KD Davis entered the portal

[El Paso Eagle]

5 minutes ago, Jonnyeagle said:

I don’t see how your article answered his question Brett.

Will have to ask for a waiver. I'm sure it's just a formality. After all, were a G5.

[GMG_Dallas]

3 hours ago, MeanGreenTexan said:

I'll friggin walk away from college football altogether if a conference mate (don't care how rich they are) buys an all-conference player off our team.    I might be in denial, but it can't be SMU.

Texas, A&M, OU, OSU, heck even Baylor or TCU...   go get your money KD.  Thanks for everything & good luck to you in your future!
If it's SMU, I hope they get popped for tampering, the NCAA hammers them again a-la 1987, forfeit the season & you're stuck not playing football anymore.

I'm honestly surprised so many G5 fans still watch college football. Most unbalanced system in college sports. The number of full scholarships needs to be reduced so the talent spreads out and playoffs greatly expanded to keep things competitive otherwise there's no point. I've been done with football. Basketball, and if we get baseball, is where it's at for the men's sports. Softball and women's soccer are nice, too.

[NT93]

Sadly, I’m beginning to dislike the sport I have loved since I was a kid…college football.

[BillySee58]

59 minutes ago, Jonnyeagle said:

I don’t see how your article answered his question Brett.

Right. It didn’t. I was talking about details on why he would make this move now. NIL deal, internal turmoil, etc. Clearly something changed and there was some reason he decided to leave after the immediate eligibility cutoff date, when he could’ve done it earlier when it made more sense.

Hard to gauge how likely a waiver would be. Doubt the NCAA feels compelled to just start handing out waivers and basically nullify the cutoff date. Or maybe they don’t care. But those are the things I’m unclear on. Not the clearly known facts of the case.

Edited June 24, 2022 by BillySee58

[El Paso Eagle]

58 minutes ago, BillySee58 said:

Right. It didn’t. I was talking about details on why he would make this move now. NIL deal, internal turmoil, etc. Clearly something changed and there was some reason he decided to leave after the immediate eligibility cutoff date, when he could’ve done it earlier when it made more sense.

Hard to gauge how likely a waiver would be. Doubt the NCAA feels compelled to just start handing out waivers and basically nullify the cutoff date. Or maybe they don’t care. But those are the things I’m unclear on. Not the clearly known facts of the case.

I guessing someone has told him he could increase his draft chances if he moved

[Brett Vito]

3 hours ago, Jonnyeagle said:

I don’t see how your article answered his question Brett.

You asked how he could transfer this late. This is how. Why is another question.

"The deadline for players to transfer and be eligible for the 2022 season was May 1. Davis will have to apply for a waiver from the NCAA if he transfers to another school, which would help him with the process. He has graduated from UNT."

 

 

Edited June 24, 2022 by Brett Vito

[DentonStang]

NCAA has been very lenient with waivers for players wanting to be closer to home for family issues.  If he transfers to a school closer to his home (Ennis - 35 mi south of downtown Dallas) he could be playing next year. 

[peanuts104]

44 minutes ago, DentonStang said:

NCAA has been very lenient with waivers for players wanting to be closer to home for family issues.  If he transfers to a school closer to his home (Ennis - 35 mi south of downtown Dallas) he could be playing next year. 

SMUt is closer to Ennis than Denton.

[NorthTexasSportsNetwork]

3 hours ago, BillySee58 said:

Right. It didn’t. I was talking about details on why he would make this move now. NIL deal, internal turmoil, etc. Clearly something changed and there was some reason he decided to leave after the immediate eligibility cutoff date, when he could’ve done it earlier when it made more sense.

Hard to gauge how likely a waiver would be. Doubt the NCAA feels compelled to just start handing out waivers and basically nullify the cutoff date. Or maybe they don’t care. But those are the things I’m unclear on. Not the clearly known facts of the case.

Click bait lmaooo

[Cr1028]

https://247sports.com/Article/NCAA-transfer-portal-deadline-May-1-cutoff-primer-transfer-rules-186490612/

[Wag Tag]

$$$$$ This really confusing to me. Is it really worthwhile to transfer this late in the season? He was already getting preseason press! 

Edited June 24, 2022 by Wag Tag

[MeanGreenTexan]

12 hours ago, jtm0097 said:

I just received my Dave Campbell's Texas Football magazine this evening.

"Coach Bennett comes to practice with high energy" star linebacker KD Davis said. "He's the reason I stayed here at North Texas. I believe in everything that he's coaching and that's why I stayed part of the program".

Sir, I don't believe that's correct.

