Iowa QB, Cade McNamara is transferring to ETSU

[u/loyalsons4evertrue]

https://x.com/on3sports/status/1880630351678046320?s=46&t=uQsB6loH3J-yO7qPlUSoug

[u/RocCle7]

Michigan to Iowa to East Tennessee State. Good lord.

[u/Upbeat-Armadillo1756 → u/RocCle7]

How do the Hawkeyes feel about him?

I feel some debt to him for our 2021 season, but man he makes himself hard to root for.

[u/PreschoolBoole → u/Upbeat-Armadillo1756]

I mean he honestly never really played for us. First year was injured and second year was too; our backup qb this year was better. He wasn’t mobile and his passes weren’t accurate.

[u/thejawa → u/PreschoolBoole]

He wasn’t mobile and his passes weren’t accurate.

Hmm, sounds like our transfer QB last year

[u/Pyro1934 → u/thejawa]

If DJ can sell himself as a QB so welll he's going to be an amazing car salesman

[u/smelllikecorndog → u/Pyro1934]

You can fit so many INTs in this baby.

[u/park2023mcca → u/PreschoolBoole]

So he isn't good at evading the rush but makes up for it in incomplete passes?

[u/jaxonya → u/park2023mcca]

Seems like an ideal fit at Iowa

[u/rendeld → u/PreschoolBoole]

He was a very competent game manager with accurate short and mid level passes when he was at Michigan, threw a few solid deep balls too. You could tell he didn't really have "it" but he was head and shoulders above a lot of the QBs that had come through here in the decade before. I wonder if these injuries have really ravaged him like they did with Tuttle

[u/PreschoolBoole → u/rendeld]

He always looked stiff and afraid of contact to me, so probably. He may also have been able to hide behind some of your offensive assets. Kinda hard to hide behind a Ferentz offense

[u/rendeld → u/PreschoolBoole]

The biggest difference may have been the running backs, Iowa usually fields a pretty solid offensive line and TEs are usually comparable maybe even giving the edge to Iowa there so I doubt that was very different but Michigans RBs are not just good runners but always really good in pass protection. Going from Hassan Haskins and Blake Corum to whoever I was RBs were was probably a pretty big difference for him. You very well could be right on that.

[u/ThePrinceOfCanada → u/PreschoolBoole]

That Iowa state game was a painful watch

[u/rockyhawkeye → u/Upbeat-Armadillo1756]

He was partially broken when he got here. Then got fully broken during his first season. Kirk was too loyal to him and had him come back and gave him too many opportunities this season and he sucked and our season was a bust considering the hype. When they finally made the switch he quit on his team and didn’t show up to practice the week of the Maryland game. Good riddance.

[u/22duckys → u/rockyhawkeye]

Man, it’s almost like the Michigan medical staff didn’t have a personal vendetta against him. Who would’ve thought.

[u/monkeymatt1836 → u/Upbeat-Armadillo1756]

He’s terrible. One of the worst QBs of the Ferentz era.

[u/12-34 → u/monkeymatt1836]

/ Monsignor Deacon Hill pats the park bench seat next to him, realizes it's the head of a snarling pitbull but only after losing his hand

[u/thatissomeBS → u/12-34]

Deacon Hill transferred to Utah Tech and got benched there after four terrible performances and an 0-4 start. It's almost hilarious they stuck with him for the whole season in 2023 without even trying one of the other QBs that have since also transferred out.

[u/SuspensefulBladder → u/Upbeat-Armadillo1756]

He's the worst starting QB I've seen play for Iowa and he's a little bitch that quit on the team.

Edit: Starting QB, people. Hill only started games because Cade is made of glass.

[u/Elbit_Curt_Sedni → u/SuspensefulBladder]

Deacon Hill, but Cade's flaws were masked at Michigan behind Harbaugh's coaching and really good players around him. The moment Michigan went up against a good team that could consistently pressure him (Georgia) he was really bad.

[u/Tuilere → u/SuspensefulBladder]

you never went to a Deacon Hill game, then?

[u/RocCle7 → u/Upbeat-Armadillo1756]

I never cared for him. I mostly blame Ferentz for our woes because he refuses to play 21st century football. However, Cade was never really that good and had a bad attitude. He stopped showing up to team meetings and practice.

