Starting SR QB at Houston to Exercise 4 Game Redshirt and Transfer
September 23rd, 2019 at 3:37 PM ^
Lincoln Riley cackles in the distance
September 23rd, 2019 at 3:41 PM ^
If this wasn't the truest statement even then I don't know what is. After Hurts wins a Heisman this year, King is set to make it four straight.
Harbaugh is on his 5 or 6 QB's in five years and has yet to build a winner.
September 23rd, 2019 at 4:16 PM ^
While the Harbaugh era hasn't been completely satisfying, three 10-win seasons out of four is a winning program by most definitions.
The state of the 2019 team is alarming and needs to be rectified, but I don't think it's necessary to act like he's been RR/Hoke the whole time.
September 23rd, 2019 at 4:43 PM ^
Did you not get the MGoMemo
"panic and run around screaming"
September 23rd, 2019 at 9:54 PM ^
Oh FFS. It never fails. Some Harbaugh apologist acting like the worst decade of Michigan football is somehow the bar for success. Or how 10 wins is some magic fucking numbers.
You losers deserve this shitty state of football.
September 24th, 2019 at 8:17 AM ^
No one said that at all.
We know you hate Harbaugh, go cry to someone else.
He said it's not RR or Hoke...he never said anything about it being acceptable or okay.
Fuck off.
September 23rd, 2019 at 3:38 PM ^
No more Houston transfers please.
September 23rd, 2019 at 8:11 PM ^
No more QB xfers....We need to develop the QB's we recruit.
September 24th, 2019 at 10:17 AM ^
If we're going to dust off the Houston QB Mystery Portal Ouija Board again we might as well ask for Deshaun Watson....it didn't work with a college guy.
Go Blue and Often!
September 25th, 2019 at 2:03 AM ^
After a few months with this coaching staff we would be calling for the back up.
September 23rd, 2019 at 3:38 PM ^
This will be the new 'thing'!
September 23rd, 2019 at 4:19 PM ^
This is. When they announced this 4 game rule, I had two thoughts:
1. This is great for players who take a couple plays, but don't really see a field.
2. This is also going to result in a lot of players leaving if their teams start 1-3
I'm normally a believer that players should be able to transfer since the coaches and leave whenever, but I also love the game and don't want to see teams with a bunch of holdouts and free agents every season.
September 23rd, 2019 at 8:51 PM ^
OSU Junior Safety Isaiah Pryor just announced that he's doing the same thing: redshirt after playing in the first four games, graduate in the spring, and have to years of eligibility. I don't blame him either. He got passed on the depth chart and our scheme changed, using only 1 safety now. He wants to play and I would do the same thing in his shoes.
September 23rd, 2019 at 3:42 PM ^
This sport isn’t what it used to be.
September 23rd, 2019 at 3:48 PM ^
Also looks like he isn’t the only one. King said he still needs to make a final decision and that a bunch of guys are thinking about leaving too. Not good for Holgerson.
September 23rd, 2019 at 4:02 PM ^
Just wait. It's not getting better.
September 23rd, 2019 at 4:23 PM ^
Sorry Tim Tebow.
September 23rd, 2019 at 5:44 PM ^
Yeah, well neither is the future.
September 23rd, 2019 at 3:49 PM ^
W.O.W. ..... agreed on Lincoln Riley.....
September 23rd, 2019 at 4:04 PM ^
Announced just days after the kid set school QB records. Odd.
September 23rd, 2019 at 4:40 PM ^
Odd? These kids want to win football games.
September 24th, 2019 at 9:26 AM ^
That’s the weak mentality of today’s youth. Pull a Kevin Durant and go play for the sure thing as opposed to building a winner.
September 23rd, 2019 at 4:04 PM ^
Announced just days after the kid set school QB records. Odd.
September 23rd, 2019 at 4:04 PM ^
Yeah, this is getting laughable. The "me first" attitude set by the pros is really polluting the collegiate level.
September 23rd, 2019 at 4:07 PM ^
Too bad these kids cant look at the selfless examples set by team owners, coaches and university administrators, always giving themselves pay cuts to help the little guy.
September 23rd, 2019 at 4:10 PM ^
Free college, trips overseas, school gear, and pretty cool bowl gifts seem pretty nice. 99% of the university student body would kill for those things.
September 23rd, 2019 at 4:24 PM ^
Significant out-of-classroom requirements of their time, expectations of you being at least semi-competent in college courses, physical toll and, in many cases, life-long injuries, assholes online sending you threatening messages because you didn't win. 99% of the university student body wouldn't want to deal with any of that and are also physically incapable of meeting even the bare minimum requirements to be competent at the sport that generates billions of dollars for everyone.
September 23rd, 2019 at 4:37 PM ^
They could always become rock stars or movie stars :-)
Less physically demanding, with all of the good/bad benefits.
Or hey... novel idea, study like the rest of us and get a good job! *thumbs up*
There's also soccer, baseball, and basketball... go become a famous athlete in those sports.
September 23rd, 2019 at 4:46 PM ^
Yeah, those idiots!! Go be famous in some other random sport, duh!! They're so dumb, they didn't know it was that simple!!
September 23rd, 2019 at 4:52 PM ^
Again... lemme go grab my .22 and hold it to their head...
