Reports: Garrett Gilbert Transferring to SMU
by Wescott Eberts (GoBR) on Nov 1, 2011 4:08 PM CDT
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Former Texas quarterback Garrett Gilbert will transfer to SMU and be eligible to compete in 2013, according to multiple reports stemming from sources close to the program. A former five-star prospect out of Lake Travis, Gilbert will have one season remaining unless he's granted a hardship waiver from the NCAA.
After losing his starting job to Case McCoy and David Ash following two quick interceptions against BYU in September, Gilbert made the decision to transfer in October after undergoing season-ending shoulder surgery.
While it's questionable whether or not the mistake-prone quarterback will find more success in the passing-heavy run-and-shoot employed by Mustang head coach June Jones that will provide even more opportunities to throw interceptions, Gilbert deserves the best wishes of Texas fans despite his disappointing career, as he always conducted himself with the utmost class on and off the field while in Austin, even after his benching.
At the least, his tale will provide a cautionary note to fans heaping massive expectations on over heralded quarterbacks emerging from spread offenses around the country. The transition to college is not easy or assured.
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good luck GG...
…IMo, we made some mistakes and you made some mistakes…
if either has done a better job, you might still have been our starting QB
hope you kick ass at SMU!
by vanterminatorhorn on Nov 1, 2011 4:26 PM CDT reply actions
Hope the best for him.
Good kid with tremendous potential when the light flips on.
"The only sport that should be cried over is tee ball."
- don't remember who said it, but I like it.
by HookTech on Nov 1, 2011 4:27 PM CDT via mobile reply actions
Get well...
then beat down the BE
JD’s like, "you want some f*&#ing pitching? Here’s all the pitching you can stand. Now choke on it, b*#&hes!"- RCCook
LSB: "Oh s#*t, JD. You crazy!"
Hope he lights it up
Hope he gets a redshirt and ends up with two great years and a good education
I Think He Will
June Jones system very QB friendly. I think he struggled with the bright lights and criticism at Texas.
Change isn't good or bad it just "is". Don Draper of Madmen
Too bad
If the crowd hadn’t booed him out of the stadium, he might have still won the starting spot.
He was a legitimate deep threat, if we could just get him to settle down and make his reads.
I'll go to my grave
thinking he would have had a better year thatn McAsh. this offense is becoming run-first. The problem the rest of the year will be teams stacking the line anticipating that. With Gilbert, the defense had to always be reticent of the pass. Well, the mob got what they wanted.
by TheRealDirtyP1 on Nov 1, 2011 4:56 PM CDT reply actions 1 recs
I heard he was at the recent Taylor Swift concert.
Not sure what to say about that other than LOL.
"Hey, don't y'all think that's beautiful right there? That crystal is SO beautiful. And it's coming home to Texas." - Vince Young
Ummmm, should we translate that to “I find his musical taste slightly questionable, but I wish him the best, nonetheless?”
"The only sport that should be cried over is tee ball."
- don't remember who said it, but I like it.
by HookTech on Nov 1, 2011 5:27 PM CDT via mobile up reply actions
Sure, that's about right.
But I find it more than slightly questionable. In fact, I find it hilarious. Hence, the “LOL”.
"Hey, don't y'all think that's beautiful right there? That crystal is SO beautiful. And it's coming home to Texas." - Vince Young
Bunch of baseball players were there, too.
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by Wescott Eberts (GoBR) on Nov 1, 2011 6:17 PM CDT up reply actions
best of luck to him
shame it didnt work out for him at Texas but ill be cheering for him in the future
formerly "Horns102591"
Good luck
And I hope you have a winning record vs aggies (I think they play)
Reminds me of my open ended comments on CACM sometime before the RRS in 2009
To loosely paraphrase: GG and the other incoming recruits and young players are going to make Texas dynastically good. You better hope to luck one out this year or next, because the shame of a six year losing streak will dry your recruiting pipeline. Crow pie, indeed.
I will never get GG. I will just write him off as the last victim of GDGD, but the young man just seemed to have all of the tangibles and metrics, just none of the intangibles. If he wasn’t cursed or snakebitten, everyone believed that he was enough to make it real.
Best of luck GG! May the ghost of Craig James enter your body, and lead you to great success. No killing hookers though!
I dont care
I remember reading and interview he said about how its been a dream since he was a little boy he wanted to be a University of Texas QB
This guy get on campus as a golden boy and he chokes
by KingMack on Nov 1, 2011 6:57 PM CDT via mobile reply actions
Well...