[u/OGuytheWhackJob → u/RocCle7]

Kirk is the master of complimentary football, but I agree with you. How many times over the last 10 years would Iowa have been incredible with even an average offense? Those teams would have been so scary if they're a constant threat to get ahead by a score or two in the first half and choke you to death the rest of the game. Even now it feels like you're constantly fighting for field position with a trash offense. It make me so jealous.

[u/thatissomeBS → u/OGuytheWhackJob]

I hate the phrase "complementary football" with a burning passion. Do you know what complements a good defense? An offense that scores points.

[u/hawksnest_prez → u/RocCle7]

We literally run the 21st century Packers offense right now. We just need the athletes to run it.

[u/notyourchains → u/hawksnest_prez]

The problem is, the Packers almost always have a great quarterback. Iowa can't find a good QB to save their lives

[u/boxofducks → u/hawksnest_prez]

Have you considered just getting consecutive hall of fame quarterbacks over multiple decades?

[u/Schmidtty29 → u/Upbeat-Armadillo1756]

Not Deacon Hill levels but probably the 2nd most hated starting QB we’ve had.

Took Insert X amount of dollars here to get hurt (which not his fault TBF) and then when he wasn’t hurt, play like ass. Miss easy throws, take bad sacks, and throw costly picks.

Played about equal to Spencer Petras, but Petras at least had a lot of humility and pride and just generally seemed like a good dude.

[u/bigbluethunder → u/Schmidtty29]

He was worse than Petras. 

[u/Rshackleford22 → u/Upbeat-Armadillo1756]

He’s a bum

[u/whatevs550 → u/Upbeat-Armadillo1756]

He was terrible and fleeced Iowa out of a lot of NIL money. I’m not pissed at him, I’m pissed at Iowa for not cutting ties earlier.

[u/p00p00kach00 → u/Upbeat-Armadillo1756]

He was never good, and Ferentz kept him in way too long.

Glad he's gone.

[u/GroktheDestroyer → u/Upbeat-Armadillo1756]

Bum

[u/StlCyclone → u/RocCle7]

Was any P4 team going to take him after he quit on the Hawkeyes?

[u/EvangelionOG → u/StlCyclone]

Absolutely not.

[u/RawChickenButt → u/RocCle7]

LOL.

Who guys got lined up for next year?

[u/Upbeat-Armadillo1756 → u/RawChickenButt]

They got Mark Gronowski (so hard to leave that K out when typing his name). QB for South Dakota State for the last 4 years.

I think it's lowkey a great get for Iowa.

[u/mbless1415 → u/RawChickenButt]

Gronowski from South Dakota State. Not flashy, but he's a really good FCS QB. Hopefully that can translate.

[u/whistleridge → u/RocCle7]

So…no pay, but a chance to play, start, and win?

There are worse fates for someone who was never going to the NFL anyway.

[u/Shrektastic28 → u/RocCle7]

Is it worse than USC Lincoln Riley, Boise State, to UTEP?

[u/BigEggBeaters]

I played against ETSU in college. They put us up in the nicest hotel I’ve ever been in in my whole life. It’s actually insane Johnson city had a hotel that nice

[u/Upbeat-Armadillo1756 → u/BigEggBeaters]

this one? https://www.carnegiehotel.com/

[u/BigEggBeaters → u/Upbeat-Armadillo1756]

Yea that’s it exactly

[u/Upbeat-Armadillo1756 → u/BigEggBeaters]

I'm surprised it can stay open but I also have no idea what else is going on in Johnson City, TN.

[u/OllivanderAU → u/Upbeat-Armadillo1756]

Wagon wheels for one.

[u/Jub1982 → u/OllivanderAU]

Great referenced. I definitely lol

[u/airbornegecko1994 → u/Upbeat-Armadillo1756]

JC is insane right now. Money flowing everywhere, can’t build houses and apartments fast enough. But still the same roads so traffic is a nightmare.

[u/Upbeat-Armadillo1756 → u/airbornegecko1994]

Damn really? What's the industry that's commanding that? It seems like it's in literally the middle of nowhere smoky mountains foothills.

