Joe Boisture is Transferring

by LVS on Jan 20, 2011 6:01 PM CST in Michigan State Spartans Football

SpartanMag has the story and Boisture's full statement, a portion of which is excerpted below:

It is in my best interest that I have decided to leave the Michigan State football program. I love the university, my teammates, the medical staff and most of all Coach Dantonio. [ . . . ] I have the utmost respect for him as a coach and person and wish him and the Spartans nothing but success.

When Boisture committed to MSU in 2009, he was seen as a big-time pickup: both Rivals and Scout rated him as a 4-star recruit. He had an oustanding junior season at Goodrich High School, and moved to Saline for his senior year to face off against stronger competition. Unfortunately, the move backfired: Boisture had, by all accounts, a difficult senior season, and the decision to nonetheless invite him to the prestigious Elite 11 quarterback camp raised eyebrows.

Still, he played decently enough in the spring game, and at 6'6", 215 lbs., he certainly had the size to develop into an outstanding quarterback -- and hopefully he does, wherever he ends up. Good luck, Joe.

Boisture's departure does create a need at quarterback. Next season won't be a problem, as MSU's depth chart at quarterback will be identical to this seasons: Cousins, Maxwell, and Nichol if emergency situations. Connor Cook -- who has earned plenty of plaudits despite being somewhat under the radar -- will arrive in East Lansing this fall and seems likely to redshirt. However, Cousins and Nichol will depart after next season, and leave MSU with only two quarterbacks on the roster. It seems unlikely that MSU will be able to sign another big-time QB for this recruiting class; but look for Dantonio & Co. to sign at least one, possibly two quarterbacks in the Class of 2012.

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Probably the smart move for the kid

He’d be behind Maxwell until his senior season even though he redshirted, and 5 years is a long time to wait to only be the favorite to be the qb. I hope he plays well wherever he ends up, unless he ends up at Michigan…

by dcspartan1 on Jan 20, 2011 6:09 PM CST reply actions

My point of confusion

If this is about Maxwell and playing time, didn’t he know the depth chart situation when he came in? If his notion was that he might be able to beat out and pass Maxwell, he hasn’t given that much of a chance after one redshirt year.

Headscratcher to me.

"And how much are intangibles worth? 10%? 20%?" - kj@theonlycolors

by intrpdtrvlr on Jan 20, 2011 6:20 PM CST up reply actions

Agree about not wanting to wait 5 years

It doesn’t hurt now but it may down the line. Good luck to him.

by That Guy Green on Jan 20, 2011 10:12 PM CST up reply actions

Previously...

…switched his commitment from Boston College to MSU. Be weird if he ended up back at BC.

by witless chum on Jan 20, 2011 7:01 PM CST reply actions

Darn

There goes the opportunity to use boisterous in conjunction with his play.

by donaldo on Jan 20, 2011 7:43 PM CST reply actions

interesting

about connor cook.

too bad about boisture. but that certainly makes sense.

by tbone521 on Jan 20, 2011 8:46 PM CST reply actions

This makes no sense

I guarentee hed be the starter junior and senior year. And if he wasnt going to be THEN he should redshirt. I think he wasnt happy, cuz it cant be playing related.

by Loneytunes on Jan 20, 2011 10:36 PM CST reply actions

???

He already red-shirted this year, can’t do that again. Maxwell is the 99.998% likely person to take over after Cousins, a red-shirt junior in 2012. Starter again in 2013, leaving 2014 as the first time Boisture would have a real chance to start. That would have been as a 5th-year senior.

Of course anything is possible, but Maxwell has the advantage of actually having good reviews as Elite 11 – Boisture’s were dismal – and an extra year in the system.

by DP99 on Jan 20, 2011 11:00 PM CST up reply actions

And may Boisture's....

….transfer go as well as Nick Foles’.

Here ‘tis the list of 2012 QBs that Spartantailgate and their affliates think MSU is after for 2012. There’s been some noise about Brian Blackburn, a 6’5" 215 kid from Detroit Crockett, but the recruiting services don’t rate juniors, mostly, until later.

by witless chum on Jan 21, 2011 5:45 AM CST reply actions

Blackburn

Yep, definitely high on the MSU radar.

"And how much are intangibles worth? 10%? 20%?" - kj@theonlycolors

by intrpdtrvlr on Jan 21, 2011 6:27 AM CST up reply actions

Is U of M a possible location to transfer to?

While golfing in Farmington Hills last spring, my father and I crossed paths with a guy who had hit his ball into our fairway. As he approached his ball, he apologized for cutting over in front of us. He was wearing a hideous U of M hat; so my father responded to him with a bit of sarcastic disgust saying, “It’s alright even though you’re wearing the wrong kind of hat.” The guy chuckled and told us that he’s a huge Michigan fan, but his son was a football player at MSU.

After asking who his son was, we discovered that we were talking to Joe Boisture’s father; so we asked how on earth could such a rabid U of M fan breed a son willing to be a Spartan instead of a wolverine? He told us that it was because Joe wanted to play in a pro style offense and U of M couldn’t offer him that. So he came to MSU despite his family’s (or at least his father’s) traditional allegiance to U of M.

This leads me to ask the following question now that U of M’s new coach has indicated that he’d like to phase back to the traditional U of M offense, and given the dismissal of Forcier combined with U of M’s general lack of a traditional quarterback. What are the chances that Boisture lands in Ann Arbor?

I apologize for the long lead in, but any thoughts?

by thelenb8 on Jan 21, 2011 11:02 AM CST reply actions