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Troy names Powell starting quarterback

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TROY, Ala. – Troy head coach Chip Lindsey announced Thursday that Taylor Powell will be the Trojans’ starting quarterback heading into the team’s season opener against Southern next weekend. The announcement ends a QB battle between Powell and Gunnar Watson, which began in the spring. “Both guys competed extremely hard and both of them improved a great deal,” Lindsey said….

Taulia Tagovailoa is set to enter the NCAA Transfer Portal

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Alabama Quarterback Taulia Tagovailoa Is Entering The NCAA Transfer Portal. The Sophomore Is Of Course The Younger Brother Of Tua Who Now Plays For The Miami Dolphins. Taulia Would Have Been Competing With Veteran Mac Jones And And 5 Star Newcomer Bryce Young. He Finished His Alabama Career With 9 Completions For 100 Yards And A Touchdown. We’ll Keep You…

ASU Agrees on Transfer Partnership with Shelton State Community College

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Alabama State University is making it easier for some community college students to transfer. The presidents of Shelton State Community College and Alabama State University met Monday to sign a partnership that they hope will benefit both of their students. For students who transfer from Shelton to Alabama State, or vice versa, this partnership will make the credit process easier….

Deadline Approaching for Students to Transfer from “Failing” Schools

Parents can transfer students under the Alabama Accountability Act
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If your child is attending a school on the state’s “failing schools” list, you have several options to transfer your student under the Alabama Accountability Act but the deadline is approaching. The list of failing schools all across the state was released back in November, with 75 school’s performing below Alabama’s standards. Montgomery Public School parents  with children at a…

Application Period Open For Pupil Transportation Scholarship Opportunities

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 Applications are now being accepted for three pupil transportation scholarships that the recipients will be able to apply toward college costs for the 2018-2019 academic year. An Alabama public high school senior will be eligible to receive the Alabama School Transportation Association (ASTA) Conference Charles “Chuck” Poland Education Scholarship. The scholarship is named for Charles Poland, a school bus driver from Dale County…

Tennessee’s Hurd to transfer from Vols

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KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) – Tennessee running back Jalen Hurd has announced that he plans to transfer, leaving the Volunteers without one of the most prolific runners in school history. Volunteers coach Butch Jones announced Monday that Hurd informed him of his intentions to transfer. Jones said, “I’m very thankful for everything he’s done for our football program.” The announcement comes…

SEC approves Smith transfer from Alabama

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BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (sec.org) – Maurice Smith, a former student-athlete at the University of Alabama, has received a conditional waiver to Southeastern Conference rules that will permit Smith to transfer to the University of Georgia to pursue a graduate degree while having the option to complete his final year of athletic eligibility in either 2016 or 2017, with provisions dependent on…

Troubled Florida QB Treon Harris decides to transfer

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GAINESVILLE, Fla. (AP) – Florida quarterback Treon Harris has decided to transfer, looking for a fresh start after two tumultuous seasons in Gainesville. The Gators confirmed Monday that Harris has been granted his release from scholarship. He is the seventh quarterback to leave Florida in the last four years, following Jacoby Brissett (North Carolina State), Tyler Murphy (Boston College), Max…

Golden Tigers pick up Florida transfer in OL Travaris Dorsey

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GAINESVILLE, Fla. (AP) – Florida coach Jim McElwain says offensive lineman Travaris Dorsey and place-kicker Austin Hardin are transferring. McElwain said Monday that both guys plan to play elsewhere in 2016. McElwain says Dorsey, a 6-foot-2, 321-pound redshirt sophomore, is transferring to Division II Tuskegee in Alabama. Dorsey played in 11 games last season, mostly on special teams. He will…