Agreed. That's going to have to be the new model for elite CFB teams moving forward. No longer can you fill your roster with 4 and 5star QBs. IMO, if we had Cardale, JT and Braxton, 2 would bolt easily. I'd see Guitton probably leaving as well. This monster has been brewing for decades, and with kids seeing little push back from the NCAA, they're going to leave. It has nothing to do with the BS that fans will spin about a kid not wanting competition, but finding a path to the NFL, and there's no path sitting on the bench and waiting. And it's ironic how you don't hear from OSU fans that Fields didn't want to compete, when he essentially knew that he wasn't going to beat out Fromm and transferred to a school where he knew he had an easier path...
Valid point as well. There just isn't an easy fix, but that's the closest you're going to get.
Agreed with all stated. It will take a combo of all mentioned, while still being able to secure a top end QB talent to hopefully guide the team. And you're right, every team in CFB will encounter this problem. Didn't Clemson only have 2 schollie QBs on roster this past year? Imagine, their spot, I don't see a top kid considering them at QB until Lawrence is in his 3rd year. And Bama lucked out that Tua had a little brother who is just as talented, or they'd be in the same boat. Muscial chair QBs will be the norm.
No doubt... but finding a kid like Danny Clark for example would be a perfect back up. Loves OSU, from ohio, but not quite good enough to start somewhere over elite prospects.
I think the interesting part is going to be the impact this will have on recruiting at the high school level. Programs and coaches are soon going to realize that what they should be focusing on (in terms of elite players, anyway) is to try and recruit them after their freshman year in college. No reason to run around and spend a whole lot of time on the road wooing and cooing 15, 16, 17 year olds.
Yep. This.
This could happen or you could just have first year starters continually go in the first round.
Funny how that works, eh?Agreed. That's going to have to be the new model for elite CFB teams moving forward. No longer can you fill your roster with 4 and 5star QBs. IMO, if we had Cardale, JT and Braxton, 2 would bolt easily. I'd see Guitton probably leaving as well. This monster has been brewing for decades, and with kids seeing little push back from the NCAA, they're going to leave. It has nothing to do with the BS that fans will spin about a kid not wanting competition, but finding a path to the NFL, and there's no path sitting on the bench and waiting. And it's ironic how you don't hear from OSU fans that Fields didn't want to compete, when he essentially knew that he wasn't going to beat out Fromm and transferred to a school where he knew he had an easier path...
I think this is the more likely scenario. The transfer portal is going to become a clearinghouse for available talent. Sitting on a bench for 2/3/4 years to get reps (and visibility) as a starter just shortens your career by that much. The era of 2/3-year starters in elite programs is a thing of the past.
