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Joel Klatt on Beau Pribula entering transfer portal before College Football Playoff: 'I hate it'

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Fox Sports’ Joel Klatt hates the situation of Beau Pribula and how the Penn State quarterback entered the transfer portal prior to the College Football Playoff.

Pribula wasn’t the starter, but he played a role in the Nittany Lions’ offense. The problem for Klatt is the date of the portal window, putting Pribula in an impossible situation.

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With starter Drew Allar set to come back in 2025, Pribula had to make a choice for his future, and that was to try and start elsewhere.

“I hate it for Beau Pribula, and in his tweet, he mentions the fact that he hates that he’s in this situation,” Klatt said on his podcast. “And why is he in this situation? Because the transfer portal is open during the season, and it’s going to close December 28 … The NCAA has built an incredibly flawed system that is impossible to navigate for these young men. The fact that we have an open transfer portal while the season is still happening is crazy. We have to fix this. We absolutely have to fix this.” 

Pribula is set to visit Ole Miss and Indiana after seeing UCF as he looks for his next destination. Meanwhile, Penn State hosts SMU Saturday at 12:00 p.m. ET in the first round.

“I actually think he’s going to regret this later in his life,” Klatt said. “I’m sitting here now at 42 years old. Do I think he probably is trying to navigate this the best that he possibly can? Yes, absolutely, absolutely he’s trying to. Is he stuck in an impossible situation? Yes. And again, the powers that be are making decisions and creating systems that are bad for the individuals that are actually competing in the sport. The players are the ones that are hurt. This transfer portal being open in December while the season is still going on, and more importantly, when the College Football Playoff is going on, hurts the players, because Beau Pribula didn’t really have a choice … 

“The transfer portal for a quarterback is like musical chairs, and success as a quarterback is highly dependent on fit, so you’ve got to find the right chair, if you’re a quarterback looking to go and start somewhere.”