{"id":6648,"date":"2014-04-14T22:03:09","date_gmt":"2014-04-15T02:03:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jmusportsblog.com\/?p=6648"},"modified":"2014-04-14T22:03:09","modified_gmt":"2014-04-15T02:03:09","slug":"ginganinja-transferring","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jmusportsblog.com\/?p=6648","title":{"rendered":"GingaNinja Transferring"},"content":{"rendered":"

Not entirely unexpected, but a little sad nonetheless, word came out today that last year’s QB1 Michael Birdsong, is transferring out of JMU. While this sounds shocking, it’s really not surprising at all given that last year’s Georgia Tech starter Vad Lee had transferred in and, according to reports, outplayed the Ginger Giant in last weekend’s Spring Game.<\/p>\n

As we’ve said, Rob and I are a little tied up with life this week so we don’t have any extended thoughts, but we will offer the following:<\/p>\n

1) We don’t want to hear a damned thing about Birdsong “being afraid of competition.” We played his ass off for the Dukes the last two years (and weren’t we all grateful when he took over for JT two years back!). He’s just being squeezed by the business end of small-time college football (darn tootin’ I meant to say “small time”). We thought of LeZotte the Elder too and while I’m sure he was glad to stick around for the title and his brother, I’ll also bet there’s a part of him that wished he’d been slinging it his whole career.<\/p>\n

2) A HUGE thank you to Birdsong for his time at JMU. Seemed to be a good kid who enjoyed JMU, life, and the game.<\/p>\n

3) We hope semi-heralded recruit and early enrollee Rob Nittolo, he of the “JMU’s going to CUSA” fame, is capable of backing up the team’s new leader in Lee.<\/p>\n

4) And finally, we’ll really miss the hell out of this:<\/p>\n

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