Per 97.1 The Fan Columbus Ohio Former Georgia Backup QB Justin Fields will Transfer To Ohio State
January 4th, 2019 at 11:05 AM ^
Somewhere Tate Martell is in a corner, crying.
January 4th, 2019 at 11:06 AM ^
As am I...
January 4th, 2019 at 11:14 AM ^
If Fields wins the job then Martell is definitely gone right? He's been whining horribly about how he deserves to be starter bc he's been there longer
January 4th, 2019 at 11:19 AM ^
Sounds like he wants a participation trophy
January 4th, 2019 at 11:42 AM ^
so he's headed to TN? or are champions of Life rings not handed out to transfers?
January 4th, 2019 at 11:35 AM ^
I would think Tate would fight it out first in Spring/Fall camp and also see if Justin Fields gets immediate eligibility.
January 4th, 2019 at 11:41 AM ^
Martell might be the 3rd QB when all is said and done. All of the talk is about Martell and Fields but the forgotten kid here is true freshman Matthew Baldwin who is from the QB factory of Lake Travis TX (Baker Mayfield) and has the potential to be big-time. He has an absolute cannon for an arm.
January 4th, 2019 at 1:25 PM ^
So we're screwed for the next several years.
January 5th, 2019 at 10:03 AM ^
If Fields gets a transfer because of some mean words that's a joke. Punch the guy in the face. I get called shit all the time. It's his excuse to not sit out.
January 4th, 2019 at 11:31 AM ^
Martell isn't the only one crying. The OSU bagman strikes again.
January 4th, 2019 at 11:42 AM ^
And Danny Clark is laughing.
Seems to be the makings of a fissure in the locker room, here's hoping it rips open their crevass!
January 4th, 2019 at 12:28 PM ^
And I am trying to figure out how in the Flying Fark he'd be immediately eligible.
No hardship, no scandal...how would he possibly be eligible?
January 4th, 2019 at 12:35 PM ^
He's going to claim he didn't feel safe because of the slurs directed at him by that Georgia baseball player. Never mind the fact that the baseball player has been expelled from the school.
January 4th, 2019 at 1:02 PM ^
because its ohio state, that's how
January 4th, 2019 at 1:09 PM ^
And his sister is a UGA softball commit.
January 4th, 2019 at 2:50 PM ^
And he's an elite D1 athlete that could beat the crap out of 99% of all humans.
Including a baseball player that called him a bad word.
The only one he is actually in fear of is Fromm.
But hey NCAA, you just keep on being you.
January 4th, 2019 at 1:51 PM ^
Michigan fans are gonna be crying too if this guy is as good as he’s purported to be
January 4th, 2019 at 7:59 PM ^
He couldn't even beat out a 4* in Fromm.
January 4th, 2019 at 11:06 AM ^
The rich get richer
January 4th, 2019 at 11:24 AM ^
Unless of course you are referring to Georgia. I think they made a huge mistake going with Fromm over Fields.
January 4th, 2019 at 11:40 AM ^
How many Georgia games did you watzh?
The only reason Fields was on the field at all must have been promises by Smart to put him on there. His best game was against UMass.
January 4th, 2019 at 12:09 PM ^
Ya, tremendous mistake sticking with a guy who threw 30 TD's to 6 INT's while completing 67% of his passes.
January 4th, 2019 at 8:28 PM ^
Ya nah, I live in Ga and wife is a big GA fan so I saw every game this year. Fromm is better than Fields was this year no question. He got a run at time cause Kirby promised him time. His dad and himself were a pain constantly whining about playing time.
January 4th, 2019 at 11:06 AM ^
because of course
January 4th, 2019 at 11:07 AM ^
The NCAA needs to drop the transfer restrictions. Shea had to jump through a million hoops with his lawyer in order to get his one-year loss of eligibility removed and his coach was a documented liar.
This guy got called a nasty word and now it's a slam dunk? Stupid.
January 4th, 2019 at 11:08 AM ^
Aubrey Solomon somehow wants immediate eligibility too. I don’t really get it.
January 4th, 2019 at 11:10 AM ^
I guess "Fuck Michigan, it's too damn cold" is good enough for the NCAA. They either need to be strict in their application of the rules or just let it become the Wild West.
You lost your starting job to someone younger than you? OK, you're a free agent now!
January 4th, 2019 at 12:11 PM ^
That last rule makes sense to me. If you’re not gonna pay players, then you should definitely let players transfer right away to a position they feel gives them the best chance to make the NFL
January 4th, 2019 at 1:55 PM ^
That would definitely help parity in CFB. Schools wouldn't be able to promise recruits the moon to get them to sign, and then go back to business as usual - I'm thinking of that elite TE that Urban signed under the premise that he was going to totally re-engineer his offense around this kid.
