Miami QB Tyler Van Dyke enters transfer portal
Miami quarterback Tyler Van Dyke has entered the transfer portal, he confirmed Monday night in a social media post.
“I want to thank the University of Miami, my teammates, coaching staff, and everyone associated with the University who have made this chapter in my life truly special and invaluable,” Van Dyke wrote on X, formerly Twitter. “I have created lifelong friendships and memories, which I will always cherish. I am deeply appreciative of the opportunities and experiences that have shaped me during my time here.
“I am looking forward to the next chapter and what my future holds.”
Van Dyke, a fourth-year junior for the Hurricanes, has been the starter since 2021, his redshirt freshman season, after taking over for an injured D’Eriq King.
He threw for 2,931 yards, 25 touchdowns and six interceptions in 10 games in 2021. His performance that season earned him ACC Rookie of the Year and ACC Offensive Rookie of the Year honors.
Van Dyke then played in nine games during the 2022 season, throwing for 1,835 yards, 10 touchdowns and five interceptions under a new offensive coordinator.
He saw another change at coordinator in 2023 and finished out the year with 2,703 yards, 19 touchdowns and 12 interceptions in 11 games.
He enters the portal as a grad transfer.
Van Dyke’s departure leaves Miami with Emory Williams, a true freshman who saw action in five games this season, and former ESPN 300 quarterback Jacurri Brown, who signed in the 2022 class.
Jim Harbaugh: Michigan-Ohio State rivalry hatred ‘very manufactured’
ANN ARBOR, Michigan — The Michigan-Ohio State rivalry has always had a level of hatred to it given the history and relevance of the annual game, but Jim Harbaugh said Monday the bitterness and storylines of animosity seem manufactured by outside sources.
“I’m not going to go as far as to say contrived, but it is hyped up to no ends,” Harbaugh said. “And these are student-athletes that are young kids, young adults, that are playing this game. And all we ask them to do is go out there and play the very best.
“I think that it’s very manufactured for the TV show that people want to watch and see.”
The comments come a day after Harbaugh once again stumped for the players to capitalize on revenue sharing with the NCAA and advocated for the rights of players. He was asked the question about the vitriol and tumult of the rivalry leading into Saturday, but he wanted to focus more on his team getting credit for the win and the job the players did on the field.
A lot of that praise went to offensive coordinator Sherrone Moore, who was interim coach as Harbaugh sat out his final game of a three-game suspension.
“I’m not saying that I’m in a position of granting who a Michigan man is or who isn’t, or who a Michigan legend is or is not,” Harbaugh said. “[I’m] not the maker of those two lists, but I have nominated people before and I nominate Sherrone Moore as a Michigan legend.”
Harbaugh said he called Moore after the game and told him he was “a stone-cold killer” and that he wouldn’t have changed any playcalls in the game.
The added pressure of winning the rivalry game didn’t seem to impact Moore or the players, with Michigan prevailing 30-24, but Harbaugh said he believes hype from television networks is creating an unrealistic depiction of what this game really is.
“It’s not healthy. It’s not healthy for the student-athletes on either side when you’re trying to put that much [pressure],” Harbaugh said. “That somebody’s practically thinking it’s life or death … I would say it’s not healthy for the young people.”
Former Michigan linebackers coach Chris Partridge released a statement on Monday, disputing claims about why he was fired.
Partridge was fired on Nov. 17 amid the NCAA’s investigation into former Michigan staffer Connor Stalions and in-person scouting. Partridge posted on X that he had no knowledge of Stalions’ sign-stealing scheme and that he was fired for breach of policy regarding the investigation.
“As explained to me by Michigan Athletic Director Warde Manuel in person on the morning of November 17, 2023, and as set forth in my termination letter of the same date, signed by Doug Gnodtke, Michigan Athletics Chief of Staff, I was terminated because of a failure ‘to abide by the University directive not to discuss an ongoing NCAA investigation with anyone associated with the Michigan Football Program’,” the statement read.
Partridge also denied reports that he destroyed evidence related to the investigation and that he is extremely disappointed in the university’s decision to end his employment.
The decision to fire Partridge came after the university decided to drop its legal battle with the Big Ten Conference and that coach Jim Harbaugh would serve the remainder of his three-game suspension rather than fight it. Harbaugh has since finished his suspension and will coach for the Wolverines in the Big Ten Championship game on Saturday against Iowa.
A source told ESPN that information gleaned in NCAA interviews led in part to the acceptance of the Big Ten decision and Partridge’s firing. The NCAA’s investigation is still ongoing and has not yet reached a conclusion.
