If so, then college football is screwed up even more than I thought that it already is,
Is Donoven McCulley definitely gone?
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The transfer portal should not be open during the season. What a goofy approach.
He had a redshirt available, wasn’t playing and wasn’t going to play much this year. He wants a chance at the next level and for that to happen he needs to be on the field. Why waste your final year of eligibility for a bit role when he can save it, go somewhere else and be WR1 and show what he brings.
I said the same thing and was told that the portal opens in, I think, November but he had to quit playing now to save his last year of eligibility.
That's right. He should put himself.in a worse position for his career goals so you will be happy. That's not narcissistic at all.
DM is moving on mainly due to the success of the IU football program and the cast of WR's on this team. Good for IU and hopefully good for DM too. I hope DM makes a splash wherever he lands so both IU and DM can prosper. Go Hoosiers !!!
The portal is ruining college sports. These kids that are in/out of the portal multiple time (like the ones that are leaving now) should look in the mirror and say, " maybe it's me". Just my thoughts. It's like my sister who has been married 4 times...maybe she's the common denominator that isn't working!
I started a thread on this last night with 2 basic ideas to solve the problem. First, You can only use your "4 Game Redshirt Rule in your true Freshman or Sophomore Year. This gets back to the idea of letting a Young Player get on the field early in his career after getting enough practice reps, while providing depth for the Team late in the Year when injuries might take a toll. In your Junior or Senior Year, You can choose to redshirt a year, but it involves sitting out the Whole Year. You only get an extra year at this point if You are injured and play less than 5 games in a given year.
With respect the Portal and transfers, You are allowed one transfer without penalty. If You enter the portal a second time during your career and transfer You sit out a full Year (the Old Rule). This puts the onus on the Player to make the best transfer decision the first time
and weigh the consequences of sitting out a year and being off the field for the better part of two years after a Second transfer.
With respect the Portal and transfers, You are allowed one transfer without penalty. If You enter the portal a second time during your career and transfer You sit out a full Year (the Old Rule). This puts the onus on the Player to make the best transfer decision the first time
and weigh the consequences of sitting out a year and being off the field for the better part of two years after a Second transfer.
I can get behind that. I'd also lobby to keep the grad transfer freebie. Maybe with the change that it only applies if sitting out a year would exhaust their eligibility, like it was originally intended. Meaning, if someone redshirts as a freshman, then plays 3 years at a place but wants to make a grad transfer, they should be allowed immediate eligibility. More often than not, it'll be the transfer to put in position to go to the NFL, but there are surely some kids that actually want to go to grad school AND play football and if they're somewhere that doesn't have their grad program, they'd be stuck choosing to play ball while being in a program that doesn't help them or having to give up ball because they want to continue their education.
Edit: I had the "only applies if sitting would exhaust eligibility" part because a kid with a good head on their shoulders can graduate super early with some AP classes & hitting it hard during summer school to graduate as like a sophomore. They have eligibility to lose, let them.
Sure looks that way...
His name is off the roster and Cignetti doesn't strike me as the kind of guy who'll be terribly forgiving of a fellow who bails mid-season no matter how good the reason (at least on the short term, maybe 3 years from now he'll be magnanimous and understanding but right now I'd bet he's grinding his teeth a bit)...
I'd imagine that Cignetti had some match up plans against smaller corners for DM over the next 7 games... Those are in his circular file now...
In DM's defense (and the others) this move is his only chance at retaining his RS Year and going somewhere with a shot at starting, in his case he potentially has the skills to make a pro team a couple of years from now "If" he starts catching the ball with a high rate of success...
All the best to him (as long as he doesn't go to p u, if so, then invert that)...
Louisville might be his best move... They throw the ball a lot and Brohmardi seems much more forgiving of the occasional outright drop...(which might have been his problem in practice here [just guessing based on last season, not any insider info]...)...
This may turn out to be the best thing to ever happen to him athletically. Someone has finally looked past his "potential" and actually demanded near perfection from him... Might light a fire under him when he finally lands a what he has to realize will be his last opportunity collegiately...
The Portal (actual) doesn't open up until December (as pointed out by several others on here) but if a player wants to retain his RS year and have another year of eligibility this approach appears to be the only way they can do it...
I can see both sides of the argument. The positive side for the program they're bailing on is that the coaches now know with a much higher degree of precision (barring catastrophic injuries or Team wide walk outs) exactly the number of scholarships available to them in early December... The big negative for the TEAM is the hit that depth (in case of injuries) and Special Teams takes (which is significant)...
The bad news/ good news also is that a young player they might have wanted to RS this year ends up losing that option due to having to have to have been plugged into an emergency assignment (filling the hole that the guy who bailed left open)..., but at least in that case they gain some valuable experience...
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