Fields father is known for being "very involved". It just doesn't pass any rational line of thinking to believe Fields landed in Columbus without some type of acknowledgment he was "the guy".
I was excited to see what Martell could do as a Buckeye, but as soon as Fields announced he was a Buckeye, the writing was on the wall. In permanent marker.
If you haven't been following Tate's twitter, it's also quite obvious he's out. He's taken Ohio State off his profile and he's announcing leaders for his recruitment (WVU, Miami, and Auburn). It's over.
And by the way, Georgia is being supportive of Fields request to transfer which is big for his case. It's 99.999999% Fields is cleared (the only concern was UGA providing a case for why he shouldn't receive the waiver, but UGA has already stated they will not block any attempt). Fields will be cleared by February.
For Ohio State, not that I love the way this went down, I just don't see how you don't jump on it. Fields is a generational talent. He's 6'2", 230 lbs and runs a laser timed 4.51 40. He also won the Elite 11 competition last year (over Trevor Lawrence) based on his passing ability....the competition doesn't even allow for the use of your legs in terms of scrambling. It would've been fun to see Martell operate a Day offense, and see how Day could tweak this years offense to fit Martell, but Fields is the guy.
I wish Tate nothing but the best, and it sounds like he will graduate in May, which allows him to pick a school and transfer penalty free. I hope he rips it up wherever he chooses. Selfishly, I'd like to see him link up with Chip Kelly at UCLA (surprising it doesn't sound like UCLA is an option yet) or at FSU with Kendal Briles (this prob doesn't happen because Francois has 1 year left). It looks like Miami is out because Jalen Hurns is likely transferring there, and again, I don't see him wanting to sit a year. Interestingly, Oklahoma's Austin Kendall showed up in the portal today, which means maybe OU would be in play...?
The college football QB position is officially musical chairs right now. All these kids have so much training and ability, they all want the throne. It's incredibly wise these kids are graduating early to open up transfer opportunities after year 3 (academically) to preserve (2) years of eligibility and the ability to play right away at another school.