South Carolina LB entering portal
South Carolina linebacker Stone Blanton is set to enter the NCAA transfer portal, GamecockCentral.com has learned.
Stone Blanton entering NCAA transfer portal
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I want to be surprised but it’s hard to even care anymore.
Can't be more playing time.
Not impressive enough to have teams bidding for his services.
So, why I ask
Not impressive enough to have teams bidding for his services.
So, why I ask
I think others were beginning to pass him by. When we went to 3-3-5, Bam became much more of a factor. Debo had a great year. Willis progressed late in the year too. Factor in Pup with another year to develop, Kaba coming back, and Wendell Gregory and Fred Johnson coming in and Stone is all of a sudden the least athletic guy in a crowded LB room.
Could mean one of two things: either White coming back or he’s being replaced by another 3-3-5 guy (which Arnette is known for BTW).
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He consistently underperformed and was caught out of position. His playing time was going to drop precipitously next year with portal players coming on board.South Carolina LB entering portal
South Carolina linebacker Stone Blanton is set to enter the NCAA transfer portal, GamecockCentral.com has learned.www.on3.com
Football in general for me is getting hard to watch these days.. With college players jumping from team to team for more NIL, the NFL moving games all over the spectrum and the money they keep trying to suck out of the everyday fan just makes difficult to watch. I’m on the verge of turning it off.
Non event. These guys are just nameless pieces on a chessboard now. They don’t give a damn about the school or the fans.
We lose to Jacksonville St without him. Fact.
He made a good play, but he also made some bad plays to put is in that position in the first place.
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I think he's looked at Kaba returning and the rest of the room returning along with the newbies arriving and decided he didn't want to compete.
He was a good LB who improved greatly from year 1 to 2. Upside was bright. He was an actual football player. Hate to lose him but like them all…..c ya. You don’t want to be here, then adios.
Appreciate the effort Stone, good luck! Now, next man up!
That was one of the worst games he played. He was a BIG reason we were even in that position at the end of the game. Bottom line is, Debo and Bam are both better than him. That leaves one spot for him, Kaba, Pup, Willis, Johnson, and Gregory. Very likely he was losing that starting spot anyway.
We were very fortunate to finish as a 5-win team last season. We had 3 P5 wins, one of which was Vandy. There aren’t too many players from last year’s team that I’d be too upset about losing.
While there is some truth in this line of thinking, I'm not sure a coach going into year 4 wants or needs to be in the position of having starters leaving his program. Having to replace players with experience with new talent isn't exactly a recipe for winning many games.