OT: Clemson gets QB Hunter Johnson from portal
So Clemson goes to the portal to get QB Hunter Johnson (YTHJ) from Northwestern who had previously got Hunter Johnson from Clemson. Either Clemson really wants to copy Georgia by bringing back a QB who can replace the 5* starter or their bag program has really gone to hell in the age of NIL because that guy looked terrible during his time at NW.
January 17th, 2022 at 4:24 PM ^
Clemson sucks
Fire Dabo
January 17th, 2022 at 4:27 PM ^
Fire Bakich!
January 17th, 2022 at 5:08 PM ^
Fire Harbaugh!!!
January 17th, 2022 at 5:30 PM ^
Fire Schlissel!
Oh wait.....
January 17th, 2022 at 5:32 PM ^
Fire Beilein?
January 17th, 2022 at 5:37 PM ^
FIRE BORGES!
January 17th, 2022 at 4:34 PM ^
Clemson had a nice run. To have the success they’ve had in this era was truly an accomplishment.
January 17th, 2022 at 4:57 PM ^
It's amazing what you can accomplish when you cheat
January 17th, 2022 at 5:06 PM ^
It's not cheating unless the NCAA says it's cheating, and even then it's not cheating because there are no ramifications from the NCAA.
January 17th, 2022 at 6:38 PM ^
It's not actually against the rules to occasionally throw the ball more than you run it.
January 17th, 2022 at 8:57 PM ^
So true.
January 18th, 2022 at 9:05 AM ^
You're not trying if your not cheating
January 18th, 2022 at 9:06 PM ^
He's basically a GA and 3rd string QB since all their guys transfered.
January 17th, 2022 at 4:34 PM ^
Supposedly, Hunter Johnson reached out to Dabo about coming back to Clemson as a GA, so that Hunter can complete his MBA.
Dabo instead offered him a transfer/football scholarship.
January 17th, 2022 at 4:39 PM ^
Clemson MBA vs Northwestern MBA?
January 17th, 2022 at 4:42 PM ^
Winters on Lake Michigan or the South Eastern Coast?
January 17th, 2022 at 5:45 PM ^
Winters are temporary, the name on a graduate degree is forever.
January 18th, 2022 at 2:22 AM ^
Clemson is as far from the coast as it gets in South Carolina.
January 17th, 2022 at 4:42 PM ^
It could be that Northwestern/Pat Fitzgerald didn't offer Johnson a scholarship for his 6th/COVID year, and he was planning on hanging up the cleats altogether.
“I initially reached out to Coach Swinney to honestly see if he had any GA spots,” Johnson told 247Sports. “My girlfriend we went to Clemson together and we been looking at going back down South and reached out to him about GA-ing because I wanted to get my MBA. I reached out to him and he asked if I had my sixth year because of COVID and I told him I still did. It wasn’t really my intention initially of calling him. It was pretty exciting and I took a day or so to think over things and it felt like it was a great situation for me and her all around and just being able to go finish my sixth year and play at a place I’ve grown to love over the years and be part of the room. That’s what he told me, he wants to have somebody in the room who’s older who’s had some experience in college football and the fact I already been there and been in the system and know the system helps even more. He thought it would be a really really cool situation.”
January 17th, 2022 at 4:58 PM ^
Actual information. That's great, as long it doesn't violate our standards & practices.
Thanks.
January 17th, 2022 at 6:07 PM ^
Amazingly, contrary to popular opinion on this board, some people do have other priorities than just what school rates higher. He obviously loves Clemson, and he and his girlfriend wished to get back down south. If you've never been to Clemson you wouldn't understand how beautiful that area is and just how family oriented they are with their football program.
In this state and region, a Clemson degree will go a long way and open a lot of doors.
January 17th, 2022 at 4:43 PM ^
He should have stayed in Evanston. Could have been an assistant anywhere and at anytime, but that free graduate degree from NWU is no longer an option. Odds are against him ever starting for Dabo and if he does, odds are heavily against Dabo recovering his magic.
Edit: Boflex, thank you for the quote. It does seem like he might not have been given the choice to get a second degree at Northwestern. If so what type of D!€K on a message board should say anything about this fine young man?
January 17th, 2022 at 4:46 PM ^
NW MBA >>>>> Clemson MBA.
