemble that remark. 

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Danny Nelson" <cheesefrog at usa.net> 
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Sent: Saturday, May 23, 2009 8:05:43 PM GMT -08:00 US/Canada Pacific 
Subject: Re: DOLPHINS: New Fins WR to pull for 

My impression of the west coast is that it's a lot like a bowl of granola- you 
know, a bunch of fruits, nuts and flakes. :-) 

------ Original Message ------ 
From: Marvin <dolphin9731 at comcast.net> 

> The silent h is stupid anyway. Guess folks out west just got it together a 
little more. ;) 
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "ldouglas" <ldouglas at gmail.com> 
> To: "Miami Dolphins Discussion" <dolphins-disc at phins.com> 
> Sent: Tuesday, May 19, 2009 2:25:01 PM GMT -08:00 US/Canada Pacific 
> Subject: Re: DOLPHINS: New Fins WR to pull for 
> 
> Pittsburgh,PA 
> Pittsburg, CA 
> 
> On 5/16/09, Marvin <dolphin9731 at comcast.net> wrote: 
> > He is really from PA, though I'm sure you are correct in that most folks 
in 
> > the Keystone State or anywhere back east, do not know there is a 
Pittsburgh 
> > CA. 
> > http://www.tulsahurricane.com/sports/m-footbl/mtt/marion_brennan00.html 
> > 
> > ----- Original Message ----- 
> > From: "Rick" <mroz66 at comcast.net> 
> > To: "Miami Dolphins Discussion" <dolphins-disc at phins.com> 
> > Sent: Wednesday, April 29, 2009 6:18:28 AM GMT -08:00 US/Canada Pacific 
> > Subject: Re: DOLPHINS: New Fins WR to pull for 
> > 
> > I don't know but doesn't it seem like there where a lot of these types of 

> > stories this year? 
> > 
> > I would like to know if he really is from Pennsylvania as the author 
states. 
> > I mean his friend is from SF and all the JC's they mention are in the bay 

> > area. Maybe the writer doesn't know that there is a Pittsburg, Ca. (which 
is 
> > in the bay area as well). 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> >> That's a tremendous story. Thanks for posting. BTW who is this guy's 
> >> agent, Michael Oher? 
> >> 
> >> ddave 
> >> -------------- Original message from "Rick" 
> >> <mroz66 at comcast.net>: -------------- 
> >> 
> >> 
> >>> WR Brennan Marion 
> >>> 
> >>> 
> >>> 
> >>> 
> >>> by: ERIC BAILEY World Sports Writer 
> >>> Friday, September 28, 2007 
> >>> 9/28/2007 2:59:00 AM 
> >>> 
> >>> While homeless, TU's Brennan Marion kindled dream of Division I football 

> >>> as 
> >>> he slept in a locker room 
> >>> 
> >>> 
> >>> 
> >>> Tulsa's Brennan Marion is majoring in sociology and wants to save the 
> >>> world. 
> >>> 
> >>> The junior wide receiver may prove to do good work because he's a 
> >>> survivor. 
> >>> 
> >>> Last year, Marion was a homeless college student in California and often 

> >>> slept in the De Anza College football locker room or press box. Water 
was 
> >>> 
> >>> drunk by the gallon to drown hunger pains that chased him to sleep 
> >>> nightly. 
> >>> 
> >>> A native of the Pittsburgh area, Marion went to a different middle 
school 
> >>> 
> >>> and high school each year because of an unstable family life. He doesn't 

> >>> like discussing that in detail. 
> >>> 
> >>> Marion's dreams should have been slaughtered. Instead, he's caught 
> >>> touchdown 
> >>> passes for TU on national television this season. He's on full 
> >>> scholarship, 
> >>> which includes tuition and -- more importantly -- room and board. 
> >>> 
> >>> Plus, he's learned how to smile again. 
> >>> 
> >>> "I've been through everything," Marion said. "I don't think anything can 

> >>> break me." 
> >>> 
> >>> Marion's football career began when he was 6 years old, scoring five 
> >>> touchdowns in his first game. Basketball was also important to him, and 

> >>> he 
> >>> played AAU hoops until the 10th grade. 
> >>> 
> >>> His athletic ability was his ticket out of Pittsburgh. 
> >>> 
> >>> Marion did much better against cornerbacks than classrooms in high 
> >>> school, 
> >>> and he had to attend junior college because he didn't qualify 
> >>> academically 
> >>> for Division I football schools. 
> >>> 
> >>> His best friend, Chuck Thompson, who moved to the San Francisco area 
> >>> while 
> >>> both were high school seniors, invited him to try out for nearby 
Foothill 
> >>> 
> >>> College. Both made the team, had successful first seasons and an 
> >>> apartment 
> >>> to live in. 
> >>> 
> >>> Change came after one season. Neither was happy at Foothill, so they 
> >>> transferred to De Anza, which was about 10 minutes away. 
> >>> 
> >>> Gone was housing that was provided. The pair tried paying $1,300 a month 

> >>> for 
> >>> a studio apartment in a rough neighborhood but couldn't make ends meet. 

