The Blind Side: Evolution of a Game Part 2

One day Sean Tuohy and his wife Leigh Anne were driving down the streets of Memphis along with their kids when they saw a huge African American kid.  He was just wearing a short-sleeved t-shirt and shorts even though it was snowing outside.  Feeling empathetic, Leigh Anne had her husband pull over and ask the kid if he was ok.  He said he was going to basketball practice even though it was really late at night.  It turns out he was just trying to find shelter to stay the night.  The next day Leigh Anne goes to pick up Michael Oher to pick up clothes.  She tries to communicate with him but he doesn't talk back.  She finds out about his incredible body measurements and how rare they really are.  Michael had tried many sports and seemed to be good at all of them due to his natural athletic ability.  When he gets hurt in a football game, we learn he is scared of the outside world and doesn't really trust anyone.  When he started spring practice the next year, there were college scouts there to see Michael in person.  Even the University of Michigan, a football powerhouse, came down to Memphis to watch him.  They were amazed.  Soon college scouts from seemingly every college except Penn State came to see him.  They were already offering him college scholarships.  By this point Michael was living with Sean, one of his football coaches and his family Leigh Anne, Sean Jr. and Collins Touhy.  Due to this he started to become more open and social with people especially Leigh Anne.  His fame was also picking up on the field.  Soon he was going to a bunch of college football camps and impressing them.  In one of his games, the defensive tackle was talking trash to Michael.  This made Michael super mad and he ended up getting an "excessive blocking" penalty which had never been called before.  It showcased Michaels' heart.  After this Michael finds out his dad had been killed 3 months ago.  For some reason, this didn't bother Michael. Soon after Michael opened up about wanting a driver's license since nobody in his family had gotten one.  In order to do this he had to have 2 forms of identification.  Since there wasn't any records of him, this was extremely difficult.  They quickly find his birth certificate and use his school i.d.  He takes the test and finds out later he was ecstatic.  The next step was to improve his grades.  He had a horrendous 1.56 GPA and the NCAA requires a 2.56 GPA.  She had to improve this.  I am on page 150 and am really enjoying the book.  I highly recommend it.