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I googled around, and as far as I can tell, there is not a separate set of rules for transferring before or after you graduate.
Generally, teams block players from transferring to conference teams, maybe some local rivals and then occasionally other schools that recruited the kid to discourage former recruiters poaching players by saying "hey, you're not playing at school A. You can still come play for me."
Since UF is in a bit of an upheaval right now, it makes sense that they're using transfer rules to their advantage and sending a message that while they can't keep you from transferring, they aren't going to let you go to anywhere that you have a pre-existing relationship with a coach.
Bud hasn't always rotated those bodies up front when he doesn't have trust in those 2nd team guys.
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12 years 7 months
# | Brandon Facyson and Kendall Fuller Named to 247's True Freshman All-America Team Hell no, it's NEVER too early. But, as always, it MUST be badass.
I've seen Beamer walking around the drill field at least twice this semester. Got a chance to meet Loeffler at TTL earlier this year at Bull and Bones. Also saw the entire D - line in Bull and Bones Thursday night before the Miami game. After the Pitt game (I think, could've been UNC) I saw a car with Gayle on the license plate (an Ohio State vanity plate on a 300M, must've been his dad's) and James Gayle was driving. I gave him a thumbs up and he gave me a huge smile and a thumbs up back. Went to the Fellowship of Christian Athletes Breakfast before the spring game this year, and got to meet and shake hands with LT3 and Tyrod. Both those guys were super nice and TT let me take a picture, but he still hadn't gotten his super bowl ring yet.
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12 years 7 months
# | Brandon Facyson and Kendall Fuller Named to 247's True Freshman All-America Team Sorry, GTs QB wasn't important enough for me to remember. Thx for that.
I saw Adam Sandler at Tech back in the late 90's; that sounded just like him!
1. Beating the snot out of Miami for sure. DEY' BACK, DA U!!!
2. Beating GT
3. Decade of Dominance (though the game itself was about as fun as watching the Rutgers game)
4. Our defense dominating Alabama (too bad our special teams didn't show up...)
My girlfriend (now wife) at the time arranged to have a brief meeting with Frank Beamer for my birthday in 2011. On the way to Merryman, Logan Thomas was standing near the entrance holding a brick raised in one hand while yelling at some nearby people. As we passed he almost ran into wife!
That truck maybe a part of history:
As the story goes, there was a load of firewood promised as a perk for the Smith's and it brought up some question on its legality or something (I'm remembering from a Hokie book)
And the quote was that "it might not be the load of firewood but the truck that brought it" in to how we landed 78.
I love Bruce.
Its either between florida and Vt from what ive seen. Rivals is my source
1) Being on the big board three times during the maryland game
2) Kyle Fuller swatting it away against Alabama
3) Beating UVA
The great part is how she started the letter off with how well she's doing with her PhD in being a hole and looking for a quick applause break for herself.
I hope her and her "hubby" decide to stop watching games. Her elitist bullshit is reserved for another team in the commonwealth.
Screw her and Heather Dinich for thinking we need either one of them to write about us or OUR team.
Good riddance and merry Christmas. I hope your PhD comes in handy when you realize you're a zilch without it.
I saw Sean Glennon at PK's one night a couple years ago. On our way out I walked up to him asked if he was Sean Glennon and then shook his hand, thanking him for everything he did for us. I still think he got a raw deal. Would have bought him a beer if I wasn't heading out the door.
Sat next to 4 of these girls this year in North, Section E. They had to have set some sort of record for most pictures taken during a football game. I felt bad for the guys across the walkway (we were in Row T, start of the second level) because they kept asking them to take their picture.
Seriously.... I like this one more....
I think there are a lot of missing details here. I can understand someone who did not go to VT for undergrad, then coming in for grad school, not having the same intensity and school spirit. Grad school is a different animal altogether and being a "transplant" in a new town/school gives you a different outlook. I'm a postdoc at the University of Maryland right now, and I have no desire to root for the Terps.
That said, I stayed at VT after undergrad to do my Ph.D., and school spirit is part of the reason I hung around. During my Ph.D., I went to every game (except a couple when I was traveling for conferences, which pained me, but I always gave away my ticket freely so someone else could enjoy it), all while taking classes (for the first 2.5 years), teaching, and doing research 60-80 hr per week. You can make it happen if you love it enough. I won't fault someone's intensity if they haven't personally been a part of the culture, though. Simply being married to someone who graduated from VT probably doesn't inspire a lot of loyalty in most people.
I also won't fault anyone who is in grad school who doesn't have enough time to go every week. Sometimes it's just not in the cards and sometimes you need to collect data at specific time points for a month straight or else you ruin an entire grant's worth of money (which can be TONS). If your cells need to be harvested at noon on Saturday, your boss won't be very happy if you had anywhere else you wanted to be. It's the nature of the beast. Fortunately for me, I had an awesome boss who knew that my Saturdays were reserved. He got my full attention the other 6 days of the week, though.
Saw Grimes at church the other day. I said excuse me as I passed. He said how are you.
The graduate course load is not enough to justify this. Also in my first semester, and I watched almost every game. I was at a few of them. Classes will be over by the bowl game. I'll be watching every bowl game because football. Why would anyone not want to support their team in a bowl game?
Came home to find my T-shirt on my door step. It looks even better in-person, great job TKP!
= Mrs Dave, who is a Giada clone from the neck down : )
(actually she doesn't have the bobble head thing going. but yes, I have a hot wife. she is also a truly great wife and mom. but she is also hot)
Boone didn't play QB, big whoop, kid still played a ton. Guess that last part doesn't matter...
if its any consolation to mr mcshay, i have VT over UCLA as my 35 confidence pick.
I think one thing that may weigh in our favor, QB Tyler Murphy becomes the 7th player to decide to transfer from UF.
http://espn.go.com/college-football/story/_/id/10142620/qb-tyler-murphy-...
That definitely can't help the gators...
I think it might be more of because she's been so busy with her Ph.D. program (I can totally understand that) that she's glad that she's been able to focus on studies versus watching football games. I won't comment on whether the games have been less watchable or not, but I understand what she's saying - although it could have been worded a little more clearly.
I know there were many times that I was unable to watch games because I was either studying or working in the lab (more than once I was in Fralin or Derring working during home games) - in the end, my education was more important. Does that make me less of a fan?
So, what does this mean for Ford? We all seemed all but ready to call him our starter for next season, and this Durkin guy is similarly rated and actually a bit more highly rated than Ford by 247.