OT: Tate Martell Loses QB Competition to Freshman at Miami

Completely agree. The QB1 was a real eye opener. 

More like QB3, amirite?

So... will Urban spring him another immediate eligibility transfer to USC next year?

Damn double post

Barrett and Shea Patterson are the same height and it's highly unlikely Barrett could only play for Urban Meyer. He was a decent thrower, not great for a top tier team, but better than most of the starters in the Big Ten. 

Martell was a 5* recruit that lots of high level schools pursued despite his lack of height. Miami was willing to fit the offense to his strengths if he was good enough. At this point, I don't think he would be great in any offense, including Meyer's. He probably needs to transfer again to a lesser program.

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According to OSU people, the biggest difference between JT Barrett and Tate Martell was how they conducted themselves.  Tate is more athletic, faster and had the higher ceiling.  

JT shows up as a FR with no path to the starting job coming off an injury, settles in and starts to insert himself into leadership training, takes to the film room, hangs around Tom Herman and becomes a virtual assistant coach. Paid off, as a RSFR he got a trial by fire and wound up going 11-1 as a starter.  There is a reason a rather slow, largely incapable passer left OSU with just about ever career QB record in the books, the dude worked his butt off.  I know we're not supposed to compliment our rivals but this guy was solid.  

Tate shows up as a FR with JT Barrett and Dwayne Haskins ahead of him and pitches a fit when he doesn't play.  Meyer has to sooth him and he almost left during his FR season.  SO year comes around, Haskins is clearly the better QB after beating out Joe Burrow and Tate in the spring.  Fall camp, Meyer is suspended and Tate has to be cajoled by Day into staying, he almost quit during camp.

Ryan Day knew damn well Martell wasn't good enough as a player and even worse as a leader. He also knew bringing in Fields would be the last straw for Martell at OSU.    

If OSU shoved him out the door, it was unwise as their QB situation is a little thin this year.  Pretty sure he chose to leave because he hoped to start.

Tate Martell:  Future star of "Last Chance U: Season 6"

Plus his commitment pushed Danny Clark out the door, creating a crack in the state of Ohio lock down on top recruits which UofM got in on with the '19 recruiting class.

Boy did those chickens come home to roost.

Peters was trying to graduate though so that may have been the difference. Tate possibly could still play this year if the Freshman is ineffective, so I think he at least sticks it out for the season

Peters stuck it out so he could graduate and be eligible immediately with two years left.  

There is room to argue the opposite point; that leaving before spring camp was a smarter decision to allow him to transfer in somewhere and learn the playbook and build relationships, while staying through spring and transferring would look like running away from competition because he would have spent time sizing up the competition and getting a bit of info on where he stands on the roster. Either way you make appropriate points and, as I stated before, you get multiple +1s from me just for your username

yeah that's good news. If Mertz isn't going to be a instant impact freshman starter, that game will be a win if we can limit Taylor's damage on the ground. He'll get yards but contain him from breaking big ones and score when we've got the ball, and we'll walk away with a win in Madison

I would not sleep on Jack Coan. He made some big throws in a few games last year and is getting a good amount of buzz in Madison this spring/fall.  He doesn't have to be a world-beater with that running game, just needs to be able to nail a few clutch throws, which is exactly what Hornibrook did against Michigan a couple years ago.

Rather have the Freshman in his 3rd game vs. a Don Brown Defense