'25 Portal Thread

[Unimane]

Is the Morris kid in consideration for the WR rotation, too? I remember hearing he was impressing early in the post-season workouts.

 

[VolGee4]

Is the Morris kid in consideration for the WR rotation, too? I remember hearing he was impressing early in the post-season workouts.

Running back.

 

[#Vol4Life1991]

It's almost like people should have just been patient and waited for everything to play out(yet again), rather than trashing MM, the coaches, Spyre, and whomever else they could think of.

Betas

 

[#Vol4Life1991]

Wasn’t this dude committed to california up until the 11th hour?


Edit: it is him, I wonder what made him change his mind in 2 weeks lol

 

[zhangliao04]

MM staying is fantastic. Time for him to step up and show he is worth it. Go do work.

 

[Dadof2Vols]

Would be interesting to know what the difference is between NIL rates and pre-NIL (under the table) rates for different players? No idea who’s going to have that info or willing to go on record with it. For example, is the rate for a top tier OT now 2-3X what it was pre-NIL (making that number up)? But sounds like Bama’s boosters and under table capital campaign were very comfortable with annual “giving” under the previous administration. Now? Something must be different. Perhaps those aren’t as willing to write bigger checks without a guaranteed return on investment (Deboer).
What this portal season has shown us is that the amount required to be competitive is rising steadily.

I bet 2-3x is not even close. You probably used to be able to buy an OL for 30k dodge charger as a freshman and 1k a week pocket money, now it is 100k a year or more depending on position and caliber lineman.

Don’t forget the under the table money was tax free for the player now it’s a minimum of 25% more to cover taxes now that it is auditable.

 

[miket4god]

Ohio State

Nah, Julian Sayin is the dude there.
He's why Air Noland transferred.

 

[Smokey'sHandler]

Nah, Julian Sayin is the dude there.
He's why Air Noland transferred.

St. Clair will be a future QB at Oregon

 

[zhangliao04]

So confused all week when I was told Sunday it was done deal and just nothing but quiet and bad vibes all week.

Oh well glad it was right! Not sure why it played out all week like it did!

GBO!!!

48 hours in Tennessee lasts a whole week

 

[hardesty02]

St. Clair will be a future QB at Oregon

Don’t forget they latest gave 5star Donte Moore at Oregon as he transferred from UCLA

 

[majinVol]

Wasn’t this dude committed to california up until the 11th hour?


Edit: it is him, I wonder what made him change his mind in 2 weeks lol

wild guess here, but ima say a $6 million offer to Ewers

 

[GVol1966]

Always felt good that MM would return. Even though he never fully went in the portal, it's interesting to see the amount of teams that came in with promises of big bags along with ridiculing our fan base and bad mouthing UT.

Is there a list that you’ve seen or something?
Where’s this info?

 

[MarcoVol]

wild guess here, but ima say a $6 million offer to Ewers

Did dude think he was gonna come in as a true Fr and start?

 

[OrangeParker]

Did dude think he was gonna come in as a true Fr and start?

Why not?

 

[#Vol4Life1991]

wild guess here, but ima say a $6 million offer to Ewers

If true, when will oregon (miami too) grow their own high skool qb? Lol

Its not sustainable, look at fsu from a total roster standpoint. When it hits like miami this year, its great. When it doesnt hit, it will be off, disjointed, and bad lol.

 

[#Vol4Life1991]

Did dude think he was gonna come in as a true Fr and start?

He should have kept his ass committed to California. He had a higher chance to start day 1 there than oregon

 

[EJVOL4LIFE]

Why? They have Sayin a year old and St Claire in his class.

Just my opinion. Nothing I've heard. I forgot about those 2 tbh. Good point.

 

[EJVOL4LIFE]

Nah, Julian Sayin is the dude there.
He's why Air Noland transferred.

Yeah I forgot about him and St. Clair. Probably UGA.

 

[EJVOL4LIFE]

Yeah I forgot about him and St. Clair. Probably UGA.

Or maybe Miami. That's very likely.

 

[majinVol]

Did dude think he was gonna come in as a true Fr and start?

According to Justin Hopkins of On3's Scoop Duck, Sagapolutele wants to play right away, and after seeing Dante Moore at practice, he realized it wasn't going to happen.

 

[TheMookieMonster]

Always felt good that MM would return. Even though he never fully went in the portal, it's interesting to see the amount of teams that came in with promises of big bags along with ridiculing our fan base and bad mouthing UT.

I’m sure bad mouthing the school you are trying to beat happens in every single recruitment. Good to know MM is smart enough to understand every fanbase is crazy and that shouldn’t determine where you play.

 

[jpope9]

With MM staying, does that mean the world isn’t coming to an end? Or are we still doomed?

50/50

 

[RAVOL]

Good to have MM back and I am not worried about his work ethic because when a kid wants to dominate in blocking he is a hard worker. Now lets see who else we add. Acts 4:11-12

 

[KPT_VFL]

I had the same thought...they assured those guys of a different style, which means that's the intent.

Buy we can't just simply go back to doing what we did in 2022. Defenses have adjusted to the way they defend Tennessee. They're taking away the deep shots and daring Tennessee to sustain long drives. So what is our counter-punch?

Some of our issues weren’t always style either. Nico has to connect on those deep balls and WR play has to drastically improve. I think the staff was running the offense to maximize our wins which is what they should do. I mainly want to see the creativity we had the first few years with motions and formations. Offensive woahs weren’t all on coaching style.

 

[Dadof2Vols]

I’m sure bad mouthing the school you are trying to beat happens in every single recruitment. Good to know MM is smart enough to understand every fanbase is crazy and that shouldn’t determine where you play.

Of course over last 7 days we have watched his own fan base bad mouth him….