Saturday, November 21, 2009

Morning Matinee: Blind Side


Katy and I went to see Blind Side this morning. It is a movie about Michael Oher who now is playing for the Baltimore Ravens.

He grew up in Memphis, Tennessee with a drug addicted mom a dad he never knew and was homeless and bounced from home to home in high school. Not until Sean and Leigh Ann Tuohy had him stay with him for the short term did he have somewhere to go. He then was adopted by him before his senior year of high school.

However, he was extremely gifted on the football field in terms of size-height and weight. He had good footwork and strength. So, he played football in high school was recruited by many schools and decided to go to Mississippi. Just this last season he was drafted in the first round in the 20's by the Baltimore Ravens.

It's a great story. Google Michael Oher, read the book The Blind Side: Evolution of a Game and watch the movie The Blind Side, released on November 20, 2009.


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