The well-traveled Everett Golson is changing schools again (this is transfer number 3, for those keeping score), moving from Notre Dame, where he was a Heisman candidate until he learned giving the ball to the other team was easier than he'd thought, to Florida State, who apparently needs a quarterback after number 1 draft pick Jamies Winston left for Tampa Bay last month. (Seems to me the back-up did a pretty good job against Clemson last year, but hey, what do I know?)
ESPN's Mark Schlabach has done his usual thorough job looking at how transfers have managed over the last ten years or so - some good, some not so much. My personal opinion is that three transfers are a three-sided red flag against Golson, a sign that he can't handle adversity. I know FSU put up with a ton of crap from Winston, and think they got what they wanted out of him - a national title, another undefeated season - but the stain never goes away.
As for Golson, I'd recommend the advice of the 65-year-married couple, who when asked about the secret of how they'd stayed together so long, answered, "We stayed because we didn't consider leaving an option. If it's broken, we fixed it. We didn't just abandon the marriage at the first sign of trouble!"
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