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Could be nothing, but Houston liked this tweet from yesterday:

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I know the college game is losing its luster for me with the transfer portal, players chasing NIL, and the continuing chaos of conference realignment.

Per ESPN, 3,083 FBS players entered the transfer portal during the 2021-2022 cycle and 3,284 players entered during the 2022-2023 cycle.

I don't know if Brewton and now Houston entering the portal are indicative of a problem in the locker room or if it's just the nature of college football in 2023. I hope it's the latter.
 
McLovin said:
I could be wrong, but it doesn’t feel like any of these mid season transfers are NIL related. There has to be more to the story…
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I feel the same way...is it a condemnation of the OC, the RB coach, or are things that bad behind the scenes (player morale?) Going to be interesting going forward. Ugh. As if Mora didn't have enough on his plate yesterday...
 
UCMB88 said:
I know the college game is losing its luster for me with the transfer portal, players chasing NIL, and the continuing chaos of conference realignment.

Per ESPN, 3,083 FBS players entered the transfer portal during the 2021-2022 cycle and 3,284 players entered during the 2022-2023 cycle.

I don't know if Brewton and now Houston entering the portal are indicative of a problem in the locker room or if it's just the nature of college football in 2023. I hope it's the latter.
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Brewton was understandable as he was not getting many touches as he had 2 carries and no catches in 2 games and only played on 4 snaps on offense. Last year, he had 21 carries and 5 catches in 4 games. Houston is the surprise as he was #1 on the depth chart and was getting plenty of touches although his touches per game were about the same as last year.
 
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This is just a disappointment on top of an already disappointing season. I understand he probably wants to go to a place that'll win and get NIL money, but it still sucks to read. I hope he lands somewhere good unlike Carter at MSU.
 
Ok, Cam Edwards, now is your chance to shine. Would love to see him getting more touches and catching fire. We sure could use that "next man up" mentality right now. (Maybe at OC and QB as well, but we can start with RB.)
 
huskymedic said:
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Not hard to figure out, how many 175lb speed backs want to waste their time trying to run threw rugby scrum sets, when they can transfer to a program that spreads the field out on offense and gives them a chance to play in space. Well at least Charlton/ Mora still have Jelani Stafford to run in these sets since their to damn clueless to understand this, SMH!
 
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I don't know if anyone already posted this on here already, but I saw on twitter that Eriq Gilyard, LB transfer from Kansas, left the team last week. What the heck is going on?
 
UCMB88 said:
I don't know if anyone already posted this on here already, but I saw on twitter that Eriq Gilyard, LB transfer from Kansas, left the team last week. What the heck is going on?
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How many other teams are losing their starting skilled positions mid-season? If you can find examples, what percentage of the whole is that for teams? Of course, something is up.... anyone notice the side of the ball we are losing our starters? It's not as deep as everyone looking for outside reasons are making it
 
AllThings34 said:
lol. There are plenty of guys “Houston’s size” in the league. Plenty. The thing is staying on a sinking ship surely won’t help make it to the island. He’ll be fine and do well…he’s a tough kid. UConn just can’t catch a break.
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He's listed at 5'094" and 171 lbs. There's not "Plenty" of RB's in the league his size.
 
I am curious about what happens with these players once they declare they are transferring. Do they lose access to the trainers, facilities, tutors, etc? Are they just regular students for the semester? Eat in the standard dining halls vs. the team dining? I can't imagine the team would want them hanging around the facilities, etc.
 
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MKH2317 said:
How many defensive starters from last season hit the portal? Seems like all we hear about are skilled position offensive players entering the portal.
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Bingo... shocked you are one of the few seeing this ... Denial among the faithful
 
How is Gilyard even leaving? He was a grad transfer with 1 year to play 1 year.
 
BigTenFan said:
A lot of these kids have unrealistic expectations of their skillset and opportunities in D1 Football.
There are lots of talented players out there

Why don't we see men's and women's BB players leaving mid season?
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Football is the only sport that allows you to play a partial season and not lose your eligibility. If you could play 7-10 basketball games and not lose your eligibility you'd see guys transferring then and not after the season
 
BigTenFan said:
A lot of these kids have unrealistic expectations of their skillset and opportunities in D1 Football.
There are lots of talented players out there

Why don't we see men's and women's BB players leaving mid season?
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I was just going to post a comment similar to this. UConn isn't a school where there is a ton of top level talent which naturally separates itself. All these kids believe they are as good as the guy next to them.

It's a logjam of expectations. Eventually coaches have to start playing "favorites" and only some players are going to get the reps. Those who aren't, for whatever reason, are going to feel frustrated. Especially true when the team's performance stinks.

And that's why I wanted to see some changes on the depth chart. The players who have been starting haven't gotten the job done. No matter what the coaches are seeing in practice and in film and what the coaches have been game planning, it hasn't worked.

How much worse than four non-competitive losses can the subs be?
 
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Makryspost said:
I am curious about what happens with these players once they declare they are transferring. Do they lose access to the trainers, facilities, tutors, etc? Are they just regular students for the semester? Eat in the standard dining halls vs. the team dining? I can't imagine the team would want them hanging around the facilities, etc.
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Some of the bigger schools they become regular students. I’m not sure if it’s the same at Uconn.
 
Mora said yesterday they couldn’t pay players what other schools were willing to pay.

How does the basketball program afford to pay players? Especially when they get top talent. It cannot be cheap.
 
mac2351 said:
Mora said yesterday they couldn’t pay players what other schools were willing to pay.

How does the basketball program afford to pay players? Especially when they get top talent. It cannot be cheap.
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Frankly that seems like and excuse. Does UConn have the worst NIL donors in the entire country? Other places manage this all just fine. I can't imagine UConn cannot keep up with a lot of the G5s. Mora needs to stop comparing UConn to the P5s as an excuse and start performing with the G5s first.
 
Chin Diesel said:
He's listed at 5'094" and 171 lbs. There's not "Plenty" of RB's in the league his size.
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For reference…Google still works. Dalvin Cook? Alvin Kamara? Jerick McKinnon…and PLENTY of others…Height isn’t an issue and weight can always be gained or lost. Who said he had to stay a RB? When it’s clear and apparent the guy can obviously catch too. Refer to last season’s receiving stats perhaps UConn should’ve changed his position to receiver and let him cook there….if/since size is an issue. He’s a pretty nice athlete..he’ll find his niche.
 
AllThings34 said:
For reference…Google still works. Dalvin Cook? Alvin Kamara? Jerick McKinnon…and PLENTY of others…Height isn’t an issue and weight can always be gained or lost. Who said he had to stay a RB? When it’s clear and apparent the guy can obviously catch too. Refer to last season’s receiving stats perhaps UConn should’ve changed his position to receiver and let him cook there….if/since size is an issue. He’s a pretty nice athlete..he’ll find his niche.
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Dalvin Cook is 5'10 210, Alvin Kamara is 5'10 215 and Jerick McKinnon is 5'9 201. All 3 of those guys have 30+ pounds on Houston and Brewton
 
Locker room, coaches, I can’t take it anymore.

They quit. Get used to this all the time. Transfer portal is real. Everyone always looking for more PT and more NIL and marketing .
 
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