There would be no way if he stayed at NW and did his MBA full time would he have any "free time" to be on the football team let alone a GA, but obviously at Clemson the MBA program may not be as "rigorous", just sayin'.
January 17th, 2022 at 4:56 PM ^
Some graduate programs, including professional programs like MBA and law school, prepare you to work anywhere in the world.
Other graduate programs prepare you to meet people you'll be working with in that state.
Just sayin'.
January 17th, 2022 at 5:21 PM ^
I'm too old to care and my kids are too young for it to be relevant, but isn't any MBA that's not from a top-10 program almost worthless?
January 17th, 2022 at 5:33 PM ^
I would say the top 15 or even 20 are pretty good. Many jobs almost require a "graduate" degree for advancement, so in the case a Clemson MBA will do just fine.
January 17th, 2022 at 5:42 PM ^
I have an MBA from a top 75 program (with honors) and it checked a box for at least one job. It was a part time program that I did while working so it was free. I’d had accounting and Econ at Michigan and had worked for 10 years at the time. I learned a couple things but not enough to make it worth it. If you want to work in a field that is in the area of the university the degree can be good networking even at a lesser program.
January 19th, 2022 at 9:50 AM ^
Not worthless because any degree is a credential, and many jobs require at least that.
But top programs are certainly worth a lot more for getting better jobs.
January 17th, 2022 at 5:22 PM ^
Yes, NW is just a football team with a college attached. Now Clemson, there's an academic powerhouse !
January 17th, 2022 at 5:31 PM ^
Wonder what Pete Finebaum thinks of their academics???
January 18th, 2022 at 9:09 PM ^
Kellogg at Northwestern is one of the best MBA programs in the WORLD.
Highly doubt that was an option for him.
January 17th, 2022 at 4:40 PM ^
M was a huge beneficiary of Clemson deciding to start Clemsoning again this year and opening up a CFP spot.
Hopefully this is a good indicator.
January 17th, 2022 at 4:44 PM ^
I think you mean Cincinnati was. A 1-loss B1G champion will almost always be in the playoff.
January 17th, 2022 at 4:46 PM ^
How? If Clemson beats Georgia then Georgia is out.
January 17th, 2022 at 4:55 PM ^
I'm waiting to see who plays for teams in all five Power 5 conferences.
January 17th, 2022 at 5:21 PM ^
Oh how the turn tables turn.
January 17th, 2022 at 5:46 PM ^
Son of a friend of mine played with Hunter at Brownsburg HS. Couldn't come up with superlatives that were superlative enough. Said he was "another level" better than Brandon Peters, who played just down the road. Thought the sky was the limit when he went to Clemson. Funny how these things never seem to work out as planned.
January 18th, 2022 at 8:23 AM ^
Today, I would take Brandon as a starter over Hunter 7 days/week, and twice on Saturday. At least Brandon showed some type of football ability at the QB position at both Michigan and Illinois. Hunter couldn't make it at Clemson, and was a complete failure at NW.
Gimme Brandon, any day, over Hunter when football quarterbacking is the choice.
January 19th, 2022 at 12:37 AM ^
This move had me looking back at the Class of 2017 QB list and it's something (by 247):
1) Davis Mills, 2) Hunter Johnson, 3) Tua, 4) Jake Fromm, 5) Tate Martell (#$&!@)
9) Dylan McCaffrey
29) Mac Jones
35) Rocky Lombardi
48) Kenny Pickett
January 19th, 2022 at 12:39 AM ^
Also, words can't describe how bad Hunter Johnson was at Northwestern. He wasn't even kinda good
January 17th, 2022 at 5:51 PM ^
As many have mentioned, NW MBA > Clemson MBA for ranking, jobs, career connections, etc.
However if he wants to be a GA or football coach in the future, Dabo at Clemson has more connections and well known coaching tree (ie. Venables, Elliott, etc).
January 17th, 2022 at 7:27 PM ^
On mobile, the thread title looks like...
Clemson gets QB Hunter
Johnson from portal
I was really, really interested in how they found a QB hunter named Johnson and also wondering if we could also get a couple (to replace Hutchinson and OH JA BO).
January 18th, 2022 at 8:27 AM ^
Still a great porn name.
Still a bad QB.