> >>> 
> >>> So, in their sophomore season, they began living in the De Anza locker 
> >>> room. 
> >>> 
> >>> "What were we going to do, go back to Pittsburgh?" said Thompson, now a 

> >>> junior defensive back at Akron. "There was nothing for us there, 
> >>> especially 
> >>> without a college education. We couldn't go back and do something like 
> >>> sell 
> >>> drugs." 
> >>> 
> >>> Marion had no money coming from home. Just scrounging enough for a fast- 

> >>> food hamburger was a triumph. 
> >>> 
> >>> Marion said after practices, he'd prop open the locker room door so he 
> >>> could 
> >>> return to sleep. If a janitor locked the door, he would spend the night 

> >>> in 
> >>> the stadium's press box. 
> >>> 
> >>> Schoolwork absorbed his mornings -- he went to class without books 
> >>> because 
> >>> he couldn't afford them -- and football was his life during afternoons. 

> >>> 
> >>> In an All-American season, Marion led California junior colleges with 60 

> >>> receptions, 1,196 yards and 16 touchdowns as a sophomore. 
> >>> 
> >>> During the successful season, many schools weren't interested in Marion. 

> >>> They were scared off because of his academic situation. 
> >>> 
> >>> He may not have become eligible for a Division I program if not for De 
> >>> Anza 
> >>> offensive coordinator Darrell Williams. 
> >>> 
> >>> The coach learned about Marion and Thompson and invited them to live 
with 
> >>> 
> >>> him that spring. Williams' 4,000-square foot home already housed his 
> >>> wife, 
> >>> mother and four children, but he found room for the Pennsylvania pair. 
> >>> 
> >>> Meals were made and laundry done for them. All Williams asked in return 

> >>> was 
> >>> concentration on academics. 
> >>> 
> >>> With renewed spirit, Marion busted through a heavy class load last 
spring 
> >>> 
> >>> and graduated with his associate of arts degree. 
> >>> 
> >>> "Most people in my family didn't think I'd make it in college because of 

> >>> my 
> >>> rough childhood," Marion said. "Then I got my A.A. degree and I felt 
> >>> great 
> >>> about that." 
> >>> 
> >>> "Brennan's story is inspirational to a lot of kids, just given what he's 

> >>> persevered through," said Williams, now the running backs coach at San 
> >>> Jose 
> >>> City College. "Brennan had to keep working at it. At his first school, 
> >>> they 
> >>> allowed him to take four or five (physical education) courses and it 
> >>> damaged 
> >>> him. 
> >>> 
> >>> "If he took the necessary classes, he wouldn't have had academic 
problems 
> >>> 
> >>> and some of the bigger Division I schools may have snapped him up." 
> >>> 
> >>> Tulsa's new coaching staff discovered him that spring and gave him an 
> >>> ultimatum. While many schools took a wait-and-see attitude toward 
> >>> recruiting 
> >>> him, TU told Marion if he graduated De Anza that there would be a 
> >>> scholarship waiting. The Golden Hurricane was the only program to make 
> >>> that 
> >>> offer. 
> >>> 
> >>> Marion graduated, and many big schools began chasing him. But he kept 
his 
> >>> 
> >>> word to Tulsa. 
> >>> 
> >>> Marion, the Hurricane's fastest receiver, has displayed his talent. He 
> >>> has 
> >>> four receptions for 219 yards, which equals an eye-popping 54.8 yards 
per 
> >>> 
> >>> catch average. 
> >>> 
> >>> Marion's ability as a deep threat is "something we haven't had since 
> >>> (current Baltimore Raven) Romby Bryant," TU quarterback Paul Smith said. 

> >>> "He 
> >>> has straight speed. He just finds a way to run by people." 
> >>> 
> >>> Marion's progress is coming along. He played a season-high 15 plays 
> >>> against 
> >>> Oklahoma and hauled in a 48-yard touchdown pass. Coaches want him to 
> >>> concentrate on blocking and feel more comfortable with crossing 
patterns. 
> >>> 
> >>> 
> >>> Life is finally fun both on and off the football field for him. 
> >>> 
> >>> "In California, I never smiled in practice. I was angry all the time and 

> >>> always wondered when it was going to end," Marion said. "I'd do well in 

> >>> football, but after the game was over, I was right back in the locker 
> >>> room. 
> >>> 
> >>> "Now I feel like God has stopped the rain." 
> >>> 
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