Golson to Florida State

[BigdaddyQH]

Reports, so far unconfirmed, say that former Notre Dame QB Everett Golson will transfer to Florida State. The rich get richer. This helps Florida State's chances this season.

 

[RunLeeRun]

If you can't beat em, join em.

 

[CoachCB]

I think McGuire is better and he's more suited to a Jimbo Fisher type QB. Golson is a great athlete, but he is a turnover machine....but so was Winston last year.

 

[GoSooners]

Whoever starts, I think it's going to be more dependent on how the OL plays than anything else. Only one starting OL back this year. Of course with all of the NFL talent that FSU has, that's probably about the norm. The big difference this time though is those players in waiting probably didn't have near the backup experience coming into this season as they had when FSU was blowing out opponents every week. The one positive for Golson is he should have more talented receivers around him at FSU than he had two years ago at ND.

 

[GoSooners]

I think McGuire is better and he's more suited to a Jimbo Fisher type QB. Golson is a great athlete, but he is a turnover machine....but so was Winston last year.

Yeah, the numbers aren't all that different between Golson and Winston. Golson was 29/14 and Winston was 25/18 and somehow still made it to the Final Four. Plus a fairly easy schedule with their only real tests coming at GT and Clemson. It should be a pretty good QB battle with McGuire. But usually coaches prefer experienced QB's, warts and all..

 

[cloverleaf]

Freck Golson and freck Jimbo Fisher........I hope both fall on their ass.

I agree with Bobby Bowden who said this was a bad move for team chemistry and the other quarterbacks on the team.

For the record...it's no secret Saban wanted the guy in Tuscaloosa...I would have said the same thing.

 

[Greenbacks]

Golson has a nice track record......He will be the starter no doubt.

 

[Conan]

Something about Golson landing at FSU strikes me as cheesy. He for sure ain't no Cam Newton or Jameis Winston... or what's his face the Seahawks picked up from Wisconsin. (Russel Wilson.) I really don't like this trend or loophole where it's acceptable to just recruit yourself a "rent-a-quarterback." In the case of Vernon Adams, it seems less cheesy because he's switching divisions going from 1-AA To Div-1A which is probably the "cheesy" thing about the others. In a bigtime national sense, it's more or less the same thing as switching sides and joining the opposition. (Oddly enough Vernon Adams will be playing for Oregon vs his old Alma Mater EWU in week #!... this is crazyness. But what can I say, poo-poo occurs.) I remember that story about an Oklamoona QB who was heavily busted by the school and/or the NCAA (for taking payments [illegal benefits] as a summer job for a car dealership) the upshot of which landed him in a lower division to wrap up his college career. That doesn't bug me so much. There's also this amateur standard which makes all of this wreak of "college professional football."

Just my 2¢

 

[CoachCB]

Something about Golson landing at FSU strikes me as cheesy. He for sure ain't no Cam Newton or Jameis Winston... or what's his face the Seahawks picked up from Wisconsin. (Russel Wilson.) I really don't like this trend or loophole where it's acceptable to just recruit yourself a "rent-a-quarterback." In the case of Vernon Adams, it seems less cheesy because he's switching divisions going from 1-AA To Div-1A which is probably the "cheesy" thing about the others. In a bigtime national sense, it's more or less the same thing as switching sides and joining the opposition. (Oddly enough Vernon Adams will be playing for Oregon vs his old Alma Mater EWU in week #!... this is crazyness. But what can I say, poo-poo occurs.) I remember that story about an Oklamoona QB who was heavily busted by the school and/or the NCAA (for taking payments [illegal benefits] as a summer job for a car dealership) the upshot of which landed him in a lower division to wrap up his college career. That doesn't bug me so much. There's also this amateur standard which makes all of this wreak of "college professional football."

Just my 2¢

Conan, I disagree and like the transfer rule. The NCAA harps on "Student Athlete".....and these kids have done that; they graduated. If they want to pursue a graduate degree at a different school (like a lot of other students do) they should have that opportunity. And if they didn't use up all 4 years of eligibility at their first school, why not? I like the sit out a year for undergrads, because that would lead to big problems. But kids who have graduated? They should be able to move on....just like real college students do.

 

[Conan]

Oklamoona.... LOL. What a a typo !!

In a perfect world Coach I have no arguments against a kid doing something to forward his professional prospects.

Maybe it's me being hypersensitive to the hypocrisy of the policy and the way they do things in the NCAA. Whatever
happened to the old school spirit? That one definitely takes a hit in this less-than-perfect world.

 

[rolltide]

Conan, I disagree and like the transfer rule. The NCAA harps on "Student Athlete".....and these kids have done that; they graduated. If they want to pursue a graduate degree at a different school (like a lot of other students do) they should have that opportunity. And if they didn't use up all 4 years of eligibility at their first school, why not? I like the sit out a year for undergrads, because that would lead to big problems. But kids who have graduated? They should be able to move on....just like real college students do.

absolutely. if you get your degree then you should absolutely be allowed to transfer without penalty. I don't even agree with the stupid rule that you have to choose a graduate program not available at the current school. that is silly since all grad programs are not created equal

 

[loomis41973]

Good luck to my fellow alum.

 

[cloverleaf]

There is a growing movement to eliminate the 'graduate transfer' rule.

I think in the next year or two this "rent a player" will be a thing of the past.