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Michigan QB grad transfer goes to Illinois...

https://247sports.com/Player/Brandon-Peters-32002/

"Will Illinois's Transfer Portal Spree Change the Tone of Lovie Smith's Tenure?"

By LAKEN LITMAN    June 19, 2019

What’s next for Illinois under Lovie Smith? Amid a four-win season that included a 63–0 blowout loss to Iowa on Senior Day in late November, there was your regularly programmed hot seat chatter. In his three years in Champaign, Smith has yet to totally rebuild the program, entering year four with a 9–27 overall record, 4–23 in the Big Ten. If there was more room for pessimism, 15 players entered the transfer portal this offseason, according to 247Sports’s tracker. Not great.

But may we introduce a potential positive storyline? Despite the steadily dismal outlook, Smith and his staff have added a handful of talent heading into this 2019 season, using the transfer portal in their favor arguably as well as anybody. Illinois has new players from Alabama, Georgia, USC and Michigan, most of whom are eligible to play immediately and expect to make an impact on the field this fall. The Fighting Illini haven’t had a top 40 recruiting class—much less a winning season—since 2011, but maybe Smith has figured something out on the transfer market.

It just so happens, too, that one of the biggest question marks for Illinois now is its quarterback situation. Former starter AJ Bush graduated and backup M.J. Rivers announced his intention to transfer this spring. Four-star prospect Isaiah Williams, the No. 2 overall prospect out of the state of Missouri, caught some buzz when he followed through on his commitment and signed with the Illini on National Signing Day, and Smith has stated that he would get a chance to compete for the starting job alongside inexperienced youngsters Matt Robinson and Coran Taylor.

But the real hype got rolling early this week when Illinois snagged one of the most proven quarterbacks still in the transfer portal. Tuesday night, Brandon Peters announced his plans to leave Michigan for Illinois. The former four-star recruit started four games for the Wolverines as a redshirt freshman in 2017 and completed 58 passes for 680 yards with four touchdowns and three interceptions, but lost his job once Shea Patterson arrived. The good news for Illinois is that Peters has graduated, which means he can play immediately for Illinois and also has two years of eligibility remaining.

Peters will join a team full of eager transfers just like him, all of whom have a strong chance of starting for the Illini this fall. There’s a pair of former four-star wide receivers from USC in Trevon Sidney and Josh Imatorbhebhe, plus former five-star defensive end Oluwole Betiku, who signed with the Trojans as the No. 15 overall recruit in 2016; Alabama offensive lineman Richie Petibon (the nation’s fifth-ranked guard prospect in 2015) and former Georgia tight end Luke Ford (No. 51 overall recruit in 2018), who was denied a transfer waiver to gain immediate eligibility and must sit out the 2019 season.

These are solid additions to a team striving to make its first bowl game since 2014. Five or six wins is certainly doable in the Big Ten West, where another conference win or two have been there for the taking in recent years. Illinois eases into the season with three winnable games against Akron, UConn and Eastern Michigan, but then it’s straight into Big Ten play, including cross-division games with Michigan and Michigan State. Anything short of making the postseason in year four, and a new coach will likely take over what Smith has been trying to build the last three years. He agreed to an extension with the school at the end of last season, but Smith’s buyout drops from $12 million in 2018 to $4 million this year and $2 million in 2020, making it less painful for the Illini to cut ties if the on-field product stagnates.

Can Peters and the rest of the recent arrivals help move the Illini up another rung and stir up some faith in Smith’s long-term plan? There’s not much room for error in what could be a make-or-break season for their new program.

https://www.si.com/college-football/2019/06/19/lovie-smith-illinois-brandon-peters-transfer

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2 hours ago, Machinator said:

 

There’s a petty good financial argument to be made that simply changing the rules and then paying the main guy an exhorbitant retainer to be exclusive as counsel to them would make the whole issue largely go away. Paying him a retainer of $60k/month and letting him do whatever he wants that isn’t in conflict would be highly affordable and regret free for both sides. 

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Idk why people act like the portal has drastically changed things.  Kids who were on the fence were already being contacted by other coaches before the portal existed. Just look at Brick Haley with Jordan Elliott.

The real impact on transfers is whether the 1 year rule is consistently enforced. All the portal does is formalize and aggregate all the kids that were already transferring in previous years. 

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7 hours ago, TKthunder2 said:

Not a horrible idea.  Would stop dumbasses like Tate Martel from leaving with only 1 semester left to graduate.

