‘Illegally Recruited’: Miami Of Ohio’s Chuck Martin Hammers Alabama For Snagging Graham Nicholson

Chuck is PISSED!

The transfer portal in college athletics has gotten absolutely out of control (in a good or bad way, depending on how you look at it), but with that being said, coaches aren’t willing to talk about it. Unless you’re Miami (Ohio) head coach Chuck Martin, then you’re just gonna blatantly call out Alabama for “stealing” Graham Nicholson, their former star kicker who left the RedHawks for the Crimson Tide in the transfer portal after the 2023 campaign. 

In a video featured on the team site of Miami (Ohio) that’s now going viral, Martin had a problem with the claim that the RedHawks “lost” Nicholson prior to the upcoming season.

“We didn’t lose him. He’s at Alabama,” said Martin. “We know exactly where he’s at. You media people, it’s all pretend. No, Alabama stole our kicker. They illegally recruited our kicker and stole him from us. That’s a fact. That’s college football. We live in this la la world like ‘Hey, let’s not talk about it.’ We know what’s going on. Alabama stole our kicker.”