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Nick Hirschman Leaving
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No problem with his choice, it's his life. I'm sure he talked with people close to him and he made an adult decision. Best of luck to him.
It's semantics. In reality, nearly everybody qualifies for some kind of need based assistance. Princeton doesn't want to miss out on the next Bill Bradley or Hobie Baker because the kid can't afford the tuition.
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Glad to know that you're privy to his thoughts. That's a neat trick.
I suspect he was thinking about transferring ever since the coaching change. He honored the coach and AD's request to wait until spring practice was concluded. If he was the clear starter, he'd stay. If not, he has other options. This really isn't as horrible as people are making it out to be.
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Wood an Webb left Texas and Kansas when it appeared they weren't going to be the #1 QB at those schools - are they "selfish, self-centered quitters" too? Or does it only count if they leave CU?
Nick doesn't owe us anything. He suffered through possibly the worst 3 year period in the history of Colorado Football. A stretch that was caused in large part by administrative and organizational incompetency and weakness. He represented CU, his family and his teammates with class and respect. If he wants to go somewhere and actually play while working towards a graduate degree, we should wish him well. Good luck to Nick. Go to law school and get some experience and call me!
WeCU13
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I wish Nick all the BEST; all this talk about getting a transfer from other BCS colleges is BS; I rather talk Nick in to staying because he wanted to be a Buff from the beginning then wasting our time with others who want to transfer in. I rather give the QBs on the roster a chance because they wanted to be Buff; and recruit a JC or HS for next year.
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lol what
We figured bigbang was a family member, but clearly it was something else.
Ever heard of the term "endowment." Harvard, Yale, etc have several billions in endowments.
All I can say is that I wish him well. He got a CU degree, represented the University well, and his hard work gives him the opportunity to go get a grad degree and continue to pursue his dream of playing college football as a starter somewhere. Sounds like a damn smart kid that has his head screwed on straight. Good luck Hirsch and I will look forward to following you over the next 2 years.
bigbang2
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If I were a member of his family, I would encourage him to transfer to an Ivy league school for graduate studies and to play football.
Arkansas QB Brandon Mitchell is transferring. He is a SR graduate transfer and is eligible immediately
http://sports.yahoo.com/news/mitchell-transferring-arkansas-182035765--nfl.html
http://sports.yahoo.com/news/mitchell-transferring-arkansas-182035765--nfl.html
Not quite an Ivy but he should be able to compete for playing time there. Can't imagine the culture shock going from Boulder CO to Akron OH but it's his life.
Good luck to Nick.
Next stop, University of Houston for his PhD?
BuffAlum2007
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Interesting choice for sure...
I don't know if he is going to get a guaranteed starting position at Akron. No idea who their QB is but it is not Div 3. He's going to have to earn it just the same especially given his average performance at CU to date. It is quite surprising he would give up CU at this juncture b/c he was tied for 1st on the depth chart in order to go to Akron and compete for a job there.
I think there is more to this story than we know about. Maybe he had a falling out with HCMM or another coach (Lindgren?) I don't know but it is hard to explain this move on the facts we have at the moment.
Like others have said I do wish him luck and hope he does win the starting job and represents well.
I think there is more to this story than we know about. Maybe he had a falling out with HCMM or another coach (Lindgren?) I don't know but it is hard to explain this move on the facts we have at the moment.
Like others have said I do wish him luck and hope he does win the starting job and represents well.
aik
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They were a CU-esque 1-11 last year, their first year under Terry Bowden and also had consecutive 1-11 seasons before that. Maybe Nick saw promise in playing under two Bowdens (Terry and Jeff) and the team also has Chuck Amato as DC so there are names there who could likely recruit. In a situation like this though they are probably looking for a veteran QB to help them along on their rebuilding path and Nick has major conference experience at the position so they would have reason to be interested. I am giving Nick the benefit of the doubt and wish him well.
I think some people are over thinking this. Put yourself in his shoes. He graduated and was in a situation where he probably felt he wasn't going to win a starting job. He probably loves football and knows he has limited time left, and had the opportunity to go someplace and theoretically be handed the starting job (this I don't know.)
this could be his only chance to play the game he loves before entering the cold real world, why not go for Akron and see what you can do? He'll be the big man on campus for a while....
fyi here is their schedule: http://www.gozips.com/sports/fball/2013-14/schedule
this could be his only chance to play the game he loves before entering the cold real world, why not go for Akron and see what you can do? He'll be the big man on campus for a while....
fyi here is their schedule: http://www.gozips.com/sports/fball/2013-14/schedule
Unless he was guaranteed to be the starter (which I can't see any coach offering) then this just surprises me. Our backup QB is going to play this year at some point and I didn't get the sense he was WAY behind Wood anyway. He had a very good shot of playing this year. I sort of assumed his decision to transfer was in large part an education decision, but not anymore.
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