I know some Miami fans are tired of hearing Marve’s name. I’m right there with you. That said, it’s a story and it needs to be understood that a percentage of Cane fans simply aren’t going to “get over it”.
When Marve came aboard, he was welcomed with open arms; an instant member of the U Family. He sat out year one due to injury, but was thought to be the next great Miami quarterback. He had an erratic up and down redshirt freshman campaign, never doing enough to solidify the starting gig, allowing Jacory Harris to get a foot in the door as a true freshman.
Marve got in trouble with the law, he didn’t get it done in the classroom and when faced with adversity, he not only turned tail and ran – but he and his family badmouthed UM and Randy Shannon on their way out.
For those who are ‘over’ the Marve saga, good for you. But don’t expect others not to be caught up in the soap opera. The same way you’d keep tabs on an ex lover and take an ounce of joy in finding out things aren’t going so swell for them – it’s comparable to how some fans feel about Marve, who basically left the Canes at the altar. Understand that when you’re quick to tell your fellow fan to ‘move on’.
One last parting shot from the allCanesBlog.com. I hope the fine educators at Purdue can teach Robbie a thing or two about geography. Last I checked, West Lafayette is about 1,100 miles from Tampa and Coral Gables is a good 275 miles from the Marve casa.
For a kid who wanted to move closer to home for his ailing dad, Indiana is hardly a neighboring state. I’m just saying…
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if you cant take the heat... get out of the kitchen.
Harris was winning the job, Marve was loosing it. Thanks R. Marve for your effort but I moved on about 5 min after you left.
c-dog,
you always point out the obvious...and it is apparent that people will want to see him do bad..honestly, i have tough feelings for the kid...because of how he left the U the way he did...and all the shit talking that went on...and all the whining...just a young punk...played like a young punk...i know this kid was a high recruit out of highschool...but you have to remember these kids are mainly recruited on potential...he was at best erratic at the U...dude threw more pics than td's....i am sick of people saying we should not have let him go...bump that...shannon did the right thing...a cancer in the locker room...getting in trouble with the law...cant pass ...and does not play well when on the field...get the hell out of here...i am glad...he is going to a program where small QB's can be good...Brees for example similar size to marve...and if marve turns into the Bress type QB and gets to the next level ...then so be it...but i have this inner feeling that tells me he will be just as erratic for purdue as he did for miami...he will just have more time on the field to do it...i am glad he is gone...and i dont want to hear anymore people defend this punk or his clown ass dad...anyone know that QB that was supposed to be all world out of highschool...went to a school...left...now is at USC...like third string...geesh...sounds a lot like robbie boy....
looking forward to my canes making some important strides forward this year...got some more good recruits coming in...randy keeping up the hard work and whipple about to whip it good...i love it
later
VA CANE
Geography became less of an issue after the Canes put such surprisingly severe restrictions on where he could transfer.
Geography became less of an issue after the Canes put such surprisingly severe restrictions on where he could transfer.
Surprisingly severe restrictions? No ACC school -- which is the norm -- and the few SEC schools that were supposedly tampering - Florida, LSU and Tennessee.
If Marve wanted to be closer to pops, he should've gone to South Florida -- a school that UM lifted the restriction on.
Funny how UT was in the final two -- but there was supposedly NO tampering going on there. Hmmm.
One should really know their facts instead excersising your ignorance. Robert's father has a home four hours from Purdue. His mother has a home four and a half hours from Purdue. We are all from southern MI. MI is for Michigan incase you don't know.
Best wishes to the Canes, let's all move on.
Uncle Mike
Uncle Mike, regardless, four and a half hours away isn't exactly that close. You can fit it to the Marve's story however you want to. Who cares at this point. He made his bed. Time to sleep in it. He's not a Cane anymore, so it doesn't matter much to me, other than I'm interested to see if he makes any kind of on-field impact at Purdue. Being in Big Ten country, I'll get a good view. I just hope he's finally ready to compete, for his sake. If you don't get the job done, somebody else will.
-Columbus Cane
One should really know their facts instead excersising your ignorance. Robert's father has a home four hours from Purdue. His mother has a home four and a half hours from Purdue. We are all from southern MI. MI is for Michigan incase you don't know.
No offense Uncle Mike, but where has it ever been reported nationally that the Marve family 'has a home' in Michigan? Even when Robert was supposedly looking at the Wolverines, I never saw a thing in a local paper or online mentioning family up that way.
At day's end, it was the Marve family who played the "we want our son closer to home" card -- because they wanted him to transfer to Florida.
Purdue is a long way from Tampa. That's not an opinion, it's fact. Let's just call it what it was -- the Marves thought Robert was 'promised' the starting job and from the moment Jacory Harris stepped on campus... Team Marve wasn't about the competition.
Hopefully Robert gets it together at Purdue... starting with getting his ass to class and remembering that he's a student before he's an athlete.
... and by the way, it's "exercising" not "exersising"... so let's stop all that 'ignorant' stuff and name calling.
Peace.
does anybody still watch the canes?
allcanes...uncle mike made you look dumb!....let it go already!...you are acting like such a b!tch! its like you had sexual relations with marve or something...
LET IT GO!!!
LET IT GO!!!
LET IT GO!!!...BRO
As a die-hard Purdue fan, I'm not even sure we want him... sounds like the kid has a ton of talent, but Boiler-Nation is already leery of his off-field troubles. I would be “over” this kid in a heartbeat too if he treated my school like that… I just hope he doesn’t repeat history up here and force US to get “over” him too.
But you never know… sometimes kids at 18 or 19 just do stupid things and needs to screw up before he grows up… hopefully a second chance at our pass-happy school will be just what he needs.