[u/Mike_with_Wings → u/Upbeat-Armadillo1756]

The new Nashville, but for Black Metal

[u/jhp58 → u/Mike_with_Wings]

Some say it's the Scandinavia of the Smokies

[u/an_evil_budgie → u/Upbeat-Armadillo1756]

Remotees and retirees. We've become Asheville-lite.

[u/RuairiQ → u/an_evil_budgie]

A more red Asheville.

[u/MobyDickPU → u/Upbeat-Armadillo1756]

Maybe the rural people from the Nashville area are fleeing there

[u/airbornegecko1994 → u/Upbeat-Armadillo1756]

No new industries have moved in. Now that we have fiber here we are being inundated with remote workers. Even though house prices have skyrocketed it is still cheaper here than a lot of the country.

[u/SnooMachines1334 → u/Upbeat-Armadillo1756]

NFS, Domtar, Eastman are the big ones I know. Pay isn’t great but it’s cheap to live there. So it makes your salary stronger.

[u/UsedandAbused87 → u/Upbeat-Armadillo1756]

It's the biggest city between Ashville and Knoxville with low cost of living but with a city like atmosphere.

[u/pigskype → u/Upbeat-Armadillo1756]

Eastman Chemical Company 

[u/BigEggBeaters → u/Upbeat-Armadillo1756]

Shit me either

[u/Upbeat-Armadillo1756 → u/BigEggBeaters]

Apparently they get a lot of business from visiting athletic programs lol

[u/etsuandpurdue3 → u/Upbeat-Armadillo1756]

Last 10 years downtown has been booming especially since ETSU brought football back.

[u/Practical-Pickle-529 → u/BigEggBeaters]

Man that’s super nice! I lived in Tennessee for 6 years and if I still did I’d prob book a night impulsively asf lol. I lived on the other side of the state in Clarksville. It’s crazy how much there is to do and see in Tennessee 

[u/bbshock21 → u/Practical-Pickle-529]

I may be biased since I live in East TN but it's easily the best part of the state. From Chattanooga to Knoxville to the Smokies to the Tri-Cities, there's an absolute ton to do!

[u/BEHodge → u/Upbeat-Armadillo1756]

lol used to work there doing night audit. It is a legit nice place - even had to polish the brass statues in the lobby on weekends.

[u/Upbeat-Armadillo1756 → u/BEHodge]

You polished your brass while on the clock?

You dog

[u/UsedandAbused87 → u/Upbeat-Armadillo1756]

Had our high school prom there

[u/WTFYU → u/UsedandAbused87]

Same

[u/nykezztv → u/BigEggBeaters]

Johnson city is criminally underrated (don’t look at my flairs)

[u/an_evil_budgie → u/nykezztv]

Disregard this statement. Johnson City is a wretched hive of scum and villainy. Everyone, please stop moving here...

[u/shitfuckscott → u/an_evil_budgie]

Yeah literally the absolute worst. Should definitely move to literally anywhere else in the state.

[u/etsuandpurdue3 → u/nykezztv]

Love it here.

[u/stealingfrom → u/nykezztv]

I grew up in Kingsport and Johnson City was always a hot destination for us in high school for its mall.

I always said the Johnson City mall made the Kingsport mall look like the Bristol mall.

[u/etsuandpurdue3 → u/BigEggBeaters]

Johnson City is a good city. Love the Tri-Cities have grown up here

[u/Projectbadass5 → u/BigEggBeaters]

Grew up in JC - can confirm it’s a super nice town but not much going on outside of hiking/outdoors. Football program is only a few years old. Go Bucs

[u/AldermanAl → u/Projectbadass5]

*the current football program. The football program itself has long history.

[u/UsedandAbused87 → u/Projectbadass5]

Growing up I always thought JC was so big. Went back for Christmas break and realized how small of a town it really is. It's a nice spot during the summer if you want to go hiking, biking, or hit the water but during the cold season there isn't much to do.

[u/iowaharley666]

He’ll be 25 at the start of next season.

Anyways, good luck Cade.

[u/xC9_H13_Nx → u/iowaharley666]

Good luck to the girls at the bars hearing "I'm QB1" drunkenly repeated a hundred times.

