was to report back to campus by a certain date for the bowl game. Snow storm came through so most players came back early. He didn’t, and got in a car wreck on way back to campus (minor wreck). Returns back home. Shows up a coup,e days late, told he’s not starting bowl game. Gets mad and storms off. Goes to bowl game, doesn’t start, and doesn’t come out from halftime and tweets instead
The underlying issue here isn't that it's an intraconference transfer as much as it is tampering with a kid who was on OU's roster.
Riley's take was garbage. If that's the issue Riley should say so and not some crap about how kids having the ability to freely transfer within a conference is bad for the sport
I’m sure if this was one of the last 18 Oklahoma starting QBs that transferred in being held up your stance would be different.
I can see where he’s going. In the NFL there are plenty of guys who will get signed for a few weeks and then get cut just because the team was trying to get some kind of advantage. Don’t want something similar happening in college.
You mean the one that transferred in from inside the conference and sat out a year as a penalty? That QB? I just want to make sure I'm understanding your hot take.
And I’m sure you were probably giving that school shit for doing what Riley is doing. Also rules were different back then as well and everyone was supposed to sit out.
Hey, we were riding the roller coaster that was Trevor Knight, that was fun as hell. Until it wasn't.
That makes it any less shitty? He should push for changes that benefit kids, not cling to relics of the past intended to protect coaches and schools. He's clearly just a fake good guy and plays that role when it suits him
The "Everyone should be able to transfer anywhere, anytime" approach that we have right now isn't sustainable. Sorry that hurts some feelers.
That's not how things are in any sport fyi. And it would be totally fine for schools, especially ones with unlimited money and no academic standards like OU, if that were how the system is structured
No argument to the second point from me, and I also hope that the ACC enjoys watching all its best players transfer to Clemson.
I bitched about tampering, thank you very much. If all Conferences want to change the rules to mirror the ACC's, I'm fine with that.
Riley is usually pretty good but on this one he’s just behind the times. He did it with Kendall too, who was even a graduate. It’s just a weird hill to die on and a losing battle, even if most coaches silently agree with him. The other conferences will eventually follow the ACC and take the power away from coaches to restrict transfer eligibility.