These kids have a very short window to make it to the NFL, so they should have more than one shot at picking a school/coach who can get them there.
January 4th, 2019 at 7:48 PM ^
I’d be fine with all the “sure fire” dudes skipping college and either playing somewhere else or going directly to the NFL. Then, you’d have teams of good, not great, players who aren’t 100% focused on the NFL.
January 4th, 2019 at 2:23 PM ^
Aubrey Solomon doesn't deserve to have the door held open for him, let alone get immediate eligibility.
January 4th, 2019 at 11:07 AM ^
Sincerely hope he's a bust. They deserve it.
January 4th, 2019 at 12:49 PM ^
I hope we beat OSU next year.
But to wish that a 19 year old fails at his dream is just beneath the standard Michigan fans should be held to. This is a football game, after all. And it has no effect on your life, other than your emotions on a Saturday in late November. Let's be adults
January 4th, 2019 at 4:22 PM ^
Does lecturing an anonymous guy on the internet make you feel better about yourself? I bet it does.
January 4th, 2019 at 5:36 PM ^
No. But I just think it's laughable that a guy hopes a 19 year old fails just because he's going to OSU. It's just sad. And there are many people like this.
January 4th, 2019 at 9:30 PM ^
He said he hopes he’s a bust, not that he becomes a homeless bum. If he is a bust, Michigan has a better chance to win. Plus he can fall back on his amazing OSU degree if he fails at football. I’m surprised you could reach your keyboard to type that response from up on that high horse
January 6th, 2019 at 9:45 PM ^
Seems like you're actively rooting against a 19 year old for his whole career at OSU.
And it's not a high horse, it's fucking common sense. I hope any kid that plays college football can do well overall and capitalize on their skills - and my allegiance to that belief is not contingent on colors.
January 4th, 2019 at 11:08 AM ^
He has no basis for immediate eligibility and should not be granted it. That said if people thought Haskins was good in Day's offense just wait until you see Fields in it as he can also run.
Being stuck with Pep Hamilton never felt so depressing.
January 4th, 2019 at 11:10 AM ^
Assuming the racial slur story is true he should be granted immediate eligibility. Fair to say the NCAA has been a little looser with these rules recently anyways.
January 4th, 2019 at 11:13 AM ^
Lol get out of here. "Racial slur" give me a break. These athletes get called worse everyday by rival fans. So should every player be allowed to be granted immediate eligibility because their feelings got hurt? Aw poor baby.
January 4th, 2019 at 11:15 AM ^
No, he should not. Someone dropping the n word in the stands of a football game is gross and wrong, but it's not the basis for immediate eligibility to transfer. Don't be ridiculous.
January 4th, 2019 at 11:16 AM ^
How exactly do you figure the racial slur should translate to being immediately eligible? It has nothing to do with the team or his coaching staff. You can’t say he doesn’t feel safe and feared for his life or else his family wouldn’t have allowed his younger sister to sign there for softball.
There is zero reason that he should be immediately eligible, no matter where he’s transferring to.
January 4th, 2019 at 11:58 AM ^
If he gets an immediate clearance, that is actually not a bad news for us as we can use "are you sure you want to go to a school where racism is so prevalent that NCAA said you can get away from it without paying a penalty?" to every black player thinking about going to Georgia (and we seem to be in play with Georgia recruits a lot).
January 4th, 2019 at 7:58 PM ^
Naw, kids are too sophisticated for that to work. They all know this is a bs way to avoid the rules, something that they won’t hold against Georgia or Fields
January 5th, 2019 at 8:30 AM ^
Ohio St had a QB commit for 8 months flip to Georiga after getting 1 phone call from them less than 48 hours before signing day. He never visited them, never met the coaches, never even been to the state of Georgia before. So not all kids are sophisticated
January 4th, 2019 at 11:13 AM ^
If it was documented that he was threatened on campus like he claims, it's a slam dunk for immediate playing time. More o than Shea.
I have no idea how he looked at UGA, but Fields was supposed to be a phenom. Athletically he's a freak, my guess is he splits time with Martel this Fall.
January 4th, 2019 at 11:16 AM ^
He wasn't threatened and he never claimed he was. And he's not transferring anywhere to "split time."
January 4th, 2019 at 11:28 AM ^
Maybe it’s just me but I consider a racial slur to be a threat in and of itself.
January 4th, 2019 at 11:43 AM ^
If it was a big enough “threat” to make him feel unsafe then why did his sister sign a letter to play softball there?
January 4th, 2019 at 11:50 AM ^
Perhaps he and his sister are different people and life as a prized football recruit in the South is different from life as a softball player.