Brandon Smith to transfer

It started on rivals, but now has been confirmed by TomVH of mgoblog- redshirt freshman Brandon Smith is set to transfer.

He was a highly touted athlete by rivals, and had been bounced back and forth between safety and linebacker this past year.

Insiders/those close to the team say he wanted to play safety and wasn't happy with playing linebacker. But clearly Smith was a little too slow in coverage, as we saw a Mr. Kovacs see signifcant playing time over him.

With the Big Ten's rule preventing oversigning a class of 25 recruits, this transfer doesn't help the team one bit. Smith may have been more of a contributor on this years team (played on special teams, started against Wisconsin last year) and leaves the team with less and less depth once again.

Fuck, it's really starting to be difficult to stay positive with this team. Hopefully Ezeh and Mouton make less than 95% mistakes in the next season, or else we're screwed at linebacker again.