January 10th, 2019 at 1:52 PM ^
Would be hilarious if Tate transferred but Fields wasn't granted eligibility. We all know that won't happen though.
January 10th, 2019 at 1:53 PM ^
hurts would just go to osu then. with their luck, he will anyway.
January 10th, 2019 at 2:00 PM ^
They can pull Martell's scholarship as soon as he enters the portal however, so while it's most likely Hurts is going to Auburn wouldn't it just be our luck that OSU sends Martell packing, picks up Hurts for his final season and has FIelds to take over the next year.
January 10th, 2019 at 2:10 PM ^
i was literally discussing this last nite with some friends.
January 10th, 2019 at 2:11 PM ^
BPONE theorem suggests this is a virtual certainty
January 10th, 2019 at 2:24 PM ^
I don't care if they have Hurts. He may be better than Martell, but he's not a great QB.
January 10th, 2019 at 3:15 PM ^
Hurts is JT Barrett part 2.
Care, care just a little bit.
January 10th, 2019 at 3:51 PM ^
You'd be right. Hurts is good. He's not Haskins. Brown was quite good at limiting Barrett, not so much Haskins.
January 11th, 2019 at 12:36 AM ^
Haskins will be an NFL starter next season. He looked like Aaron Rogers against us.
January 11th, 2019 at 12:36 PM ^
"Quiet good," but still lost. Your rooting interest should be that Fields isn't eligible, Hurts goes elsewhere, and Martell bounces. Make them play with their own version of Sheridan or something.
January 10th, 2019 at 4:02 PM ^
Fair point, but I don't think Barrett was "great" either.
We definitely should have beat him the year he didn't get the first down, and we were very close in 2017.
Take Meyer out of the equation, and I don't worry too much. I'm not saying we'll win v. OSU automatically or anything like that. I just don't go into the game with dread.
Haskins was different. We knew that, if he was on and we didn't game plan for that offense on a good day and couldn't get pressure on him, he could throw darts all over the field.
Barrett could never do that on his best days.
January 10th, 2019 at 3:01 PM ^
If he’s put his name in the portal he’s leaving. Guys don’t do that for the hell of it and then change their minds. Would love to see Fields not be granted eligibility next year and Martell is gone We can hope right?
January 10th, 2019 at 3:12 PM ^
Oh, you can hope. But there is 100% certainty your hopes will be crushed, as they have been for 20 years.
January 10th, 2019 at 4:07 PM ^
That's about what we've been reduced to: "Boy wouldn't it be great if all 100 Ohio State players were declared ineligible right before The Game?!?!?!"
Yes, it would. But Ohio State would still be favored by a field goal.
January 10th, 2019 at 7:57 PM ^
Then we have Baldwin. Who is nothing but a gunslinger Haskins style who will step in and dominate....Next Man Up
January 10th, 2019 at 2:57 PM ^
Conventional wisdom says this checks out .
Two QBs who can hit a 5 yard crossing route and take off when things break down. Not digging this prospect.
January 10th, 2019 at 1:54 PM ^
On what grounds would Fields actually be granted a waiver? Did the check from UGA bounce?
January 10th, 2019 at 1:57 PM ^
He is claiming that he was the target of racial hostility and that his transfer is a necessity for safety.
I don't know. That is what the man said.
January 10th, 2019 at 2:06 PM ^
Watch Fields get immediate eligibility in a fraction of the time it took for Shea to clear, because that's just how things go in Columbus
January 10th, 2019 at 2:08 PM ^
Of course. Don't you watch Ballers?
January 10th, 2019 at 2:10 PM ^
Dude grew up in Georgia in the shadow of Civil War monuments and now he's worried about safety?
January 10th, 2019 at 2:22 PM ^
And if he's looking to avoid racism, someone should tell him that Columbus isn't the best choice either.
January 10th, 2019 at 3:15 PM ^
His sister also goes to Georgia and she enrolled after the incident, so I guess the Fields family wasn’t real worried about the environment at Georgia.
January 10th, 2019 at 3:52 PM ^
My buddies and I, mostly black, always wonder why these guys go south and are shocked how they are treated.. not saying the north has jerks, but there has to be WAY more in the south. I would never want my son going to Alabama or LSU.
January 10th, 2019 at 4:09 PM ^
Yeah, I mean I'm not black but it seems like many black players in the south have probably faced at least one racist incident in their time at school right? Hell, Devin Gardner said he faced several at our own school and in this day and age. If Fields's waiver goes through then couldn't many black players point to at least one racial incident and claim immediate eligibility?
January 10th, 2019 at 9:09 PM ^
Or white players, for that matter
January 10th, 2019 at 6:03 PM ^
The South is 100x more integrated than the Midwest.
