Re: 2023 portal mega thread

[DWags]

I think we need a QB.  

This is the year, where I would ask why would we need an experienced quarterback? Especially one that’s going to be leaving right away. the dumbass staff from last year were in their fourth year and you would think they would want one to try to win some ball games. When you are in a rebuild having an experience quarterback always helps, but is that what you really want?

I hope everybody’s patient with this guy. He sounds like he wants to build a winner. He sounds like he’s willing to do it the right way.

[NigelUno]

I think we need a QB.  

This is the year, where I would ask why would we need an experienced quarterback? Especially one that’s going to be leaving right away. the dumbass staff from last year were in their fourth year and you would think they would want one to try to win some ball games. When you are in a rebuild having an experience quarterback always helps, but is that what you really want?

I hope everybody’s patient with this guy. He sounds like he wants to build a winner. He sounds like he’s willing to do it the right way.

Coach gets a year added to his contract (at close to $8 million) if he wins 7 games.

Just Win (Now) Baby!

[Trapper Gus]

I'm not sure there has ever been a coach who didn't care about winning games.

[gomersbro]

I'm not sure there has ever been a coach who didn't care about winning games.

By the end I would say it was questionable with Tugger.

[NigelUno]

Dante Moore in da portal.

[InTenSity]

Read a short article. The Nebraska coach, Rhule, said a qb costs 1-1.5 million in the portal for a good one...

[NigelUno]

Read a short article. The Nebraska coach, Rhule, said a qb costs 1-1.5 million in the portal for a good one...

That's a steal.

[InTenSity]

Read a short article. The Nebraska coach, Rhule, said a qb costs 1-1.5 million in the portal for a good one...

That's a steal.

Really? I'm out of it.

[Nordic]

Read a short article. The Nebraska coach, Rhule, said a qb costs 1-1.5 million in the portal for a good one...

Saw that. I don’t doubt there a few that will get that. But Rhule is also ‘selling’ a bit too.

[Nordic]

DJ Ukulele is entering the portal.

I just strolled over to tRCMB. We are gonna need to by stock in therapy dogs because that place is going to burn down when DJU doesn’t come to MSU.

[Robert J Sakimano]

DJ Ukulele is entering the portal.

I just strolled over to tRCMB. We are gonna need to by stock in therapy dogs because that place is going to burn down when DJU doesn’t come to MSU.

I'm ready to just sit back and watch it all develop with a high degree of ambivalent intrigue.

[GRR Spartan]

Can’t follow the portal players without a spread sheet

https://247sports.com/Season/2024-Football/TransferPortalPositionRanking/


Psst
Think Coach Smith will find a QB

[Nordic]

Can’t follow the portal players without a spread sheet

https://247sports.com/Season/2024-Football/TransferPortalPositionRanking/

Psst
Think Coach Smith will find a QB

Next week we will see even more. Last year 98 QBs entered the portal. I bet it will be double that this year.

[InTenSity]

OK, so even if we get 1qb, don't we need a couple more? Or just hoping for no injuries?

[GRR Spartan]

OK, so even if we get 1qb, don't we need a couple more? Or just hoping for no injuries?

There will be recruiting and signing dates are 12/20 thru 12-22 2023 then 02/07 thru 04/01/2024.  

JUCO signing is 12/20/23 thru 01/15/2024

Coach Smith was a walk-on at Oregon State, began starting half way thru his freshman redshirt season and started the next 3.5 years.

There are HS senior  QB's with MAC offers who could switch to a Big Ten offer from MSU.  Way back there was this QB from Holland Christian who did that.  Worked out pretty well for both parties.

[NigelUno]

That's a steal.

Really? I'm out of it.

I meant in the big picture...if you could get a good QB for a $1 million...it would pay dividends worth more than that.

I'm a little skeptical of some of the numbers that get thrown around.

[Robert J Sakimano]

it would be interesting if there was a metric to determine how satisfied players who enter the transfer portal are/were with their decision.

if they just want to play, I get it - I think of maybe Rocky Lombardi. But I suspect that not every player who enters the portal ends up being K9, Bo Nix, the dude from Wake Forest who ended up at Notre Dame (can't think of his name), as their career trajectory takes off exponentially and undoubtedly impacts their draft status (in a positive fashion).

of course, I have no idea what Noah Kim, Leavitt and Houser are thinking their value is but I suspect at least one or two of them are skewed a bit from the reality of the situation. And I also bet they're not alone in this category.

[Trapper Gus]

it would be interesting if there was a metric to determine how satisfied players who enter the transfer portal are/were with their decision.

if they just want to play, I get it - I think of maybe Rocky Lombardi. But I suspect that not every player who enters the portal ends up being K9, Bo Nix, the dude from Wake Forest who ended up at Notre Dame (can't think of his name), as their career trajectory takes off exponentially and undoubtedly impacts their draft status (in a positive fashion).

of course, I have no idea what Noah Kim, Leavitt and Houser are thinking their value is but I suspect at least one or two of them are skewed a bit from the reality of the situation. And I also bet they're not alone in this category.