A year with Brian H. instead of a year with Greg Davis may have changed everything – who knows? I know this, we tried to take a QB from the Lake Travis system and make him a pro style QB last year and I believe this caused a lot of the issues.
Who made him the golden boy?
Us or him?
by TheElusiveShadow on Nov 2, 2011 4:17 PM CDT up reply actions
And yet ...
After losing his starting job to McCoy and Ash following two quick interceptions against BYU…
One of those ints was a jump ball ±60 yards down field. Not a bad throw; the type of threat that we still don’t have. Though it never developed, it was good to have that potential and imminent threat. GG had a great arm, but was lacking spark , mojo, telepathy and black majic
Guy was much better than the McAsh combo we have going right now.
I still think he could have been great had he just stuck around a little longer.
"Slammed that hoe on the counter like I just got 35 on the domino table!!"
Sherrod Harris
Now that’s just crazy talk
Run like you stole somethin'
by PiedAfried on Nov 1, 2011 9:21 PM CDT via mobile up reply actions
Lol you're kidding right?
Gilbert has been a turnover machine from snap number 1… I wish him well in football but I’m glad as hell hewon’t be throwing our games away going forward…
by drobe86 on Nov 2, 2011 12:26 PM CDT via mobile up reply actions
He could throw a better deep ball than either of them, that's obvious
But he just didn’t seem like he could recover from that mental beating he took last season and kept turning the ball over. He needed a fresh start, as did we. Although I’m fairly certain his interception ratio is not that far off from Ash’s because he attempted so many more passes, but still.
by TheElusiveShadow on Nov 2, 2011 4:16 PM CDT up reply actions
June Jones is a bad choice for hi
That guy doesn’t strike me as the most “understanding” of coaches.
Because we're Texas and we're evil. DUH.
I had such high hopes
I bet one of my friends $100 that he’d win a NC before he left Tejas. Does anyone have $100 I can hold?
"Stability is a factor in teams that win the championship. But if you stabilize on a team that's going to end up short of that, then all you're doing is spinning your wheels in the 45-win range."-----Daryl Morey
by fanoflosingteams on Nov 2, 2011 8:56 AM CDT reply actions
He was 2 minutes away from it.
& the blindside sack destruction was certainly not his fault.
Medical Red Shirt?
I am pretty sure I read on BON soon after his announced decision to transfer, that he would receive a medical red shirt and be eligible to play immediately elsewhere. Now that sounds unlikely and makes me wonder it it was worth his transferring. He could have stayed here, and given an injury to Ash, or ineffectiveness by Ash and McCoy (not far-fetched), and Gilbert is back in the drivers seat. What are the chances of a medical red-shirt?
"Only angry people win football games." --DKR
Yeah, I don't get it either. He still had a great chance here.
I’m thinking that Mack / Harsin / Applewhite must have sat him down and said, “We’re goin’ with the younger guys … and you’re outta the picture, from here on out. Sorry, kid.” The transfer had to have been more about that than the injury. I just hope it turns out to be a Mallett-type of transfer: He wasn’t wanted at Michigan – so he took it to Arkie and put up a show good enough for million$ in The League. Just wish it coulda worked out for him at UT.
Pretty sure no one said he would receive a medical redshirt and play immediately
He will apply for a medical redshirt and given how much he played and the season-ending nature of his shoulder surgery, it would be surprising if he didn’t receive it, but he will have to sit out a season regardless and would have under any circumstances except extreme hardship, which is clearly not the case.
He wanted to play. He wasn’t going to get that chance again at Texas, so he took it. To him, that was apparently worth it and I’m not sure it’s anyone else’s place to determine for him whether it was worth it or not.
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by Wescott Eberts (GoBR) on Nov 2, 2011 6:19 PM CDT up reply actions
I don't know how to insert a "link" but
on 10/5/11 40AS stated “With his shoulder surgery coming so early in the year, 2011 will be a medical redshirt year for Gilbert and therefore he still has two seasons of eligibility remaining at whichever school…” By “immediately” I did not mean this season, but next season. But you are right, no one but Gilbert can decide what is best for him, but the loss of a year of eligibility would seem to me devasting (whether he just likes playing or wants to go pro), and I am not as convinced as you are that he would never have seen the field again here, given that neither Ash nor McCoy are exactly setting the world on fire, injuries happen, and there have been questions raised about McCoy’s attitude.
"Only angry people win football games." --DKR
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