Back in January, quarterback Phil Jurkovec decided to transfer from the Notre Dame Fighting Irish. It was just a couple of weeks after Ian Book announced that he was returning to Notre Dame for his fifth year, and the message was pretty clear — Phil wanted to play right away and wasn’t going to be able to beat out a 2 year returning starter.
It happens. Guys — especially quarterbacks — want to play right away. The problem for Jurkovec was not only was he going to have to play behind Book for another year, there was no guarantee he would ever be the starter in South Bend.