DownSwinging.com

Chris Forcier, former UCLA quarterback, has parted company with the school. After being a four-star recruit for the Bruins, the entire coaching staff was revamped. After new UCLA Head Coach, Rick Neuheisel, was brought in, he determined that the freshman quarterback didn’t really figure in his plans as the starting playcaller. Neuheisel moved Forcier to the wide-out spot last spring, and this was the final straw. Forcier’s childhood dream was to be a starting quarterback for the UCLA Bruins. When he determined, after his sophomore season, that this was no longer a possibility, he sought a transfer. He ultimately decided on the Furman Paladins in the Div I-AA Southern Conference. While he was a very coveted recruit two years ago Forcier was forcied (I had to) to settle for a Div-AA team because of the rules on player eligibility. With the Paladins, Forcier is eligible to play this fall. Were he to chose a Div I school, he would be ineligible until the 2010 season (Forcier’s senior year). While it is an unfortunate story thus far, it does not end there…