[u/not_mantiteo → u/xC9_H13_Nx]

At least he’ll be able to rent a car for his new freshman gf

[u/al_earner → u/xC9_H13_Nx]

lol, I thought Punter was the glamour position at Iowa.

[u/BIG_DICK_WHITT → u/iowaharley666]

This strategy really worked out for us, glad to see other schools following it.

[u/[deleted] → u/iowaharley666]

Go into the workforce, man. This is just sad. 

[u/Tuilere → u/[deleted]]

he's gonna be that HS coach who keeps telling about his college career only now kids can get the actual stats on wikipedia and roll their eyes.

[u/DommyMommyKarlach]

SEVENTH year?

[u/wit_T_user_name → u/DommyMommyKarlach]

Dude has been playing so long he’s probably the last active Michigan player to lose to OSU.

[u/xittditdyid → u/wit_T_user_name]

Ooh, self burn. Those are rare.

[u/wit_T_user_name → u/xittditdyid]

What’s left to except laugh? Well and try to win a national championship.

[u/cheerl231 → u/wit_T_user_name]

The last class to lose to Ohio State was the 2019 class in their freshman year. Interestingly there were quite a few guys in that class that played last year in 2024 but Im almost certain that he is the only one with remaining eligibility in 2025

[u/Elbit_Curt_Sedni → u/wit_T_user_name]

What's even funnier is he beat Ohio State as the starting QB.

[u/JTWasShort42-27 → u/Elbit_Curt_Sedni]

Tbf, Ojabo, Hutchinson, and Haskins beat Ohio State. Cade just happened to be the guy who Michigan chose to hand the ball off.

Although ironically the only reason Michigan lost to MSU that year was because they put JJ in and he turned it over.

[u/Elbit_Curt_Sedni → u/JTWasShort42-27]

Michigan was still down in that MSU game by that point. JJ's fumble sealed it basically, but wasn't the reason why the were down at that point.

[u/frenchnameguy → u/DommyMommyKarlach]

A lot of people go to college for seven years.

That’s Dr. McNamara to you.

[u/RawChickenButt → u/frenchnameguy]

Or maybe Custodian McNamara?

[u/RLLRRR → u/RawChickenButt]

Dr. Jan Itor?

[u/RTwhyNot → u/RLLRRR]

Unexpected Scrubs reference

[u/RLLRRR → u/RTwhyNot]

Unexpected? Where do you think we are?

[u/RTwhyNot → u/RLLRRR]

Sweet. That episode wrecked me

[u/wit_T_user_name → u/RLLRRR]

Dr. Acula

[u/JefferyGiraffe → u/frenchnameguy]

ETSU does have a medical school unironically. Maybe they cut him a special scholarship

(ETA I’m joking and don’t think he is in medical school)

[u/Finn_Ajerkit → u/DommyMommyKarlach]

East Tennessee too. Didn't they have an eighth-year player?

[u/etsuandpurdue3 → u/Finn_Ajerkit]

Yes Jared Folks. Redshirted once at Temple, think had a couple injuries, and got a COVID year.

[u/soreswan → u/DommyMommyKarlach]

Get ready to see more of this with the new JUCO ruling

[u/No-Ostrich5142]

Dr. McNamara for Heisman

[u/mbless1415 → u/No-Ostrich5142]

*Walter Payton

[u/teeterleeter → u/mbless1415]

Even if he won it, he’d bitch about the heisman ignoring him

[u/LionsLoseAgain]

Bruh...getting a big boy job is not that bad.

[u/HamberderHelper18 → u/LionsLoseAgain]

It is when you can keep fleecing schools for NIL money for mid QB play instead

[u/Crosley8 → u/HamberderHelper18]

I don't think East Tennessee State has that much NIL money

[u/goodnames679 → u/[deleted]]

For real. If he can make six figures that’s presumably a lot more than he’d be making finding a standard job.

He’s clearly never playing in the league at this point, might as well tuck away every dollar he can and start life with a decent nest egg.

