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He's doing the right thing. Who knows if UCLA will be on the field again this school year. While the SEC, Big 12 and ACC are playing football, enjoying life and normalcy while getting more revenue and attention for their programs, UCLA athletes will have decisions to make: hideout in my cover bomb shelter or continue my career doing the things I love while I have the time and opportunity. I never thought I would live to see the day when I agreed with Lane Kiffin, students should be allowed to transfer out of conferences if their conferences aren't going to play.

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I know UCLA fans love to make everything bad that happens an indictment or Chip or Larry Scott, and quite often they are correct to do so, but this feels like a pretty explainable incident, as you allude to. It's a bummer, but blame can't really be attributed anywhere but the virus. It happens.

I believe they did not have a scholarship before this, but I wonder if him leaving gives UCLA a shot at Grant Calcaterra. It'd make sense for him to be targeting a Pac-12 school, as he's been out of football for a while and would need time to ramp back up anyway.

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He's found a home at Baylor. Congrats!

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Anyone who is kind of a borderline NFL draft pick and wants to up his stock should transfer out of the PAC-12 or Big-10, for their future.

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