Kids want to play immediately. That’s their primary reason for transferring. What about if they transfer, they can play immediately, but lose 1 year of eligibility or half a year? Meaning if they have 2 years of eligibility left, if they transfer, it will be their last year? Or would that be unfair too? 

I don’t know. 

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21 minutes ago, Neonmoon said:

Kids want to play immediately. That’s their primary reason for transferring. What about if they transfer, they can play immediately, but lose 1 year of eligibility or half a year? Meaning if they have 2 years of eligibility left, if they transfer, it will be their last year? Or would that be unfair too? 

I don’t know. 

Lose a year of eligibility to play immediately, or sit and keep all your years.  Not a bad option if you ask me.

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Played in 11 games as a true freshman sounds good.

Probably partly responsible for giving up a million points to aggy sounds bad.

3 years of eligibility for a former 4 star sounds good.

Suspended for bowl game for unspecified reasons sounds bad.

In-out-and back into the portal sounds bad.

 

 

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29 minutes ago, Machinator said:

IT and TFB say we might actually be interested in him.

Yeah, and why not? Talented player. My friends at LSU are trying to play off the loss of Joseph, but admit he's very talented, and would be playing a lot this yr if it werent for Stingley being the highest-rated DB recruit theyve had in recent memory

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Played in 11 games as a true freshman sounds good.

Probably partly responsible for giving up a million points to aggy sounds bad.

3 years of eligibility for a former 4 star sounds good.

Suspended for bowl game for unspecified reasons sounds bad.

In-out-and back into the portal sounds bad.

Enough pros to take a flier and trust Herman & Co to make the right judgement call 

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Played in 11 games as a true freshman sounds good.

Probably partly responsible for giving up a million points to aggy sounds bad.

3 years of eligibility for a former 4 star sounds good.

Suspended for bowl game for unspecified reasons sounds bad.

In-out-and back into the portal sounds bad.

Mrs. Broughton?

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3 hours ago, LTtxfan said:

Seems like the GameCOCKS have been a favorite for Feaster for some time.....

https://247sports.com/Player/Tavien-Feaster-35481/  

it was my understanding that he wasn't graduating till the 2nd summer semester. 

kinda hard to get into a grad school that quick. especially a Texas grad school. 

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21 minutes ago, NorLa Horns said:

it was my understanding that he wasn't graduating till the 2nd summer semester. 

kinda hard to get into a grad school that quick. especially a Texas grad school. 

Correct....

Former Clemson running back Tavien Feaster said Wednesday he will be playing football this fall at either South Carolina or Virginia Tech.  Feaster, one of the top undeclared graduate transfers in the country, must complete his undergraduate degree from Clemson first. The Spartanburg native said he is a couple of weeks away from finishing the academic work needed to graduate in August with a degree in Parks, Recreation and Tourism.  “One-hundred percent. I’m going to graduate,” he said. That is no problem.”

https://www.postandcourier.com/sports/clemson/clemson-s-tavien-feaster-says-he-ll-play-for-gamecocks/article_6b201fec-a35c-11e9-96f6-4b7f29458163.html

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Correct....

Former Clemson running back Tavien Feaster said Wednesday he will be playing football this fall at either South Carolina or Virginia Tech.  Feaster, one of the top undeclared graduate transfers in the country, must complete his undergraduate degree from Clemson first. The Spartanburg native said he is a couple of weeks away from finishing the academic work needed to graduate in August with a degree in Parks, Recreation and Tourism.  “One-hundred percent. I’m going to graduate,” he said. That is no problem.”

https://www.postandcourier.com/sports/clemson/clemson-s-tavien-feaster-says-he-ll-play-for-gamecocks/article_6b201fec-a35c-11e9-96f6-4b7f29458163.html

Parks, Recreation, & Tourism woooooooo boy that’s got to be an academically taxing degree program

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Correct....

Former Clemson running back Tavien Feaster said Wednesday he will be playing football this fall at either South Carolina or Virginia Tech.  Feaster, one of the top undeclared graduate transfers in the country, must complete his undergraduate degree from Clemson first. The Spartanburg native said he is a couple of weeks away from finishing the academic work needed to graduate in August with a degree in Parks, Recreation and Tourism.  “One-hundred percent. I’m going to graduate,” he said. That is no problem.”

https://www.postandcourier.com/sports/clemson/clemson-s-tavien-feaster-says-he-ll-play-for-gamecocks/article_6b201fec-a35c-11e9-96f6-4b7f29458163.html

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