OFFICIAL 2017 COLLEGE FOOTBALL OFFSEASON THREAD - Spring Game schedule on first page

[nako xl]

Blake Barnett has left Bama

http://www.al.com/alabamafootball/index.ssf/2016/09/alabama_quarterback_blake_barn.html

does he have to sit out the entire year next year, or just the first 4 games?

I hope he doesn't even consider UCLA. I;m one that thinks he has game

He's food.

Blake Barnett is a 7 on 7 superstar.

 

[witnesskb24]

torrance was a receiver from the get go .

And now sitting at home

Though I haven't heard any indications that he will transfer so thats good

 

[statis22]

Lane getting a bag next year?

He'd kill in Houston. (I'm not implying anything)

 

[nako xl]

Lane getting a bag next year?

He'd kill in Houston. (I'm not implying anything)

You want Lane.

Screen capped for next year's arguments.

 

[statis22]

Lane getting a bag next year?


He'd kill in Houston. (I'm not implying anything)

You want Lane.

Screen capped for next year's arguments.

I didn't say that tho.....

 

[nuclear90]

The athlete must feel that a situation is very bad to drop and plan to transfer almost midway into a season knowing they are losing 2 years of their life in hopes of finding a better situation.

 

[nako xl]

Lane getting a bag next year?


He'd kill in Houston. (I'm not implying anything)

You want Lane.

Screen capped for next year's arguments.

I didn't say that tho.....

So? That's not how it works here.

 

[ThaxbyChamblis]

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[witnesskb24]

He knows

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[Verde Shuttles]

The Game is trash

Name drop, name drop, sound like the person featured on the track, corny punch line

 

[jewbacca2]

Major late pass here, but I finally started watching Last Chance U last night.

Really puts into prospective how immature and stupid a lot of these college players are

 

[elpablo21]

The Game is trash

Name drop, name drop, sound like the person featured on the track, corny punch line

and whatever Air Max's, Jordans or Chucks he's wearing 

 

[nako xl]

Alabama's Tim Williams arrested with an unlicensed pistol and a bag of weed in his car.

Def gonna play on Saturday.

https://alabama.rivals.com/news/alabama-linebacker-tim-williams-arrested

 

[awwsome]

Alabama's Tim Williams arrested with an unlicensed pistol and a bag of weed in his car.

Def gonna play on Saturday.

https://alabama.rivals.com/news/alabama-linebacker-tim-williams-arrested

To quote Nick Saban.


"We're still gathering all the details, Tim is a great kid and we are going to handle this internally."

 

[JD617]

The Game is trash


Name drop, name drop, sound like the person featured on the track, corny punch line

and whatever Air Max's, Jordans or Chucks he's wearing 

'64 Impala, Compton, Dre. Repeat 71346 times.

 

[witnesskb24]

'64 Impala, Compton, Dre. Repeat 71346 times.

It's all true too

 

[awwsome]

Williams was in the passenger's seat and another man was in the driver's seat. The driver told officers that the marijuana was his, and that he was holding it for a friend named “Brandon Chicken.”

These kids are so stupid sometimes, I can't even call him a kid because he's 1 year younger than me.

 

[kdslittlebro]

These kids are so stupid sometimes, I can't even call him a kid because he's 1 year younger than me.

And yet so many ppl love to do that anyway

 

[Bobby Layne]

 
Pretty sure he has to sit out all of next season. 

Never mind

 
When it was reported on Wednesday that Blake Barnett was transferring from Alabama, the former five-star and current backup quarterback for the national title favorites received plenty of backlash.

The assumption from fans, message boards and even national media was that the redshirt freshman would be losing the 2017 season of eligibility regardless of his transfer plans. So, why would he leave now, four games into an undefeated season? With a true freshman starter one hit away from injury, Barnett is still a critical piece of Alabama's championship equation and he's being painted as a quitter by critics.

But Barnett has a plan — and it looks a lot like something we’ve seen before in college basketball.

According to bylaw 14.5.6 in the NCAA transfer guide, Barnett as a 4-2-4 transfer (four-year institution, to a junior college, and back to a four-year institution), can be eligible one calendar year from the date of his transfer from Alabama so long as he graduates with a GPA above 2.5 over an average of 12 hours per term at the certifying institution of Barnett’s choosing.

That’s a situation that happens frequently pre- and post-semester. The timing of Barnett’s transfer is what makes him a possible trailblazer: He’d be eligible to play the conference schedule at his next destination.

247Sports reviewed the NCAA transfer guide on Thursday with an FBS compliance source who has first-hand experience and knowledge in placing players from JUCOs, military institutions and other four-year colleges.

“I’ve never seen this situation before first-hand,” the compliance source said. “Because it’s so rare for somebody to leave in the middle of the season.”

It's worth noting that every person we talk to has slightly different perspectives on the interpretation of this rule. One source with significant experience dealing in junior college transfers believed that Barnett would be eligible immediately in 2017 at a four-year program. Still another source that coaches in the junior college ranks felt that Barnett wouldn't be able to play at a four-year institution until the 2018 season.

The source who thinks Barnett might have all of 2017 available muses that by leaving Alabama now and arriving at a two-year institution with a mid-term date in mid-October, Barnett would be essentially wiping clean the fall of 2016 at Alabama from his academic record. Consequently, his midterm transfer to a two-year institution would allow him to retroactively start the clock to the beginning of the first semester, thus allowing him to be eligible for the 2017 season with three years remaining to fulfill three years of eligibility.

The FBS compliance source was dubious about that.

“I don’t think he’d be able to not miss any time next year,” they said.

 

[Bobby Layne]

TCU's helmets for Saturday 

 

[IATT]

not a fan

 

[ThaxbyChamblis]

******* crying @ "Brandon Chicken" [emoji]128514[/emoji][emoji]128514[/emoji][emoji]128514[/emoji][emoji]128514[/emoji]

 

[Bobby Layne]

 Bruce Feldman ‏@BruceFeldmanCFB  6h6 hours ago
The ACC championship game, which was pulled out of NC, has officially been moved to Orlando & Camping World Stadium.

 

[aepps20]

Dude should've just said his name was Nicholas Saban. That would be more believable than Brandon Chicken.

 

[casper90403]

Never mind

so he sits out part of next season and can play about 4-5 weeks in? Thats how i read it.

Not a bad move at all.

He should be looking at Colorado or Oregon state.