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With the connection I wonder if you will see JSU become a favorite destination of UAB players who drop to FCS in search of playing time

Or if UAB will become a destination for JSU guys that want to play at the FBS level.

There really isnt a pipeline. We hired nearly their entire coaching staff, who not having much time to recruit, offered scholarships to a lot of guys they had already had relationships with while recruiting at JSU. That's probably where it ends.

(08-06-2014 02:34 AM)bladhmadh Wrote:  With the connection I wonder if you will see JSU become a favorite destination of UAB players who drop to FCS in search of playing time

Would be a good problem to have...

Isn’t there already a history of UAB players transferring to In-State FCS schools and UNA already?

Whenever you start to establish "pipelines" that may be an indication of something going wrong instead of something good.

The Auburn players to Troy for instance. Only reason I mention that is because that is the first thing that came to mind.

(08-06-2014 06:56 AM)BlazerMatt Wrote:  There really isnt a pipeline. We hired nearly their entire coaching staff, who not having much time to recruit, offered scholarships to a lot of guys they had already had relationships with while recruiting at JSU. That's probably where it ends.

+1. And even if there is such a pipeline, we have a problem if we are relying on FCS-caliber recruits.

(08-06-2014 09:31 AM)the_blazerman Wrote:  Whenever you start to establish "pipelines" that may be an indication of something going wrong instead of something good.

The Auburn players to Troy for instance. Only reason I mention that is because that is the first thing that came to mind.

Auburn to JSU and ASU lately. LeMarcus Rowell, Montavious Pitts, Robert Malone, Jonathan Rose, are just a few names the roll off of my head over the past few seasons.

We get very few transfers from low level FBS schools. It is normally ones who are unhappy, do not fit the system or homesick. To compete at the top level of FCS you better have players who would start at low to mid level FBS schools.

We have one from GASo which was a FCS to FCS transfer and one each from SO Miss and S Fla. the So Miss guy was one of their leading tacklers last year.

(08-07-2014 09:50 AM)Gemofthehills Wrote:  We get very few transfers from low level FBS schools. It is normally ones who are unhappy, do not fit the system or homesick. To compete at the top level of FCS you better have players who would start at low to mid level FBS schools.

We have one from GASo which was a FCS to FCS transfer and one each from SO Miss and S Fla. the So Miss guy was one of their leading tacklers last year.

That makes sense, a bad player at UAB won't get PT at JSU either. Both programs are pretty strong.

(08-07-2014 11:00 AM)Bham Blazer Wrote:  

(08-07-2014 09:50 AM)Gemofthehills Wrote:  We get very few transfers from low level FBS schools. It is normally ones who are unhappy, do not fit the system or homesick. To compete at the top level of FCS you better have players who would start at low to mid level FBS schools.

We have one from GASo which was a FCS to FCS transfer and one each from SO Miss and S Fla. the So Miss guy was one of their leading tacklers last year.

That makes sense, a bad player at UAB won't get PT at JSU either. Both programs are pretty strong.

You don't have to be bad to transfer there just has to be someone younger and better in front of you. If I'm a Jr QB and the starter is a sophomore I'm looking elsewhere if I want playing time

(08-07-2014 02:27 PM)bladhmadh Wrote:  

(08-07-2014 11:00 AM)Bham Blazer Wrote:  

(08-07-2014 09:50 AM)Gemofthehills Wrote:  We get very few transfers from low level FBS schools. It is normally ones who are unhappy, do not fit the system or homesick. To compete at the top level of FCS you better have players who would start at low to mid level FBS schools.

We have one from GASo which was a FCS to FCS transfer and one each from SO Miss and S Fla. the So Miss guy was one of their leading tacklers last year.

That makes sense, a bad player at UAB won't get PT at JSU either. Both programs are pretty strong.

You don't have to be bad to transfer there just has to be someone younger and better in front of you. If I'm a Jr QB and the starter is a sophomore I'm looking elsewhere if I want playing time

All depends on the situation. I transferred from Fresno State to ASU after my freshman year due to being so far away from family. I had no complaints as far as the coaching staff or playing time but my closest family member was still over a thousand miles away. I honestly felt like I was on an island secluded away from my family who was a very important part of my life. The parents could only make 1 or 2 games per year and on top of that the summer that I started school out at Fresno my family relocated from New Orleans back to Birmingham which made the trip even further. I seriously considered transferring to Southern Miss, UAB, or Alabama but I didn’t want to sit out a year for transferring to another FBS school because I just had spent the majority of my freshman season sidelined due to having knee surgery.

(08-07-2014 05:34 PM)GreenHornet33 Wrote:  

(08-07-2014 02:27 PM)bladhmadh Wrote:  

(08-07-2014 11:00 AM)Bham Blazer Wrote:  

(08-07-2014 09:50 AM)Gemofthehills Wrote:  We get very few transfers from low level FBS schools. It is normally ones who are unhappy, do not fit the system or homesick. To compete at the top level of FCS you better have players who would start at low to mid level FBS schools.

We have one from GASo which was a FCS to FCS transfer and one each from SO Miss and S Fla. the So Miss guy was one of their leading tacklers last year.

That makes sense, a bad player at UAB won't get PT at JSU either. Both programs are pretty strong.

