This is yet another area that Ohio is not being hurt in compared to many other MAC schools in the last couple years. Ohio isn't losing all-conference players to the transfer portal like some have and are, and there are some schools trying to rebuild that keep losing players to it, which is a hurdle they are having a hard time clearing because they can't get their depth and numbers on even par. Ohio has been pretty much unphased by it, but there are several schools in the MAC who have been hammered by it.

i think we will see alot of transfers........... will ucla, usc, michigan etc. even play this season?........ of course, maybe players won't want to burn a season of eligibility on this fiasco?

i think also it will affect recruiting...... players stay closer to home. good for LA teams. and my guess is it's a semi-permanent effect.. i realize somewhat contradiction of first paragraph but i think there are 2 effects.

I’m breaking my 6 month silence here, but DeVante Mitchell tweeted that he was in the transfer portal a day ago. Tweet seems to have been shortly after taken down.

In relation to Harbison, I think it's important to point out that not only is he transferring from NIU, but he also transferred to NIU as well. He was at Virginia before he transferred to NIU. This seems to be a young man who can't seem to find the proper fit for himself (maybe both on and off the field), and the fact that he's going to Charlotte to be closer to home speaks to that. As for Heflin, a big loss no doubt, but this is the kind of thing many other G5 schools are facing now. When Gehrig Dieter left BG a few years ago for Alabama, I knew this was the beginning of something not good for the MAC. It's yet another obstacle for the MAC. Typically when a P5 guy transfers to the G5, it's because he's behind guys on the depth chart and wants to go somewhere he can play. Typically when you see a guy from the G5 go to a P5 program, the G5 school is losing a guy who really developed into an all-conference caliber player, and instead of being rewarded with a proven senior - or sometimes a proven junior and senior - that difference-making year or two is wiped away and used at another school. It's yet another uphill battle that G5 schools are facing, and this is something Ohio is very fortunate to not be experiencing while many of our MAC peers are or have over the past several years.

If football is cancelled, this year would count as the sit out year, recruiting will be unknown and poaching at all levels maybe a better strategy than recruiting the unknown.

Looks like he's a redshirt senior, probably a grad transfer. He started most games as a redshirt freshman and was Mountain West freshman of the year. He only played nine games in the last two years. Not sure if that was injury or benching. He's a good runner but has struggled passing. Ran for 780 yards as a freshman and has 1472 rushing yards in 19 career games. He's only completed 50% of his career passes for 2233 yards, 14 touchdowns and 12 interceptions.

Maybe not. There's a ton of gambling going on in Athens right now in the bars and at house parties.

We got him!!!! Wow...QB just got better a d in that..so did our offense!!!

If there is no football this fall, then what? I presume that everyone loses a year of eligibility, and his Senior season just vanishes? That isn't really fair, but I don't see another alternative. If you gave everyone an extra year, you'd have to increase the scholarship limit from 85 to something like 105 for a few years to get everyone through the system, and that would add even more expense at a time when athletic departments are already hurting financially.

CMU just lost its All-MAC TE Tony Poljan to Virginia. Another big loss for a MAC peer. I don’t think many Ohio fans realize or appreciate how fortunate the Bobcats have been when compared to other MAC schools when it comes to losing All-MAC players to the Power Five schools through the grad transfer route. It’s pretty amazing when you think about it actually, seeing what other MAC schools have lost via the grad transfer over the past several years to P5 schools while Ohio has not.

I do think that having a stable coaching situation has benefits.

yes, i do think people undervalue stability in CFB recruiting......

too many programs seem to fire HC's fairly quickly and then end up with the same or lesser record with the next HC..... i think the AD's and the Boards of Governors need to step back and analyze their program at a higher level.