re: All joking aside does anyone else think its dumb how all these QBs transfer do often now?

It’s seeming to work out well for Mizzou this year. So, no, doesn’t bother me. Lol

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You're just pissed because none of them want to transfer to Arkansas

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Mallett worked out ok.

Along the same lines of this thread, players are treating it as a business more than ever before. We have players that are friends with other players on rival teams that hang out all the time while back in the day that was frowned upon. Arkansas had a player from Florida a few years ago that was openly rooting for UK basketball over us when we played them since he grew up a fan. Team pride doesn’t matter as much as getting to the NFL for a lot of them. It’s just a job.

The concept of amateur athletics is now 100% completely dead.

There actually was a time where most guys, even the most talented ones, played primarily out of pride and a sense of loyalty to one's school, team, teammates, and coach, but those days are long over.

It slowly drained away over the decades and now we've fully reached the point where college football is just minor league professional football.

It sucks but it's not changing back unfortunately. Players quitting mid season, sitting out bowls, transferring, etc. It's just the new landscape of the game. Way more focus on individuals and less focus on team.

I get what you’re saying but it seems like your future alma mater would trump a team you grew up liking (especially if it’s not even in the same state). Some of our Louisiana players retweet LSU stuff but they don’t root for them to beat us.

I do think a lot of us expect our players to hate other teams as much as we the fans do but they don’t care about that as much as we realize IMO.

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What happened to turn every quarterback into a bunch of little bitches?

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Fans are little bitches.

The more ability players have in making decisions regarding their professional future, the better.

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The more ability players have in making decisions regarding their professional future, the better.

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I don't think people have any problem with players making decisions that are best for them. I think people are questioning how wise those decisions actually have been and will continue to be. I know, at LSU at least, if a QB has stuck it out, he generally ends up the starter and has found success. Matt Flynn rode the bench for 3 years, started as a 5th year senior, won a national title, and earned a nice chunk of change in the NFL. Jarrett Lee was thrown into a terrible situation as a freshman, was treated like shite by the fans and the media, stuck it out, started his 5th year senior season, won the SEC, and led LSU to the national title game. Rohan Davey rode the bench behind Josh Booty for 2 years and wasn't the full-time starter until his senior year. He led LSU to it's first SEC title since 1988 in 2001 and a Sugar Bowl win.

IMO (and like I said before, I'd love to see the numbers) I believe a player who sticks it out in the same program finds his way into a good situation more frequently than guys who transfer due to not playing early. I think too many high school QBs are coddled and told how good they are not realizing there are a finite number of starting jobs in college football and they are one of a dozen or more elite QBs each recruiting cycle. Not all of them will or should be starting early in their careers, but too many of them have the wrong people telling them otherwise. They are a product of our society, honestly. People don't seem to have any patience and want immediate results all the time. Unfortunately, that isn't always realistic or reasonable. They want things handed to them, not earned.