Tate Martell was told not to let the door hit him in the arse on the way out of Columbus.
… Martell waited his turn, believing 2019 would be his year. Then Urban Meyer stepped down. Martell says he was told toward the end of the season he would be better off finding another school. Shortly after former No. 1 overall recruit Justin Fields announced he was transferring to Ohio State, Martell told the world he would transfer himself.
“Ohio State, that was my dream school,” Martell said during an interview this spring. “I was sick to my stomach. There was almost a point where I was like, ‘I’m going to roll the dice anyway’ because I wanted to be there.
“After being there for two years and not playing, I couldn’t risk it anymore. There’s a point where you love your teammates, you love everything about the school and the people there, but you have to start thinking about yourself and not doing it because these are my teammates. They all understood, and they weren’t upset at all.
“The good thing that happened was that I was told, so I wasn’t in a bad situation. So that’s the only thing I can say that was good about the situation is I wasn’t lied to.”
He’s got a point about the honesty. Bigger question: why should a kid under those circumstances be forced to sit out a season at his new school?
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The answer – he shouldn’t have to sit at all.
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“You can’t always get what you want”.
-Rolling Stones
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Wasn’t Tate tweeting over the off season that Fields better be ready to come in to compete? And other things indicating he saw himself as the #1? Not saying he’s making things up, but you wonder if he’s embellishing here somewhat. That said, we’re only talking the time line here. Once it was apparent Day had thrown him overboard for Fields, the best solution for everybody, and especially Tate, was to have the opportunity to go play somewhere immediately if he could get on the field.
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Miami’s problem has been at QB. The Canes have a pretty good team, particularly on D. If Martell plugs the void at QB successfully it shouldn’t surprise anybody if Miami has a 10 win regular season.
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If the school is advising you to leave you should not have to.
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“He’s got a point about the honesty.”
That may be the nicest thing anyone ever said about Tate Martel.
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Says a lot of Miami’s QB problems that they bring him aboard doesn’t it?
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