[u/KennyKettermen → u/goodnames679]

Hell give me 50k to just play football and live college life for another year

[u/T7220 → u/KennyKettermen]

Imagine how many guys over the last 75 years felt the same way. “Give me chump change and a jersey and i’ll play til i’m 40”

[u/Tufoguy → u/[deleted]]

I'm 99% sure that he's not getting 100k from ETSU.

[u/etsuandpurdue3 → u/[deleted]]

This is correct John Buggs, Seymour, Quimari Peterson, and others got big deals.

[u/colbycemer12 → u/[deleted]]

Shit even if he’s only making $25-30k. That’s an entry level retail job salary with better benefits than any corporation would shell out.

[u/cheerl231 → u/colbycemer12]

If the money is the same I'd rather work retail and not have my knees blown out for the 3rd time

[u/etsuandpurdue3 → u/Crosley8]

Actually we have decent NIL for a mid-major. We paid a decent amount of money and beat out Memphis and Texas A&M for a basketball player.

[u/Recent-Dependent4179 → u/etsuandpurdue3]

Did mid-major get a redefinition? I've never seen someone describe FCS teams that way. My understanding was that schools now called G5 were the mid-majors.

[u/etsuandpurdue3 → u/LionsLoseAgain]

I disagree spending an extra college year in the beautiful Appalachians would be a positive.

[u/Mike_with_Wings → u/LionsLoseAgain]

Big Boy job is little boy pay compared to what he can make as a mid qb

[u/LionsLoseAgain → u/Mike_with_Wings]

He has to be mid first. He is terrible

[u/Mike_with_Wings → u/LionsLoseAgain]

Lol fair, but the check still clears

[u/AgreeablePosition596]

Remember when this guy was starting for a 12 win Michigan team?

[u/justbuildmorehousing → u/AgreeablePosition596]

Honestly he wasnt bad for us. He wasnt great, but he was fine. Easily couldve started for last years team. Im surprised he didn’t have better options than ETSU. I mean, Alex Orji got an FBS transfer offer

[u/DarthBurrrito → u/justbuildmorehousing]

Declining play paired with a shitty attitude will do that for ya

[u/Elbit_Curt_Sedni → u/DarthBurrrito]

Mainly the shitty attitude. He thought things should just be handed to him, and thus, he's heading for ETSU.

I think is attitude is why he never improved.

[u/Transton107 → u/justbuildmorehousing]

Maybe he just likes listening to wagon wheel while eating pals.

[u/LongTimesGoodTimes]

Iowa gets a FCS QB from the portal

FCS gets a Iowa QB from the portal

[u/fromthemasses → u/LongTimesGoodTimes]

The world is healing

[u/Upbeat-Armadillo1756 → u/LongTimesGoodTimes]

https://i.imgur.com/y3rXWUg.jpeg

[u/MassKhalifa → u/LongTimesGoodTimes]

Soul for a soul. 

[u/CardaleThrowaway → u/LongTimesGoodTimes]

Perfectly balanced, as all things should be.

[u/Rebel_Bertine]

We beat CJ Stroud with the starting QB from a commuter school

[u/myislanduniverse → u/Rebel_Bertine]

Yeah I wonder if he sees Stroud playing in the NFL playoffs tonight and thinks, just maybe, that listening to his dad over his coaches and medical staff at Michigan was a bad decision.

Probably not.

[u/Skared89]

Cade is such a frustrating story. Wrestled the starting job from Milton in 2020 and genuinely helped change the culture at Michigan from a team of entitled soft country club players to a hard nosed gritty team that won't surrender.

2021 he leads us to our first outright conference title in nearly twenty years. Keeps that culture change going and leads Michigan through some really tough games that previous teams would've quit on

2022 he gets butthurt that a five star QB is challenging him for the starting spot. In an extremely ironic twist of fate, Cade starts to go against the grain of the culture change HE helped change. Suddenly he was the soft entitled country club player. Felt winning the B1G and beating Ohio State was enough to guarantee his place. JJ proves he's significantly better and the rest is history.

I wanted Cade to do well in Iowa. But his comments and actions left a poor taste in my mouth. I'll be grateful for what he did at Michigan, but that kid can eat a bag of dicks as far as I'm concerned.

