Jerimiah Masoli

[UNIMIS2001]

Today on 1460 KXNO Des Moines Steve Deace and John Miller were talking about how crazy it would be if UNI picked up Jeremiah Masoli to play this year. I was just curious what everyone on here would think if UNI took a chance on him.

[Blue42]

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Today on 1460 KXNO Des Moines Steve Deace and John Miller were talking about how crazy it would be if UNI picked up Jeremiah Masoli to play this year. I was just curious what everyone on here would think if UNI took a chance on him.

How did Deace and Miller find out UNI has a football team?

[UNIMIS2001]

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How did Deace and Miller find out UNI has a football team?

Ha, I was thinking the same thing when they mentioned UNI.

[TravelingPanther]

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No one is going to touch him.

[Kyle]

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Baring injuries or transfers we are set at the QB position for years to come.

[UNI MadCat]

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No one is going to touch him.

False.

Someone absolutely will take a chance on him. He's proven he can play in big time situations. Similar to Hakeem Hill back in the day here -- you bring him on and give him zero tolerance and see if it works out. If not, so be it.

Now that the NCAA ruled he could play immediately I believe he'll find an FBS school in need of a QB.

[Panther-Sheik]

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Montana State or Weber State or some other Big Sky team?

[Trapped in California]

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Weber State has a pretty good QB in place already, from what I recall. The biggest issue is that he has only one year of eligibility left.

Total speculation on my part. I would look for one of the HBC FCS colleges to make a run at him. Maybe Jacksonville.

[TravelingPanther]

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False.

Someone absolutely will take a chance on him. He's proven he can play in big time situations. Similar to Hakeem Hill back in the day here -- you bring him on and give him zero tolerance and see if it works out. If not, so be it.

Now that the NCAA ruled he could play immediately I believe he'll find an FBS school in need of a QB.

The NCAA ruled he could imediately play even if he transfered to FBS? My bet is that he ends up playing in some west coast semi-pro league.

[TheMacHouse]

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Here is my understanding of the transfer rules. If I am wrong someone can correct me.

The NCAA changed the FBS to FCS transfer rules a few years ago. If a player has only 1 year left he can't transfer from FBS to FCS. There were to many players with 1 year left that would transfer and after the football season was over they would transfer back to their old school to finish school. They thought schools were renting players for a semester so they stopped this. They can still transfer if they have more than 1 year left and play right away.

In Masoli's case (and for any other player) he is going to graduate from Oregon this summer. If he does he can transfer to any school, enter into a graduate program, and play right away. He can only enter into a graduate program that is not offered at Oregon to be granted a wavier from the NCAA. So the only way he can play at UNI is if he enters into a graduate program at UNI that Oregon does not offer.

I highly doubt he will play at UNI this year but maybe if Gray is still in the area he might ask to come here.

[ryan19]

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If we got Masoli we would instantly be 50X the football team we currently are.

[06panther10]

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If we got Masoli we would instantly be 50X the football team we currently are.

Absolutely not true.

[ryan19]

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Absolutely true.

Fixed. Masoli and Davis are not even comparable, you have to be a huge homer to disagree with that.

[06panther10]

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I'm not saying Davis is as good as him. But to suggest that he could come in here and, as you say "make us 50x" better than we are now, is ridiculous.

Not to mention, that is not how football works. One guy can't come in and make a team. This has nothing to do with comparisons between Davis and Masoli.

For every FBS transfer that leads his team to the promised land, I can show you about 1000 that did not work at all.

[Blue42]

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If we got Masoli we would instantly be 50X the football team we currently are.

I hope you're kidding.

If not, you must be one of those guys that thinks athletes you see play on TV wear big "S"'s on their chest and have super human powers.