'25 Portal Thread

[fearsvolz]

If I'm building a team, I'm limiting my recruiting and building my roster with portal guys that are proven with multiple years of eligibility. Going with freshman is too risky to invest much money. They can leave after one year and it's pretty much wasted money. Over pay for more experience. Let other teams spend their money developing.

I'll take you step further, make outrageous offers to the most important guys on rival teams to create discontent. What would happen if Orego. offers Lagway 5 million a year... what does UF do now....

 

[Adam Sandler]

Wishful thinking. We just don't have the spending power other schools have.

Mood (white jersey).

 

[GVol1966]

It sure is sickening to know we lost MM in the name of playing older, more experienced guys, even with the countless drops and lack of production. I’m sure it had to be frustrating. Pope better start earning his paycheck. He is the glaring weak link at this point….which Ellerbe is probably relieved for.

We don’t know sh:+.
Everyone that played except Brazzel is gone, so I doubt he’s worried about playing if he came back.
Maybe Money, Maybe Pope, Maybe he doesn’t Like Heupels Offense.
Who knows

 

[mr.checkerboards]

Think we go after Noah Thomas?

AP said no earlier.

 

[Nico ee-ah-MAH-LAY-ah-va]

Who are these mystery WRs we are looking at? The suspense is killing me.

 

[volville]

Maybe Carnell Tate wants to be a #1 somewhere. 1 catch tonight and Smith isn't going anywhere for 2 years.

 

[CamVol8]

Is it safe to say Z.Branch is our #1 target for WR?

 

[FanDude]

We are losing LBs Perry and Smith, both in the 1,2 rotation. We lost what, four WRs? So we need to pick up starter quality players at both those positions. Add a good safety and another O-line or two.

 

[JT3]

Well losing Mike Matthews sucks.

 

[mr.checkerboards]

Maybe Carnell Tate wants to be a #1 somewhere. 1 catch tonight and Smith isn't going anywhere for 2 years.

And Wingo too

 

[Pawleysvol]

We are losing LBs Perry and Smith, both in the 1,2 rotation. We lost what, four WRs? So we need to pick up starter quality players at both those positions. Add a good safety and another O-line.

We don’t need linebackers

 

[Deebowbear]

Sure seems like he's gone based on what everyone is saying.

That said, I'd recommend everyone take a breath and let the next two weeks play out. There are a number of guys we're working behind the scenes.

Do you think Pope is out?

 

[JCVol00]

Ik it’s a pipe dream, but Branch+ Tate would be an insane duo, paired with Brazzell

 

[BP4Prez]

Ik it’s a pipe dream, but Branch+ Tate would be an insane duo, paired with Brazzell

Who’s Tate?

 

[Heupel's Offseason Beard]

Think we go after Noah Thomas?

We're not getting any of the high level elite transfers. It's not going to happen. They have to interview them to see if they're a "team first" guy, and if they say anything about wanting to get paid, we send them on their way to get scooped up by Texas, Ohio State, Oregon. Idk why but this is just how it is and will continue to be for the foreseeable future

 

[MarcoVol]

We are losing LBs Perry and Smith, both in the 1,2 rotation. We lost what, four WRs? So we need to pick up starter quality players at both those positions. Add a good safety and another O-line or two.

Neither Perry nor Smith were starters

 

[mr.checkerboards]

Who’s Tate?

Carnell Tate
OSU WR we finished 2nd for the first time around

 

[Adam Sandler]

Carnell Tate
OSU WR we finished 2nd for the first time around

Have we ever brought in a transfer that we heavily recruited in high school? Don’t count on it. Dude isn’t even in the portal. Grasping for straws.

 

[Weezer]

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Mood (white jersey).

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I make myself sad.

 

[mr.checkerboards]

Have we ever brought in a transfer that we heavily recruited in high school? Don’t count on it. Dude isn’t even in the portal. Grasping for straws.

I know.... rumor was OSU paid him a million out of HS.... We arent touching that.

 

[DaddyChad]

We're not getting any of the high level elite transfers. It's not going to happen. They have to interview them to see if they're a "team first" guy, and if they say anything about wanting to get paid, we send them on their way to get scooped up by Texas, Ohio State, Oregon. Idk why but this is just how it is and will continue to be for the foreseeable future

We’re going to high school route apparently. Develop our young players then watch them transfer.

Sorry guys. A little pissy tonight. Hard to watch players you thought was your future transfer out. How much did we pay Matthews as a freshman to stab us in the back?

 

[SGMVols]

Have we ever brought in a transfer that we heavily recruited in high school? Don’t count on it. Dude isn’t even in the portal. Grasping for straws.

Well of course he’s not going to go in the portal when OSU is still playing lol

 

[NighthawkVol]

Rodney garner deserves credit for that. If y’all happy with WM then y’all deserve not playing today. We can’t play with the big dogs. We need recruiters and developers. I think WM is good but we need better

Did you know that since both were hired by Heupel, Willie Martinez has produced more All Americans at Tennessee than Rodney Garner has?

 

[landscapingvol]

Womp womp

We have “plenty” of money yet still shop in the bargain bin, someone make that make sense

 

[lfvol]

Inge is proven too. Every coach on D has a more proven track record than every coach on O outside of Huepel himself.

Except Eckler