January 10th, 2019 at 6:49 PM ^
Very true. I live in the north but just went to the mid-atlantic this week. It's immediately apparent how much more integrated it is even just a few hours from the 'north'. A lot of people don't realize that MLK spent a lot of time in the north and midwest as well...
January 10th, 2019 at 8:49 PM ^
You are mostly black? Very different way to describe oneself.
January 10th, 2019 at 2:39 PM ^
Thats his claim but the person who directed the racial slur at him was kicked out of school so im not sure how that would hold. It'll be interesting.
January 10th, 2019 at 3:25 PM ^
This is a point that should not be understated at all. If the kid was immediately kicked out of school for the racial slurs than Fields argument would seem to be the opposite of Georgia's actions. As much as it's utter shit this world is full of racists, the school showed they wouldn't accept those actions.
January 11th, 2019 at 9:28 PM ^
Actually, the slur was made by a member of the Georgia baseball team. The guy was kicked off of the team but kicked out of school.
January 10th, 2019 at 2:44 PM ^
“Necessity for safety,” yet his little sister is committed to play softball at Georgia...
January 10th, 2019 at 6:49 PM ^
Not sure how he can make that claim if his sister is committed to play softball (think I read) at Georgia.
January 10th, 2019 at 1:58 PM ^
There was some incident with a UGA baseball player using racial slurs towards him. He's nabbed Shea's lawyer who helped the Ole Miss guys last year. Something about not feeling safe at UGA. I never heard about the original incident when it happened so don't know specifics but that's the gist. More here: https://www.si.com/college-football/2019/01/09/ohio-state-quarterback-justin-fields-requesting-immediate-ncaa-eligibilty-after-georgia-transfer
January 10th, 2019 at 2:02 PM ^
Yes he’s going to claim that the environment at UGA was a harmful/unsafe one. That language is in the immediate eligibility guidelines, but I think it’s a hard case to make because: 1. the person who called Fields a racial slur was a single individual on a different team at Georgia. Not in the football locker room, and an isolated incident. 2. The university quickly expelled the kid.
It wasn’t an environment of prejudice/intimidation/threats of violence, but one lone asshole that UGA booted from campus. I don’t think there was ever any unsafe environment, but even if there was it was fleeting and isolated and UGA cured it.
January 10th, 2019 at 2:10 PM ^
He wants to transfer for one reason...he wants playing time. The rest is just an excuse. I highly doubt if he was playing and loved UGA he'd bolt over this.
January 10th, 2019 at 2:17 PM ^
There may be other stuff we don't know about and I hope he isn't actually in danger. ...but if there isn't and he's just using "racism" to get the waiver, then that's sort of shitty. If that's the case then it seems like he'd fit in well at OSU. Maybe he can take Urban Meyer's class on leadership and character.
January 10th, 2019 at 2:40 PM ^
Definitely doesn't seem like there is any danger, his sister is going there on an athletic scholarship this fall.
January 10th, 2019 at 4:47 PM ^
He is not the only kid on that team who is of African descent and if this were the case that he felt unsafe due to racial prejudice at the school then you would have to think that there would be at least one other guy from the team trying to do the same thing.
If there are a lot of things happening behind closed doors with a football coach then this becomes a whole different story, but till something like that is the proven case then i believe the NCAA walks a fine line with this one. If they grant him a waiver for perceived threats based on racial profile it gives a huge chance to other guys from schools all over the country to do the same. If they dont then they are “racists” and “bigots” white guys who get to be called slave owners by professional athletes.
Anyway i cannot wait to see how this one plays out.
January 10th, 2019 at 7:27 PM ^
Exactly. He wasn’t feeling safe about his position in the starting lineup.
January 10th, 2019 at 2:12 PM ^
Only question that needs to be asked (everyone already knows the answer):
If Fields had started for Georgia and was projected to start next year, would he be transferring because he didn't feel safe at Georgia?
January 10th, 2019 at 2:14 PM ^
getting obliterated by a 240 lb LB with 4.6 speed is much safer than a baseball player shouting BS at you.
January 10th, 2019 at 2:43 PM ^
Tell that to Yasiel Puig (6'2" 240)
January 10th, 2019 at 3:21 PM ^
dang. steroids definitely work
January 10th, 2019 at 9:18 PM ^
Which one is he?
January 10th, 2019 at 2:14 PM ^
getting obliterated by a 240 lb LB with 4.6 speed is much safer than a baseball player shouting BS at you.
January 10th, 2019 at 2:35 PM ^
Please, say that again!
January 10th, 2019 at 2:12 PM ^
...but this is the same ncaa that did nothing to the unc basketball program who committed academic fraud. i'm still outraged by that. it bothers way more than $.
January 10th, 2019 at 2:20 PM ^
The SEC will likely use their region's special "heritage" as a selling point for easy transfers if things don't work out for a recruit.