Interesting...Tyler Gabbert (Blaine's younger brother) is transferring from Missouri. No news yet on where he's decided to transfer to.
Apparently, through Spring ball, it was a dead-heat between him and another black quarterback and after Spring ball the black quarterback was named the starter.
His dad says that
"there are other factors that went into this decision that we're not going to discuss with the press."
Abusive behavior by some of the many thugs on this team perhaps? I'm sure they had "
their" favorite as to whom they wanted to see at QB and I bet that played a part in his reason to get the hell out of there.
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The Missouri football program has lost a second Gabbert brother
this offseason. Just 11 days after Blaine Gabbert became a first-round
draft pick by the Jacksonville Jaguars, Tyler Gabbert, his younger
brother and the No. 2 quarterback coming out of spring practices, has
decided to transfer.
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Chuck Gabbert said his son had been considering this decision for a
while and described it as an opportunity for "a fresh start."Â
"He was in the midst of a quarterback battle,"Â Chuck Gabbert said in a
phone interview.
"Nothing's given to you, and it's a competition. And
Ty feeds on that competition. But there were other factors we're not
going to get into that Ty evaluated."Â
Chuck Gabbert said MU coaches had indicated they were still committed
to a preseason competition between James Franklin and Gabbert.
"But there are other factors that went into this decision that we're not going to discuss with the press,"Â Chuck Gabbert said.
"We wish Tyler the best and will do everything we can to assist him
going forward,"Â Coach Gary Pinkel said in a statement released by the
athletic department.
Chuck Gabbert said Missouri's staff will allow his son to transfer to
any school outside of the Big 12 Conference. As of today, the family
was not ready to mention any possible destinations. Per NCAA transfer
rules, Gabbert would have to sit out his first season upon joining
another Football Bowl Subdivision program.
On Thursday Gabbert told the Tribune he had been throwing with
Missouri's receivers and was looking forward to 7-on-7 sessions starting
later this summer. He gave no indication that he was considering
leaving MU.
For a while during spring practices Gabbert had pulled even with
Franklin for the No. 1 job and began taking the bulk of the first-team
snaps during practices and scrimmages. The two underclassmen split reps
evenly in the April 16 Black & Gold Game, after which Franklin was
listed as the No. 1 quarterback.
For now, the only competition for Franklin, last year's backup, will
be redshirt sophomore Ashton Glaser and incoming freshman Corbin
Berkstresser, the only quarterback from MU's 2011 recruiting class. The
6-foot-3, 220-pound quarterback from Lee's Summit is expected to move to
Columbia this month. MU also continues to recruit two of the country's
elite QB prospects for 2012, Maty Mauk of Kenton, Ohio, and Gunner Kiel
of Columbus, Ind.
http://www.columbiatribune.com/news/2011/may/09/missouri-quarterback-tyler-gabbert-transfer/