Kim is a grad transfer, probably makes sense.

Leavitt is for personal reasons, regardless of if you agree that is understandable.

Houser is more head scratching, lack of an offensive line, perhaps?

[InTenSity]

Really? I'm out of it.

I meant in the big picture...if you could get a good QB for a $1 million...it would pay dividends worth more than that.

I'm a little skeptical of some of the numbers that get thrown around.

What are the players getting paid? I guess I don't get the value of maybe getting 1 year out of someone. I would think something around $250k. Do they even have to school while they are there? I'm not solving any of these issues and this board probably doesn't have much sway with the NCAA in enacting regulations.
Going back to the paying dividends, I see that the school would benefit, but how do the donor's keep up? What do they get out of it? I mean theoratically, they should be promoting something, but my understanding is that schools like TAMU are just basically playing the players. Does Nike sponsor all the players at Oregon?

[Trapper Gus]

I meant in the big picture...if you could get a good QB for a $1 million...it would pay dividends worth more than that.

I'm a little skeptical of some of the numbers that get thrown around.

What are the players getting paid? I guess I don't get the value of maybe getting 1 year out of someone. I would think something around $250k. Do they even have to school while they are there? I'm not solving any of these issues and this board probably doesn't have much sway with the NCAA in enacting regulations.
Going back to the paying dividends, I see that the school would benefit, but how do the donor's keep up? What do they get out of it? I mean theoratically, they should be promoting something, but my understanding is that schools like TAMU are just basically playing the players. Does Nike sponsor all the players at Oregon?

Getting the final pieces, like a KWIII, to take a team to a higher level makes sense.

The donor's get ego pride & maybe some local ads on the TeeVee.

[Wally Fairway]

Can’t follow the portal players without a spread sheet

https://247sports.com/Season/2024-Football/TransferPortalPositionRanking/

Psst
Think Coach Smith will find a QB

I will be ok with this if he can pull DJ Uiagalelei or Arch Manning

[Zurn]

What are the players getting paid? I guess I don't get the value of maybe getting 1 year out of someone. I would think something around $250k. Do they even have to school while they are there? I'm not solving any of these issues and this board probably doesn't have much sway with the NCAA in enacting regulations.
Going back to the paying dividends, I see that the school would benefit, but how do the donor's keep up? What do they get out of it? I mean theoratically, they should be promoting something, but my understanding is that schools like TAMU are just basically playing the players. Does Nike sponsor all the players at Oregon?

Don't know the answers to most of these (good) questions, but there was a recent OSU QB who bragged about the fact that he never stepped on campus except for football, and this was pre-COVID/Zoom.

[Trapper Gus]

What are the players getting paid? I guess I don't get the value of maybe getting 1 year out of someone. I would think something around $250k. Do they even have to school while they are there? I'm not solving any of these issues and this board probably doesn't have much sway with the NCAA in enacting regulations.
Going back to the paying dividends, I see that the school would benefit, but how do the donor's keep up? What do they get out of it? I mean theoratically, they should be promoting something, but my understanding is that schools like TAMU are just basically playing the players. Does Nike sponsor all the players at Oregon?

Don't know the answers to most of these (good) questions, but there was a recent OSU QB who bragged about the fact that he never stepped on campus except for football, and this was pre-COVID/Zoom.

He transfers to some school in Texas, right? He was also like the top QB in his high school class, so sort of an outlier.

[Robert J Sakimano]

it would be interesting if there was a metric to determine how satisfied players who enter the transfer portal are/were with their decision.

if they just want to play, I get it - I think of maybe Rocky Lombardi. But I suspect that not every player who enters the portal ends up being K9, Bo Nix, the dude from Wake Forest who ended up at Notre Dame (can't think of his name), as their career trajectory takes off exponentially and undoubtedly impacts their draft status (in a positive fashion).

of course, I have no idea what Noah Kim, Leavitt and Houser are thinking their value is but I suspect at least one or two of them are skewed a bit from the reality of the situation. And I also bet they're not alone in this category.

Kim is a grad transfer, probably makes sense.

Leavitt is for personal reasons, regardless of if you agree that is understandable.

Houser is more head scratching, lack of an offensive line, perhaps?

I've read/heard some folks that say it's possible for one of them (if any, it would be Houser) to sort of test the waters, maybe have conversations with Coach Smith, etc - and decide to come back.

If that were to happen, I'd want him fully committed to MSU and that might be a hard sell to teammates after entering the portal.

[Trapper Gus]

Kim is a grad transfer, probably makes sense.

Leavitt is for personal reasons, regardless of if you agree that is understandable.

Houser is more head scratching, lack of an offensive line, perhaps?