Oh I forgot about modern man's existential dilemma and the sincere desire to find relevance through sports fame... *rolling eyes*
Michigan has a great law school, engineering school, computer sciences, etc. many successful alum have gone into those fields and made millions. Not to mention Ross Business School.
You act like these kids don't have options. They do, they just don't want to use the muscle in their skull.
September 23rd, 2019 at 4:55 PM ^
Show me where colleges don't let students make money off starring in movies or playing in front of screaming fans and we can talk, otherwise I don't quite get your point. Also, it may shock you to learn to that many of these athletes do wind up getting good jobs upon graduation in addition to playing in the professional leagues and making good money there as well. And as noted, they actually do study and graduate at a pretty good clip; Michigan's football team graduated a record 81% of their athletes, which is only 10% below the school's overall rate. And a number of those who didn't went on to the NFL to make, you guessed it, millions of dollars. So like, they are both better athletes than virtually everyone on campus and decent enough in the classroom to graduate with a degree at nearly the same rate as those students not tasked with all of the above.
Also, and this will shock you, but basketball players also generate billions of dollars for the NCAA and don't see much of it above the table.
But yes, please keep condescendingly shitting on the athletes you cheer for on Saturday.
September 23rd, 2019 at 5:00 PM ^
Not shitting on anyone... but they CHOSE that life, knowing the game (both on and off the field) that they were playing. Don't talk to me about being f'd over, when every carrier field takes it in the shorts unless you're self employed... that's how the system works even in the corporate world, we're all exploited. It's just more visible in sports.
They're getting a great education from a top rate institution, leverage it, and be happy!
September 23rd, 2019 at 5:24 PM ^
It's a good thing people never strive to improve their situation while still partaking in it. I have no idea what a carrier field is, but my guess is they wouldn't mind an opportunity to not "take it in the shorts" if they could.
September 23rd, 2019 at 4:30 PM ^
Oh shit, school gear?!?! The mid-level athletic department staffer is making six-figures while my grandma is about to get evicted, but at least I got a free shirt!!!
September 23rd, 2019 at 4:50 PM ^
Wow... you actually said something smart, so let's dissect this shall we?
"Athletic Department Staffer" making six (6) figures... most collegiate professors aren't making that much, UNLESS they're a department head.
So you nailed it, Athletic Departments are getting paid millions, while the educational institution itself and people who teach our kids make modest money at best. This is only because dimwits in this country value sports and the "rock star" life more than edu., and earning an honest living.
If you don't like it... do something else, or tell all of your friends to stop watching sports... lmao
September 23rd, 2019 at 5:02 PM ^
The average full professorship at UM gets paid $148k a year, plus whatever additional benefits. The average athletic department staffer maybe clears $100k but typically requires a fair bit of experience and specializations. So earlier you said guys should go to school to get real jobs, then you dismiss a "real job" because apparently it doesn't count if it is with the athletic department.
I have no trouble with a guy making $200k as a marketing manager for one of the largest athletic departments in the country; I have an issue with the athletes who help generate all that revenue not getting a piece because close-minded people who believe they should be happy with whatever table scraps they deem appropriate.
September 23rd, 2019 at 6:12 PM ^
lol. An absolute moron like Zach Smith was making $350k a year doing nothing. Puts things into perspective.
September 23rd, 2019 at 4:21 PM ^
This is also his third HC since he arrived in Houston, including Tom Herman who jumped ship the year he arrived. It's astounding to me people still blame the college students for looking out for themselves.
September 23rd, 2019 at 4:39 PM ^
It's astounding to me that people always think the "grass is greener"...
September 23rd, 2019 at 4:12 PM ^
Maybe he'd learn from humility from the ULL coach.
The pearl clutching about college athletes treating this billion-dollar sport the same way every adult in the room treats it needs to die in a fucking fire.
September 23rd, 2019 at 4:07 PM ^
nice harbaugh can bring in a 3rd transfer qb to compete. None of the qbs he has recruited have ever started a full season in his 5 years at Michigan. for a "qb guru" thats pretty sad
September 23rd, 2019 at 4:17 PM ^
We have 0 shot at this guy....
September 23rd, 2019 at 4:22 PM ^
ya good. maybe a harbaugh qb recruit can finally start week 1 next year
September 23rd, 2019 at 6:41 PM ^
Or next week
September 23rd, 2019 at 4:10 PM ^
Well, this is pretty wild:
The only other player who has attempted a pass in 2019 is Dana Holgorsen's son Logan, who is 1-of-1 for five yards.
September 23rd, 2019 at 4:14 PM ^
I don't blame him, honestly. This is his third coach since he arrived at Houston (including Tom Hermann bolting after 2 years and Dana Holgerson leaving WVU to go there), the team is a mess, and he probably wants to play in a better situation. I don't blame anyone one iota for wanting to get away from that and getting a new start.
September 23rd, 2019 at 4:22 PM ^
Did you omit OT on purpose?
September 23rd, 2019 at 4:27 PM ^
Of course, this thread descends into a fan-induced Harbaugh rant, even though it has nothing to do with him.
September 23rd, 2019 at 4:30 PM ^
Cool. More fodder for Transfer QB U.
September 23rd, 2019 at 4:31 PM ^
Players are starting to realize how much leverage they have and it's terrifying the people that have been making millions off of them.