CFB Notes: Tyler Shough Transfers to Texas Tech, & More

Former Oregon QB Tyler Shough announced on Twitter Monday he will transfer to Texas Tech. The former Duck will be immediately eligible to play next season after graduating from Oregon and will have three years of eligibility left at the collegiate level.

The Chandler, Ariz. native backed up Justin Herbert in 2019 and took over the starting role in 2020. Many expected Shough to flourish in the role that saw Herbert go No. 6 overall and win the NFL ROY award. 

Things didn’t go as smoothly as many thought. In his 11 games as a Duck, Shough completed 64.8 percent of his passes for 1,703 yards, 16 touchdowns, and six interceptions. He lost playing time at the end of the year to grad transfer Anthony Brown and acted as a backup in the Fiesta Bowl loss to Iowa State.

Shough should be the favorite to start once he gets to Lubbock, especially when periodic starter Alan Bowman transferred out of the Texas Tech program. He’ll compete with Henry Colombi, who threw for 1,064 yards, eight touchdowns, and four interceptions in spots last season.

I was hoping Shough was going to announce this last week, so I could potentially include him on my best QB transfer fits. He decided to wait until Monday, so I’ll honorably include him on that list from this article. He’ll get plenty of attempts to let the ball rip downfield in an offense-heavy Big 12 Conference, for a program that hasn’t found an answer at QB in a few years. I hear the guy before was doing pretty well in the NFL.

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EA Sports announced earlier this year of their intentions of bringing back an NCAA Football video game. While fans across the college football spectrum rejoiced to the news, given that EA stopped producing the game after the 2014 edition, one school decided that it would not provide its brand or logos to the game unless there are changes to NIL regulation amongst players.

Notre Dame AD Jack Swarbrick said in a statement that the university would not participate in the video game until the NIL regulations are finalized and ND student-athletes are able to be compensated for their representation in the game.

The NCAA has said they intend to change the rules around players and NIL, and state legislation will go into effect later in 2021. The game isn’t expected for well over a year, so there is plenty of time for Notre Dame to agree to a deal with EA. I’m sure they wouldn’t want to miss out on having arguably the biggest brand in the sport being absent in the return of NCAA Football. You can learn more about the issue here. 

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-By: TJ Mathewson