Transfers Thread

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unimaroon

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Baja Ontario
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Mary Ellen going "big city" in Mr. Hefner's (UofI '49) art periodical is my favorite recollection of that family
 
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GameOfThrows

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We've lost three veteran back-ups who most likely would not be seeing much time outside of special teams. Not bad. Actually a positive as it opens scholarships up for incoming Freshmen and JC transfers.

WIn. Win.
 
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Soxfreak64

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Bloomington
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GameOfThrows said:
We've lost three veteran back-ups who most likely would not be seeing much time outside of special teams. Not bad. Actually a positive as it opens scholarships up for incoming Freshmen and JC transfers.

WIn. Win.
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Walls played a fair amount in special packages last year, generally made an effective speed rusher. Was one of the more athletic guys on the team, pretty solid on special teams. Walls is a guy we'll actually miss.
 
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HDawgg2005

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You never want to see a guy go, but transfers like this are almost always a result of a lack of playing time. Coaches must have a couple of guys ahead of him.
 
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PaytonHighstep

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Downers Grove, IL
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LurkLongandProsper said:
Weird, seeing as we haven't even hit spring practice yet with this new staff. Walls was a really solid special teamer. Bummer.
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Correct, but there have been posts mentioning a switch to a traditional 4-3, so maybe they don't see Walls fitting in. Maybe they did the kid a favor by telling him this now and not during the spring. He can get his future football plan started early. Good luck to him.
 
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HDawgg2005

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PaytonHighstep said:
Correct, but there have been posts mentioning a switch to a traditional 4-3, so maybe they don't see Walls fitting in. Maybe they did the kid a favor by telling him this now and not during the spring. He can get his future football plan started early. Good luck to him.
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Agreed. Usually transfers like this are mutually beneficial. A kid gets a chance to find a place where he can play, and the school gets another scholarship. Occasionally it is due to conflicts between a kid and coach, this may be, but most likely coaches were honest about his chances of getting on the field.
 
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IllinoisFanAtFSU

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Cubby Blue

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IllinoisFanAtFSU said:
I don't think we will miss Enyenihi even a lick. Murdock, Bello, and Walls (particularly Walls) were quite useful depth though.

All in all, these transfers have not been the crisis they could've been, similar to our current recruiting class.
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I agree on Walls. Bello just didn't impress me at all. As far as Murdock, in a year where our wide receiver corps would have had to be considered weak, he had 5 guys finish with more catches and yards and two of them were freshmen and another was a sophomore. With Dude K coming back, I don't think he will be missed.
 
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Soxfreak64

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Bloomington
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Wow. This makes our starters Crawford, Watson, Svetina? With a bench of Austin Roberts and some freshmen?

Way to go team.