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QB Cardale '12 Gauge' Jones (B1G Champion, National Champion)

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Cardale began today's game with an under throw then a pick - his 6th in the last 9 quarters - and got benched in favor of Tyree Jackson.

What started out as an opportunity to play his way back to the NFL is turning into maybe his last season of football.
 
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SKULL SESSION: CARDALE JONES LIKES THE TRANSFER PORTAL, ATHLETIC DIRECTORS SUPPORT PLAYOFF EXPANSION AND THE SCHOTTENSTEIN CENTER IS NOT A TOUGH PLACE TO PLAY

ODD MAN OUT. Cardale Jones is kind of the poster child for sticking it out despite getting buried on the depth chart and passed by somebody younger.

But even he – the fellow who won a national title as a third-string quarterback – sees the transfer portal as a solid option that he might have even used if it was around when he was in school.

One thing that is really interesting about your career is that you were behind other quarterbacks on the depth chart. It feels like, even since 2014, quarterbacks don’t do that. If you don’t win the starting job, you transfer. I feel like that trend has only grown. I wonder if it’s something you might have done if you were, say, a freshman quarterback today and didn’t win the job.

If your starter is either in the same year as you or just one year older, that’s tough. It’s tough to say, “OK, well hopefully I’ll wait my turn while this guy has a great career, and then I’ll have one year to prove myself and chase my dreams.” Or it just never happens. If the guy’s in your same class, the way you play is an injury. I do think as a freshman, that’s an easier decision to make than if you (transfer) later in your career because you’ve developed relationships not only with your coaches but the guys you go into battle with. That was one of my concerns as well. Looking at that 2014 season and the way J.T. came on — probably by the fifth or sixth game of the season he was getting talked about for the Heisman — I’m just like, “I love this team to death but I still want an opportunity to play.” He’s younger than me, and Braxton is back next year. I’m the odd man out. So yeah, if the transfer portal existed back then and you didn’t have to sit out a year, and we won a championship without J.T. getting hurt, that probably would have been my protocol the following year.

Cardale Jones' story already feels unrealistic even when I saw it unfold in person with my own eyes six years ago.

With the way college football is trending with the portal and talk of one-time transfers, it's going to sound damn close to mythology in a few years, cause something like that is never happening again.

Entire article: https://www.elevenwarriors.com/skul...c-directors-support-playoff-expansion-and-the
 
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And here's what it looks like the last week of November every year...

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