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What does Chubba Purdy transferring to SJSU mean for Jay Butterfield?

What does Chubba Purdy transferring to SJSU mean for Jay Butterfield?

So if former Florida State and Nebraska quarterback redshirt sophomore Chubba Purdy – yes, 49ers’ quarterback Brock’s younger brother – is transferring to San Jose State, then what does that mean for SJSU redshirt sophomore quarterback Jay Butterfield?

Could this be the end of Butterfield’s time at SJSU after transferring from Oregon in 2023?

Both SJSU quarterbacks have two years of college eligibility remaining. Butterfield may decide to hit the portal now to sneak a spot on another roster and save a year of eligibility. Or he could take on Purdy in a bonafide quarterback battle in spring and fall training camp. 

Upon transferring in 2023 from Oregon, the tentative plan for Butterfield was to back-up then SJSU quarterback Chevan Cordeiro in 2023 and take over in 2024. 

And throughout that 2023 season, Butterfield appeared to do what was asked of him. He was dogged in practice, supportive of Cordeiro and was a pillar of SJSU’s quarterback room. After the Spartans fell in the 2023 Hawaii Bowl, Cordeiro said, “The two years that I’ve been here I never thought that the best part would be the film room just joking around.”

In a limited amount of reps, Butterfield impressed in 2023. He finished 7-for-11 with 80 passing yards and threw a touchdown in the waning moments of a blowout loss to Oregon State. 

So what motivated SJSU to deviate from that original plan for Butterfield?Did they feel Purdy’s shiftiness and experience offers it a better chance at continuing the rebuild? 

Because if one thing’s for sure, Purdy didn’t transfer to SJSU to back up Butterfield for two years. Or solely for the proximity to Brock. 

A former four-star from Gilbert, Ariz., Purdy boasted offers from Cal, TCU and North Texas after entering the portal on Dec. 21. 

In Purdy’s two-year career at Florida State he totaled 317 passing yards, four passing touchdowns, 147 rushing yards and one rushing touchdown. Then, in two years at Nebraska, he threw for 529 yards, two touchdowns and six interceptions while also rushing for 353 yards and three scores. He was 0-4 as a starter. 

Although not remarkable, did SJSU feel Purdy’s Power 5 experience offers it a better chance at continuing the rebuild than relying upon Butterfield, who has thrown 15 passes in his career?

What makes the Butterfield angle so fascinating is that SJSU was his first offer in high school. But the Spartans quickly fell by the wayside as Butterfield piled up offers from several schools of the formerly known PAC-12. Few could blame Butterfield for not committing to SJSU in 2019 after the Spartans won a combined three total games in its previous two seasons. 

But now, several years later, it may be SJSU who has found a better option. 

Let the quarterback battle begin.

Mike Gundy promises change after player revolt at Oklahoma State

Oklahoma State coach Mike Gundy’s choice of a shirt created a players revolt in Stillwater.

The location “Stillwater” was about as big a misnomer as there could have been Monday after Oklahoma State coach Mike Gundy’s decision to wear an “AON” T-shirt led to a revolt led by star running back Chuba Hubbard of the Cowboys’ football team.

Hubbard tweeted his total displeasure with the coach’s shirt choice. OAN is a media network. Its letters stand for  One America News Network, a far-right, pro-Trump cable news network founded in 2013 and known to push conspiracy theories. Gundy has publicly praised OAN, a network that has had one host on the network call the Black Lives Matter movement “a farce.”

Hubbard said he would no longer participate in Cowboys activities due to a photo of head coach Mike Gundy wearing a T-shirt of OAN.

Gundy, who played college ball at Oklahoma State and has been head coach since 2005 with a record of 129-64, was photographed recently on a fishing trip with his two sons while wearing a One America News shirt.

Prior to a meeting between the coach and running back, school athletic director Mike Holder said: “This afternoon has been very disturbing. The tweets from the current and former players are of grave concern.”

“In light of today’s tweet with the T-shirt I was wearing, I met with some players and realized it’s a very sensitive issue with what’s going on in today’s society,” Gundy said standing next to Hubbard. “We had a great meeting and made aware of some things players feel like that can make our organization and our culture even better than it is here at Oklahoma State.

“I’m looking forward to making some changes, and it starts at the top with me. And we’ve got good days ahead.”

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Hubbard, who is from Sherwood Park, Alberta, Canada, apologized for his tweet, saying he should have gone to Gundy in person.

“I’ll start off by first saying I went about it the wrong way by tweeting,” said Hubbard, who rushed for 2,019 yards last season. “I’m not someone that has to tweet something to make change. I should’ve went to him as a man. I’m all about action. That was bad on my part.

“From now on, we’re going to focus on bringing change, and that’s the most important thing.”

Gundy made national waves in April with comments supporting OANN during an hour-long teleconference.

“I tell you what’s funny is, I was flipping through stations. I found one — I don’t even know if anybody knows about this — it’s called OAN,” Gundy said. “It’s One America News. And it was so refreshing. They just report the news. There’s no commentary. There’s no opinions on this. There’s no left. There’s no right. They just reported the news. And I’ve been watching them the last week, because they’re given us the news and given us more information — in my opinion — some of the positives are coming out. So, that was refreshing.”