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Per Randy:
College football is a sport steeped in tradition, from Michigan vs. Ohio State, to the Iron Bowl, to the Army-Navy game and to the beautiful view of the San Gabriel Mountains as the sun sets at the Rose Bowl.
Another tradition in college football was that coaches and administrators had control over player movement, with the ability to deny transfers up until October of 2018, when the transfer portal was launched.
It's been a game-changer since, and nowhere was that clearer than at the Big Ten football media days last week. Of the Big Ten's 18 teams after the conference's West Coast expansion, 14 teams are expected to begin the season with a starting quarterback who has transferred at least once. Only four squads are expected to a have a home-grown starter.
"The biggest takeaway is, like always, you have to embrace change," said Iowa coach Kirk Ferentz, the dean of college football coaches who's starting his 26th season in Iowa City. "It is inevitable. It's part of what we do, and certainly it's part of college football right now."
Only Michigan (junior Alex Orji), Nebraska (freshman Dylan Raiola), Penn State (junior Drew Allar) and USC (junior Miller Moss) have presumptive starters from within the program.
www.startribune.com
Go Gophers!!
College football is a sport steeped in tradition, from Michigan vs. Ohio State, to the Iron Bowl, to the Army-Navy game and to the beautiful view of the San Gabriel Mountains as the sun sets at the Rose Bowl.
Another tradition in college football was that coaches and administrators had control over player movement, with the ability to deny transfers up until October of 2018, when the transfer portal was launched.
It's been a game-changer since, and nowhere was that clearer than at the Big Ten football media days last week. Of the Big Ten's 18 teams after the conference's West Coast expansion, 14 teams are expected to begin the season with a starting quarterback who has transferred at least once. Only four squads are expected to a have a home-grown starter.
"The biggest takeaway is, like always, you have to embrace change," said Iowa coach Kirk Ferentz, the dean of college football coaches who's starting his 26th season in Iowa City. "It is inevitable. It's part of what we do, and certainly it's part of college football right now."
Only Michigan (junior Alex Orji), Nebraska (freshman Dylan Raiola), Penn State (junior Drew Allar) and USC (junior Miller Moss) have presumptive starters from within the program.
Big Ten quarterback shuffle: Transfers expected to start for 14 of 18 conference teams
The Gophers certainly aren't the only team using the transfer portal to fill the most important position in football.
www.startribune.com
Go Gophers!!
