Former starting Miami quarterback Robert Marve, who left the Hurricanes' program on Dec. 30 and appealed UM's restrictive transfer ruling, has apparently whittled his list down to six finalists - and Nebraska is one of them.
Other finalists: Michigan, Purdue, Texas Tech, South Florida and UCLA Marve has visited Nebraska, as well.
Marve, who started 11 games last year, threw for 1,293 yards, nine touchdowns and 13 interceptions. He would have to sit out 2010, but would have two years to play afterward.
The Tampa, Florida, native redshirted in 2007 after sustaining injuries in a serious car crash prior to fall camp. He then got the starting nod in 2008 before while sharing time with Jacory Harris. Marve was suspended twice for violation of team rules, and chose to leave the program just after Emerald Bowl, in which he did not play.
Upon his leaving Marve and his parents gave the distinct idea that the suspensions were not earned, and Marve had been poorly treated by UM coach Randy Shannon. Miami had reportedly accused Marve's former high school coach of contacting schools prior to Marve announcing his transfer, a charge the coach denied. Robert Weiner, the coach at Tampa Plant, then told the Palm Beach Post he'd never send a player to Miami as long as Shannon was the coach.
Shannon certainly seemed to hold a grudge, initially forbidding Marve from transferring to any ACC or SEC school, as well as any program in the state of Florida. Eventually the transfer order was changed to any ACC school, along with Florida, Tennessee and LSU. Shannon had already told Marve that, no matter what, he wasn't starting in 2009, and that Harris would be named the starter in the spring.
Rivals rated him the No. 8 pro-style quarterback coming out of high school in 2008. In his final year of high school play, Marve threw for 4,380 yards and 48 touchdowns. He's identifiable by the glove he wears on his non-throwing hand.
The best game of his short career at UM was against Texas A&M, when he threw for 212 yards and two touchdowns in a 41-23 win.
