This is the new reality...money talks...

I agree. The combination of being able to transfer an unlimited number of times along with the big bucks of NIL has sent college football down a path I don't care for. You need to have more strict regulations on at least one of those two things otherwise it's just free game to collect the biggest check you can every season even if it's from a different school every year.

"What happened to commitment?"

Ask the coaches that bail on their schools and recruits for a bigger paycheck...

Most ( all?) the transfers graduated first

1. all these guys were here for 4 years
2. talent should be rewarded

Another really key point - they don't have to sit a year.

That change was a negative for FCS, because prior to that FBS players could transfer down without waiting a year, but FCS couldn’t transfer up without sitting.

There is a positive side to transfers. We haven’t lost any underclassmen to transfer so far and we’ve gained two sophomore starters last year, one who transferred after playing as a freshman at D3 Bennedictine and one who walked on at Nebraska and never played,

I'm pretty sure this is the new reality, at least, as long as players continue to insist that they have rights, which could be (and should be) until they get paid as some have suggested, which might make them bound by some kind of contract.

ha ha, yes odd, I was kind of tongue in cheek on that one.

This for sure.

I do think when the Covid year thing passes it will easy up a bit. Rather than 5/6 years worth of kids in college, you'll have 4/5. As for the transferring, I wouldn't mind allowing kids a one time transfer without sitting out. But if you want to transfer a second time, you have to sit out a year. One exception would be if the head coach leaves, then if you want to leave you don't have to sit out a year.

Woah

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Just another example of what has become of college football. 3 high level players of a team that made it to the quarterfinals of the playoffs looking for a new place to play.

NDSU's head coach leaving to be a position coach at U$C.

Chubba commits to Arizona

I wish that he had stayed here but I hope it works out for him and he gets plenty of playing time. He suffered a broken leg and missed the last two games, I believe, so I hope he heals up well and is happy at Arizona.

Not sure this has been posted:

Billings Gazette: "On Monday, three of Idaho’s best players entered the transfer portal.

"Those three players are quarterback Gevani McCoy, running back Anthony Woods and defensive back Marcus Harris. McCoy and Woods both have two seasons of college eligibility remaining, while Harris has one."

https://406mtsports.com/college/big-sky-conference/montana-state-university/idaho-vandals-football-big-sky-transfer/article_2b6e94c8-986c-11ee-90da-c751674ee265.html

Is NIL a factor at the FCS level? I'm surprised more players don't gamble on transfers

I wonder to what extent portal entrants are “testing the waters” so as not to get “left out” and ultimately return “home”. It would be interesting to see the proposition of entrants that return to base so to speak. I have no idea.

I know that Montana and I believe Montana State have “collectives”. In my opinion NIL is an inappropriate term as collectives just serve to funnel money to players without the necessity of a real commercial value that NIL implies. I think of it more in terms of boosters/alums supplying money to attract better talent in hopes of building better teams and therefore more wins, bragging rights, etc.

LL is now a first team All-American running back on Sports Illustrated’s All-American team. Congratulations to him as he surely deserves this honor. But in the official announcement it was stated that he will be back next year. I believe that is the first such official announcement unless I missed something. This is welcome news indeed!

That's coming from Plough himself that Larison will be back next season. Fantastic news! Lan is an incredibly fun player to watch.

FCS?

I saw a post of Gevani McCoy in which he thanked his position coaches but no mention of HC Eck. I thought that was kind of weird.

https://herosports.com/2024-fbs-to-fcs-transfers-bzbz/

https://herosports.com/2024-fcs-to-fcs-transfers-bzbz/

https://herosports.com/2024-fcs-to-fbs-transfers-bzbz/

Arizona 'really felt like home' for defensive tackle transfer Chubba Maae

"Although he’s listed at 6-2, 347 pounds on UC Davis’ 2023 roster, Maae (pronounced muh-eye) said he’s up to 370 pounds nowadays."

https://tucson.com/sports/college/football/wildcats/arizona-football-defensive-tackle-transfer-chubba-maae-2023/article_637a4028-9a02-11ee-ab6b-2f82d1900aa3.html

We will miss Chubba very much and wish him well on his travels. What does concern me somewhat is is weight. At 6’2” and 370 lbs. he is very overweight and this puts him at risk for cardiovascular issues. Let’s put it this way. He is big, but his heart is no bigger than mine or yours yet it is having to pump the amount of blood necessary to feed 370 pounds. That is about 2 Times what it would have to pump for you or me at say 185. His heart can do it for now but not for long. I question if our condition coach was attending Chubba properly to let him get so big. Oh, and him getting down to 320 is just kicking the can down the road. That said, good luck to Chubba and best wishes. Let’s get you down to around 290!

Chubba lost weight from 359 as a freshman to get down to the 347 listed in the roster. That was three seasons ago, who knows what he’s weighed the last few years, but 370 is not a big jump from his freshman weight,
The conditioning staff here don’t encourage most players to gain weight and most don’t.

Buchanan's brother, a DB, also signed a Cal.

Edit: they share different last names.

Brothers playing together. That will be special for them.