I've read/heard some folks that say it's possible for one of them (if any, it would be Houser) to sort of test the waters, maybe have conversations with Coach Smith, etc - and decide to come back.

If that were to happen, I'd want him fully committed to MSU and that might be a hard sell to teammates after entering the portal.

There was a player during the year who did that. CHB had the team vote on accepting him back.

[Zurn]

Testing the portal waters and then returning is not all that uncommon. Our own Simeon Barrow did that and during the season!

[Nordic]

Happy portal day! The portal is officially open.

Ohio State QB Kyle McCord and Minny QB Athan “The Greek” Kaliakmanis Rifle have officially entered. Along with all our QBs.

[AvgMSUJoe]

Hope the nil has been squared away. Get the billionaires onboard with the rebuild.

[Turtleneck]

Happy portal day! The portal is officially open.

Ohio State QB Kyle McCord and Minny QB Athan “The Greek” Kaliakmanis Rifle have officially entered. Along with all our QBs.

Andrew Schorfhaar, too? Andrew Schorfhaar will lead MSU to glory (if he is not in the portal).

[kingstonlake]

SIAP MSU DL Derrick Harmon to da portal.

[kingstonlake]

Oklahoma QB Dillon Gabriel in the port hole.

[Nordic]

Oklahoma QB Dillon Gabriel in the port hole.

Heard the rumors last week. He’s already at Oklahoma. Obv a good fit. Where the fuck is he gonna go? NIL grab obv, but Ok has boosters.

NIL is gonna be a boon for guys like Ward, DJU, Gabriel, Howard, etc. Limited NFL potential. Extend college ball as long as possible.

[GRR Spartan]

This morning it was announced Ohio State starting QB Kyle McCord is going The Portal route.  Started all 12 games this season.

He was a 5* Class of ‘21 recruit who was #2 on the depth chart QB for 2 years behind CJ Stroud. Has 1 year of eligibility left.

Probably getting a nudge from Brian Day, then new NIL deal and chance to start.

[DWags]

Oklahoma QB Dillon Gabriel in the port hole.

Heard the rumors last week. He’s already at Oklahoma. Obv a good fit. Where the fuck is he gonna go? NIL grab obv, but Ok has boosters.

NIL is gonna be a boon for guys like Ward, DJU, Gabriel, Howard, etc. Limited NFL potential. Extend college ball as long as possible.

OSU? Who knows. What I do know is that these high profile quarterbacks have already been contacted by schools they’re interested before today. They aren’t doing this blindly. They are using the portal for a better fit or a better NIL.

Thorne and Coleman had already spoken to FSU and Auburn before declaring. I guarantee it.

It’s the Wild West. Had the NCAA just allowed payments to players and health care, it wouldn’t be as crazy. There is no stopping this snowball from going down hill. I guess if you don’t let it frustrate you it’s pretty entertaining

[NigelUno]

Oregon State QB Aidan Chiles plans to enter NCAA Transfer Portal

[Trapper Gus]

Heard the rumors last week. He’s already at Oklahoma. Obv a good fit. Where the fuck is he gonna go? NIL grab obv, but Ok has boosters.

NIL is gonna be a boon for guys like Ward, DJU, Gabriel, Howard, etc. Limited NFL potential. Extend college ball as long as possible.

OSU? Who knows. What I do know is that these high profile quarterbacks have already been contacted by schools they’re interested before today. They aren’t doing this blindly. They are using the portal for a better fit or a better NIL.

Thorne and Coleman had already spoken to FSU and Auburn before declaring. I guarantee it.

It’s the Wild West. Had the NCAA just allowed payments to players and health care, it wouldn’t be as crazy. There is no stopping this snowball from going downhill. I guess if you don’t let it frustrate you it’s pretty entertaining

With the huge amounts of money sloshing around for college sports I'm all in on this craziness so some of the players can pick up bundles of cash. It also uncovers the under the table stuff that went on in football & basketball, so we all can see who has the best team with the highest payroll.

I also like the athletes who are go getters taking advantage of this like that gymnast from LSU.

[Robert J Sakimano]

Oregon State QB Aidan Chiles plans to enter NCAA Transfer Portal

we're gonna win so much.

[gomersbro]

It is kind of like the NBA hot-stove season or the MLB winter meetings (which coincidentally are this week and seem to be taking a back seat) on steroids. But unlike the NBA or MLB, I have a bad feeling that most of these NIL deals won't be fully guaranteed multi-year deals. For that reason, go get as much money up front as you can boys.

[kingstonlake]

Losing a guy with 45 tackles for loss will be a big hit…..

[Travis of the Cosmos]

I think that we should let aden know that if he comes here whenever we’re on offense the whole student section will sing baby back baby back baby back baby back chillleeesss baby back ribs Chiles baby back ribs barbecue sauce I bet he would think that would be so cool because ya know his name and the restaurant and stuff

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