You don't have to be bad to transfer there just has to be someone younger and better in front of you. If I'm a Jr QB and the starter is a sophomore I'm looking elsewhere if I want playing time

All depends on the situation. I transferred from Fresno State to ASU after my freshman year due to being so far away from family. I had no complaints as far as the coaching staff or playing time but my closest family member was still over a thousand miles away. I honestly felt like I was on an island secluded away from my family who was a very important part of my life. The parents could only make 1 or 2 games per year and on top of that the summer that I started school out at Fresno my family relocated from New Orleans back to Birmingham which made the trip even further. I seriously considered transferring to Southern Miss, UAB, or Alabama but I didn’t want to sit out a year for transferring to another FBS school because I just had spent the majority of my freshman season sidelined due to having knee surgery.

Sitting out is a big deterrent, which is good. If it wasn't UAT and Auburn would recruit half of our teams every year.

(08-08-2014 06:46 AM)Gemofthehills Wrote:  

(08-07-2014 05:34 PM)GreenHornet33 Wrote:  

(08-07-2014 02:27 PM)bladhmadh Wrote:  

(08-07-2014 11:00 AM)Bham Blazer Wrote:  

(08-07-2014 09:50 AM)Gemofthehills Wrote:  We get very few transfers from low level FBS schools. It is normally ones who are unhappy, do not fit the system or homesick. To compete at the top level of FCS you better have players who would start at low to mid level FBS schools.

We have one from GASo which was a FCS to FCS transfer and one each from SO Miss and S Fla. the So Miss guy was one of their leading tacklers last year.

That makes sense, a bad player at UAB won't get PT at JSU either. Both programs are pretty strong.

You don't have to be bad to transfer there just has to be someone younger and better in front of you. If I'm a Jr QB and the starter is a sophomore I'm looking elsewhere if I want playing time

All depends on the situation. I transferred from Fresno State to ASU after my freshman year due to being so far away from family. I had no complaints as far as the coaching staff or playing time but my closest family member was still over a thousand miles away. I honestly felt like I was on an island secluded away from my family who was a very important part of my life. The parents could only make 1 or 2 games per year and on top of that the summer that I started school out at Fresno my family relocated from New Orleans back to Birmingham which made the trip even further. I seriously considered transferring to Southern Miss, UAB, or Alabama but I didn’t want to sit out a year for transferring to another FBS school because I just had spent the majority of my freshman season sidelined due to having knee surgery.

Sitting out is a big deterrent, which is good. If it wasn't UAT and Auburn would recruit half of our teams every year.

Transferring from FCS to FBS doesn't require sitting out.

(08-08-2014 07:15 AM)thebernreuter Wrote:  

(08-08-2014 06:46 AM)Gemofthehills Wrote:  

(08-07-2014 05:34 PM)GreenHornet33 Wrote:  

(08-07-2014 02:27 PM)bladhmadh Wrote:  

(08-07-2014 11:00 AM)Bham Blazer Wrote:  That makes sense, a bad player at UAB won't get PT at JSU either. Both programs are pretty strong.

You don't have to be bad to transfer there just has to be someone younger and better in front of you. If I'm a Jr QB and the starter is a sophomore I'm looking elsewhere if I want playing time

All depends on the situation. I transferred from Fresno State to ASU after my freshman year due to being so far away from family. I had no complaints as far as the coaching staff or playing time but my closest family member was still over a thousand miles away. I honestly felt like I was on an island secluded away from my family who was a very important part of my life. The parents could only make 1 or 2 games per year and on top of that the summer that I started school out at Fresno my family relocated from New Orleans back to Birmingham which made the trip even further. I seriously considered transferring to Southern Miss, UAB, or Alabama but I didn’t want to sit out a year for transferring to another FBS school because I just had spent the majority of my freshman season sidelined due to having knee surgery.

Sitting out is a big deterrent, which is good. If it wasn't UAT and Auburn would recruit half of our teams every year.

Transferring from FCS to FBS doesn't require sitting out.

You've got that reversed...transferring up from FCS (I-AA) to FBS (I-A) does require sitting out a year without an exemption. Transferring down from FBS (I-A) to FCS (I-AA) does not.

(08-08-2014 11:01 AM)blazerjay Wrote:  

(08-08-2014 07:15 AM)thebernreuter Wrote:  

(08-08-2014 06:46 AM)Gemofthehills Wrote:  

(08-07-2014 05:34 PM)GreenHornet33 Wrote:  

(08-07-2014 02:27 PM)bladhmadh Wrote:  You don't have to be bad to transfer there just has to be someone younger and better in front of you. If I'm a Jr QB and the starter is a sophomore I'm looking elsewhere if I want playing time

All depends on the situation. I transferred from Fresno State to ASU after my freshman year due to being so far away from family. I had no complaints as far as the coaching staff or playing time but my closest family member was still over a thousand miles away. I honestly felt like I was on an island secluded away from my family who was a very important part of my life. The parents could only make 1 or 2 games per year and on top of that the summer that I started school out at Fresno my family relocated from New Orleans back to Birmingham which made the trip even further. I seriously considered transferring to Southern Miss, UAB, or Alabama but I didn’t want to sit out a year for transferring to another FBS school because I just had spent the majority of my freshman season sidelined due to having knee surgery.

Sitting out is a big deterrent, which is good. If it wasn't UAT and Auburn would recruit half of our teams every year.

Transferring from FCS to FBS doesn't require sitting out.

You've got that reversed...transferring up from FCS (I-AA) to FBS (I-A) does require sitting out a year without an exemption. Transferring down from FBS (I-A) to FCS (I-AA) does not.

FBS to FBS and FCS to FCS require sitting except in a few situations. Transferring to the same division or subdivision or up a division or subdivision normally requires sitting.