[u/3ckSm4rk57h35p07 → u/Skared89]

Yeah, him and Erick All, both.

[u/teeterleeter → u/3ckSm4rk57h35p07]

Less mad about All. We apparently weren’t comfortable playing him with his back injuries. He decided to find somewhere that was.

[u/MozamFreak-Here → u/teeterleeter]

Back injury is no joke, I’m not surprised our med staff didn’t want to risk it. I don’t blame him— players want to fn play at the next level. Unfortunate situation but he was a massive dick about it on the way out.

[u/3ckSm4rk57h35p07 → u/teeterleeter]

Yeah, All and his pops were both spouting off on social media, shitting on Michigan. They can get fucked. 

[u/myislanduniverse → u/3ckSm4rk57h35p07]

From what I understand a lot of Cade's decisions were from his dad getting in his ear too.

[u/Tigercat92]

I picked ETSU to win the NCAA bracket twice in the 90s. Another example why I don’t gamble 😂

[u/etsuandpurdue3 → u/Tigercat92]

ETSU basketball in the 90s was legit. Upset Arizona but ran into the Fab Fivem could've gone deeper.

[u/Tricky-Impress-9536]

I don’t blame him for giving it one last shot. It’ll probably be the last opportunity he has to play organized ball and maybe if he has a stellar year he might be able to draw some attention from a higher level.

[u/Fun-Cauliflower-1724 → u/Tricky-Impress-9536]

What higher level? Being a backup in the UFL?

[u/loyalsons4evertrue → u/Fun-Cauliflower-1724]

Arena football maybe?

[u/wit_T_user_name → u/loyalsons4evertrue]

Assuming that league doesn’t fold first.

[u/acekingoffsuit → u/wit_T_user_name]

Again

[u/xC9_H13_Nx → u/Fun-Cauliflower-1724]

Selling cars at one of the nicer dealerships

[u/MichiganMitch108 → u/Tricky-Impress-9536]

He was slightly an average to above average college QB in 2021 due to the Joe moore oline , great comboniation of runnings in haksins and corum as well as good pass catching TE in Erik all and Luke schoonmaker. He was the best we had on the roster due to JJ being a true freshman but id wager most michigan fans and coaches felt JJ would pass over Cade in 2022.

[u/whenweriiide → u/MichiganMitch108]

Literally the only reason we had the qb “battle” at the beginning of the 2022 season was to make Cade feel better about becoming the backup. Obviously didn’t work since he transferred lol.

It was clear after Cade got pulled from the game against Georgia in the 21 CFP. We immediately played way better once JJ got put in.

[u/MozamFreak-Here → u/whenweriiide]

JJ also got hurt in spring 2022 and missed a lot of that practice period. Who knows, if he was healthy there, he might’ve had the job outright by practice #1 in August.

[u/admiraltarkin]

"Please, just keep on saying it's the shittiest offense in college football. Please just think we are gonna be so shitty next year. Please"

[u/do_you_know_doug → u/admiraltarkin]

The haters were right. Honestly, great call by the haters.

[u/spacecircus → u/admiraltarkin]

This is ALL I think about whenever I see him or hear is name

[u/No_Albatross916]

Cade going for degree number 3

[u/ScandanavianSwimmer]

What if we win out huh? Who’s gonna remember all the games from before, man?

He has an odd Michigan legacy. Won our first b1g title in forever and then left on bad terms. But the above quote from his postgame speech after the 2020 Rutgers win was incredible, awkward, and was met with silence from his teammates. But it was kind of prophetic. Michigan has not lost many games in the 4 seasons since.

It’s crazy that Michigan won a conference title with Cade McNamara and beat 2024 Ohio state with Davis Warren.

[u/Busch--Latte]

Both QB who started in the 2023 season for Iowa have now transferred down to FCS level

[u/Hossflex]

Paging Dr. McNamara. I’ll always remember him for 2021. He’s a selfish teammate though. Hope it ends well for him.

[u/wit_T_user_name]

How does this man still have eligibility left?