Yeah,  something changed from then to now.    It's not like he wasn't getting the preseason hype back in February & March.   I'm sure whenever he said this, he meant it.
Wonder if Sark (or some other P5) took a look at his LB corps after spring ball and decided he needed to go shopping, and in order to not directly "tamper", had to go through some back channels to get KD's attention.

[keith]

College football has changed forever.  All-conference recognition, pre-season hype and accolades can easily go to someone's head convincing them (or others) that they are better than they are so they try to grab the brass ring.  Only time will tell if they are successful.  

[keith]

13 hours ago, GMG_Dallas said:

I'm honestly surprised so many G5 fans still watch college football. Most unbalanced system in college sports. The number of full scholarships needs to be reduced so the talent spreads out and playoffs greatly expanded to keep things competitive otherwise there's no point. I've been done with football. Basketball, and if we get baseball, is where it's at for the men's sports. Softball and women's soccer are nice, too.

In the NIL era I'm not sure simply limiting the number of scholarships will be enough.  Teams can simply find ways to get players enough $ to pay for their education and then some.  May just need to reduce the total number of players regardless of scholarship or NIL a team is allowed to have.  Some may say that limits the path to higher education that sports provides, but it doesn't seem to be about education anymore, so.....

[UNT Texas Hooligan]

Seems to have been a shock to some on the team and not well received by others. Team chemistry is clearly sky high right now…

[MeanGreenTexan]

30 minutes ago, UNT Texas Hooligan said:

Seems to have been a shock to some on the team and not well received by others. Team chemistry is clearly sky high right now…

What the hell does KD expect the remaining guys to say?    "Oh no!  we're gonna suck without you KD!  Please reconsider!!...".   Stupid.
Enoch's right.   Next man up.   But let's be honest, the "next man" ain't on KD's level.

[SteaminWillieBeamin]

9 minutes ago, MeanGreenTexan said:

But let's be honest, the "next man" ain't on KD's level.

Likely - but we won't know until they are out of the way. 

[Harry]

Looks like KD has been removed from the online roster:

 

[MeanGreen13]

Next man up is likely Kevin Wood... He's not quite KD, but he has shown himself to be an effective ILB since he was a freshman. I'm OK with him Jordan Brown and Taylor Jacobs duking it out from a pure physical talent standpoint. Nothing could possibly replace KD's experience though. 

[Caw Caw]

Am I crazy or is that Jimbo Fisher? I'm all for kids getting paid and taking the best opportunity, but being the portal and facetime with a coach and showing a car on your instagram taking you to your new school seems to be tampering to me. I mean he seems to have a plan already.

Crazy times in CFB.

 

 

[GMG_Dallas]

2 hours ago, keith said:

In the NIL era I'm not sure simply limiting the number of scholarships will be enough.  Teams can simply find ways to get players enough $ to pay for their education and then some.  May just need to reduce the total number of players regardless of scholarship or NIL a team is allowed to have.  Some may say that limits the path to higher education that sports provides, but it doesn't seem to be about education anymore, so.....

Problem with limiting the total number of players is you reduce the players coming in as walk-ons which I think is one of the beauties of college sports. They just need to get NIL under control. It may be good for the bigger recruits to get a cut but it's ruining the game for fans and I'd imagine for the lower rated recruits as well. 

[cousin oliver]

4 minutes ago, Caw Caw said:

Am I crazy or is that Jimbo Fisher? I'm all for kids getting paid and taking the best opportunity, but being the portal and facetime with a coach and showing a car on your instagram taking you to your new school seems to be tampering to me. I mean he seems to have a plan already.

Crazy times in CFB.

 

 

That looks like Jimbo Fisher. 

[MeanGreenTexan]

26 minutes ago, Caw Caw said:

Am I crazy or is that Jimbo Fisher? I'm all for kids getting paid and taking the best opportunity, but being the portal and facetime with a coach and showing a car on your instagram taking you to your new school seems to be tampering to me. I mean he seems to have a plan already.

Crazy times in CFB.

 

 

Can't fault KD if he goes to A&M to play in front of 100k/gm at Kyle & the SEC.

Makes you super-thankful for guys like Mason Fine, Jaelon Darden, Dion Novil, DeAndre Torrey, and Manase Mose... all of whom could have used the transfer portal to play "at another level", but stayed true to the Green & White. 

[UNTLifer]

I am not a huge fan of the portal, but the all out recruiting of players off of other teams is straight bullshit.  This is obviously what happened.  

Edited June 24, 2022 by UNTLifer

[mustangfan]

It sounded like SMU had a decent shot but if Jimbo is involved I would bet he will become an Aggie.