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MaxyJR1 said:
Interesting to see that UCLA's young QB transferred to Tennessee and is starting and Tennessee's starting QB transferred to UCLA and will be the back-up.
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The QB carousel in college football is pretty amazing. The number of guys moving around is off the charts. Not sure what exactly the TN/UCLA situation tells us exactly but interesting to see what almost amounts to a trade.
 


MaxyJR1 said:
Interesting to see that UCLA's young QB transferred to Tennessee and is starting and Tennessee's starting QB transferred to UCLA and will be the back-up.
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Aguilar was "technically" a UCLA QB but really he started at App State last year and just spent the Spring at UCLA before transferring at Iamaleava transfered in.
 

Lincoln Kienholz has been discussed on this forum a fair bit. Here's a 4* guy entering year three and up until now, hasn't sniffed the starting spot at tOSU yet he's still on campus. He and Sayin was supposedly neck and neck all camp before Day named Sayin the starter going into the big game with Texas. Kienholz has a 2nd year 5* ahead of him and a true freshman 5* supposedly behind him on the depth chart. The probability that Kienholz is ever the starter at tOSU is shrinking. In this day and age, its surprising that Kienholz is still on campus and isn't already looking ahead to the next stop.

On a related note, a business colleague's son is a QB at a DII school. There was a three way comp for the starting job for most of fall camp but the coach has now named a starter. Interestingly, the coach hasn't named a second stringer (although the third QB is a runner and there will be wildcat type packages for that QB) so that whoever would be the default #3 doesn't bolt. I would guess there's a fair amount of that going on at the QB position these days although I'm sure the players themselves can read the tea leaves. Colleague has a kid another kid playing DI FB, too, and its interesting to hear the mindset. These kids have ideas in their mind about where the next stop might be the first day they step on campus as freshman. Playing, period, is more important than who they play for, and they'll keep moving until they find the highest level where they can see the field.
 



In 2023 this guy was a five-star recruit, ranked as the 13th overall best 'cruit in the nation, and had offers from every top program in the country (Michigan, Penn State, Bama, Tennessee, etc.). In 2023 he initially committed to OK but signed with USC and didn't make it there, transferred to Boise State in 2024 and didn't make it there, and in 2025, after a tight competition, he's finally got a starting QB job, for UTEP.

 

Full Speed Ahead said:
In 2023 this guy was a five-star recruit, ranked as the 13th overall best 'cruit in the nation, and had offers from every top program in the country (Michigan, Penn State, Bama, Tennessee, etc.). In 2023 he initially committed to OK but signed with USC and didn't make it there, transferred to Boise State in 2024 and didn't make it there, and in 2025, after a tight competition, he's finally got a starting QB job, for UTEP.

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How does the motivational saying go?

If at first you don't succeed, quit and go find a scenario where it will be easier to succeed?

I remember that sounding more inspirational...
 

WoodburyTim said:
How does the motivational saying go?

If at first you don't succeed, quit and go find a scenario where it will be easier to succeed?

I remember that sounding more inspirational...
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I think when it comes to college QBs, that really is how it works.

Chances are very good that no matter the outcome at UTEP in 2025, he'll be on the move again.
 



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