Football team withdraws from bowl game due to half the team entering transfer portal

[LadyStanley]

Sources: Marshall opts out of Independence Bowl vs. Army due to a lack of players

Coach Charles Huff is now at Southern Miss and numerous Marshall players have entered the transfer portal.

sports.yahoo.com

25 players have entered portal after coach leaves school.

Why is NCAA allowing hiring if new coaches before bowls causing this confusion?

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[WarriorofTime]

It’s mostly the issue of the transfer portal opening up prior to bowl games. They should just wait until the season ends. Players can still opt out but the portal opening up leads to this.

 

[StreetHawk]

The flip side for the Kids, is that they want to enroll at their new school by Jan and participiate in spring practices. So, I get the portal being open in Dec for them to make their decisions.

But, it impacts the Bowl games, which for nothing else, (as I saw former USC QB Max Browne talk about it on his IG channel), that these bowl games matter to their schools for the extra practices it allows them to have for the guys who will be there next season.

NCAA has to find a way to make it all work.

 

[WeaponOfChoice]

Is a transfer portal what the kids are calling a wormhole these days?

 

[Three On Zero]

Is a transfer portal what the kids are calling a wormhole these days?

 

[Reaser]

La Tech is replacing them.

Sucks for the Marshall players who would have played. Seniors lose their final game, a Bowl game at that. Backups that would otherwise never get a college start, or in some cases maybe not get into a game at all, don't get the "I started/played one game in college and it was a Bowl game" story. There's what, roughly 60-75 players still on the roster/in the program? Seems enough to play.

Reminds me of our local high school rivalry game last year. One team was undefeated and blowing everyone out. The other team only had 2 wins and their starting QB got injured the prior game and would be out. The Friday morning of the game, that day, the school decided to forfeit and said it couldn't play because it was "missing too many starters." In reality, they were missing ONE starter (QB) but also knew they'd get blown out even if he was playing. But that took a final game away from the Seniors, including that it was their Senior Night game!

Different generation, different thinking. I can't imagine two and a half decades ago when I was playing HS and a cup of coffee of college sports ever forfeiting or opting-out (as a team/program) of a game, etc.. Especially HS rivalry game or Bowl game.

 

[GKJ]

Marshall also lost their coach. Charles Huff moved to Southern Miss as his contract expired.