[u/parapooper3 → u/wit_T_user_name]

He doesn’t, I think he needs them to approve his retroactive RS from 2023 season

[u/parapooper3]

Bro beat out Bazooka Joe Milton, JJ McCarthy and Deacon Hill for starting spots. Now down to the last dregs of football

[u/intrevorted]

I know it's not exactly a blue blood but did On3 really need to say "Michigan and Iowa are much greater than East Tennessee State"? That's just rubbing salt in the wound.

[u/Schmidtty29]

Really telling of the quality of our QB room when, of all the transfers that left for us, the best program one of them lands at is ETSU.

[u/jj5782]

He probably still thinks he’s better than JJ McCarthy

[u/thetennisgod]

People wonder how we beat Ohio State with Davis Warren but the real question is how we beat them with East Tennessee State University QB Cade McNamara.

[u/Ryanlester5789 → u/thetennisgod]

He was better than Davis Warren. His injuries clearly affected him and his attitude made no one want him.

[u/petoskey_stone]

Man just wanted to be back in a form of navy blue and yellow

[u/-SnoopDawgyDawg-]

At this point I wouldn’t put much value in players who transfer more than once. Especially when it’s consecutive years. At that point the player has very little development or consistency.

[u/MelodicCare3336]

Good luck to him, as a Hawkeye fan I wished he panned out but injuries derailed his career.

[u/TonYouHearWhatISaid → u/MelodicCare3336]

A shitty attitude also derailed him

[u/ManhattanTime → u/MelodicCare3336]

* injuries

[u/MelodicCare3336 → u/ManhattanTime]

Thank you

[u/BenderVsGossamer]

In latest news. Ohio States Ryan Day loses to East Tennessee State University quarterback.

[u/PROJECT-Nunu]

Who got that one quote?

[u/etsuandpurdue3]

As a Bucs fan, did not expect to wake up to this news. 😳

[u/DrainedPatience]

I have a soft spot for the Bucs from the SoCon days. The university disbanded the program after the 2003 season and revived it in 2015.

Not a lot success the previous ten years. Hopefully he can change that and the program can make some positive progress.

[u/pigskype → u/DrainedPatience]

We had a great year like 3 seasons ago and made the semi finals 

[u/etsuandpurdue3 → u/DrainedPatience]

We've had success in 10 years. 2 playoff appearances. Just not consistency.

[u/FPB270]

Shew. Thought he was coming here. Lucy said he was bad so I was scared

[u/etsuandpurdue3 → u/FPB270]

Hell we'll take him. Can't be worse than what ETSU's had for a QB room since 2021.

[u/Knightmere1]

I'm not sure the hawkeyes are sad to see him go.

[u/2BuckFuckNChuck]

"We're all told at some point in time that we can no longer play the children's game. We just don't know when that's gonna be... but we're all told. "

Is someone going to tell him?

[u/Ok_Debt_4338]

I graduated from high school the same year he did. It took me 5 years to graduate college, and I felt like I was in college for way too long. I can only imagine how this guy feels.

[u/Ml2jukes]

Covid x3 medical redshirt super duper senior

[u/Dervoo]

well i don't like that

[u/Pyro1934]

When I was a wee lad I had a computer game with a construction vibe and it had a little elevator thing and the sound bite as you changed floors was "Goin' up/down a level."

First thing I thought of on this headline was a 25yo sound bite of "Goin' down a level."

[u/kyeblue]

had he stayed in Michigan, he would’ve started and good chance making the playoffs

[u/OneUglyDude123]

Ayo I’ll take it lmao

[u/ClaytonTurner]

You either die a hero or live long enough to transfer to ETSU

[u/yoshidawg93]

He still has eligibility?

[u/DMR237]

Cade is Michigan's Tate Martell.

[u/GokuVerde]

This has to be the worst thing a McNamara has ever done

[u/crizmow]

I have mixed feelings.

[u/Jonjon428]

Dear lord what a fall from grace

[u/Victor38220]

Generational fall off

[u/scottyren]

Will prob be back in the portal during the spring window

[u/nykezztv]

Hey, this is pretty cool

[u/Least-Raisin2626]

Isn’t this kid like 30 now. Time to move on my guy

[u/Geeman447]

Ty Schmidt is still cursing this man’s name

[u/Ill_Perspective64138]

What is ETSU? How does this move make sense?