'25 Portal Thread

[Adam Sandler]

...or maybe his QB holding the ball in the pocket for about 25 seconds every time he dropped back for a pass was a contributing factor.

Maybe the coaching wasn’t good enough

 

[The Dog]

The only players in April:

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Top 10 movie of all-time, imo

 

[BJWeeks]

Splash player we're targeting on the offensive side of the ball

Tate?

 

[csprig9]

Splash player we're targeting on the offensive side of the ball

Just say who it is

 

[Orange.]

Most of the players were recruited to OSU out of high school. Just because OSU spent $20 million doesn't mean all was portal additions.

Howard
Downs
Judkins
The Mississippi CB can't remember his name

We're the key portal additions on the team.

OSU wasn't Mississippi Rebels built like most believe...

Their starting center was a bama transfer too. He was injured at some point and is not playing the rest of the year.

 

[Orange.]

Watch it be an O-Lineman lol

What we need above all.

 

[Orange.]

When did Carnell Tate go into the portal and why do we believe we will add him?

He’s not in the portal. He’s in the playoffs.

 

[Orange.]

Francis Mauigoa

 

[DaddyChad]

Francis Mauigoa

Think he would have already went in the portal by now if he were leaving Miami. The OG from USC won’t excite many people but that would be a huge addition.

 

[Midas]

pew pew

Crazy thing is, King typically responds to me so I know he sees what I’m saying……

So from what I’ve gathered from that is that it can only mean one thing, it’s both of them …

 

[TrippieRedd]

Think he would have already went in the portal by now if he were leaving Miami. The OG from USC won’t excite many people but that would be a huge addition.

The OG from USC would excite a ton of people.

 

[bpalmer28]

The OG from USC would excite a ton of people.

Would be a huge step toward gaining the ability to run it down our opponents throats. You really only need a couple WRs who can stretch the field if you have an ELITE run game.

 

[bpalmer28]

Francis Mauigoa

I’d allow it but hasn’t his window passed? I can’t keep up with transfer rules but thought players had 5 days after their final game of the season to enter.

 

[Orange.]

Give us initials of the player or initials of the university he’s at currently.

Better yet, just email it to every major program in the country.

 

[DaddyChad]

I’d allow it but hasn’t his window passed? I can’t keep up with transfer rules but thought players had 5 days after their final game of the season to enter.

Pretty sure it’s passed

 

[Orange.]

Bama starting RT in portal

#113,144

 

[MoCo_Vol]

I’d allow it but hasn’t his window passed? I can’t keep up with transfer rules but thought players had 5 days after their final game of the season to enter.

Spring window opens in April, we have added quite a few that entered then.

 

[TrippieRedd]

We are getting close to the window for kids to enter the portal that played in a bowl/playoff game.

My money is on Jordan Tyson or Stewart

Only other splash guys would be Tate or Wingo

 

[Weezer]

We are getting close to the window for kids to enter the portal that played in a bowl/playoff game.

My money is on Jordan Tyson or Stewart

Only other splash guys would be Tate or Wingo

I believe by midweek of this coming week we should know everyone of consequence entering the portal, minus the 4 CFP teams.

 

[bpalmer28]

We are getting close to the window for kids to enter the portal that played in a bowl/playoff game.

My money is on Jordan Tyson or Stewart

Only other splash guys would be Tate or Wingo

I thought about Wingo but he’s in line to be Arch’s top target, which gives him a real shot at being the top WR in the draft when he enters.

Then again… Heupel has proven that he can produce a Biletnekof (spelling?) award winner if given the talent.

 

[Weezer]

I'm wondering where we go for RB now that the SD kid is off the board. Other than the top 2, who I doubt we purse, the rest seem kind of meh. I'd almost roll the dice with the freshmen rather than take one just to take one.

 

[TrippieRedd]

I thought about Wingo but he’s in line to be Arch’s top target, which gives him a real shot at being the top WR in the draft when he enters.

Then again… Heupel has proven that he can produce a Biletnekof (spelling?) award winner if given the talent.

I was looking at their depth chart and they have two juniors that aren’t on in draft boards and another guy in the 2deep that’s projected 5-6round so he could come backs

Bond is obviously gone. You’re probably right though, he’s probably staying

 

[Type Orange+]

Bama starting RT in portal

There's a thread in the Around the NCAA forum about this kid's 2023 arrest.
A few of the comments are pretty good.

I'll just leave this right here

 

[TrippieRedd]

I'm wondering where we go for RB now that the SD kid is off the board. Other than the top 2, who I doubt we purse, the rest seem kind of meh. I'd almost roll the dice with the freshmen rather than take one just to take one.

Not sure if there’s any interest, but Coach Sims follows Tye Edwards on Twitter. He’s a RB from Northern Iowa

6’4, 230
1022 yards rushing, 6.4avg

 

[Adam Sandler]

Fwiw, and I’m not trying to put too much stock in rankings and ratings, but if you agree that these ratings in large numbers are a decent barometer of overall roster talent, and take 247 as an example, the best teams are averaging 89/90+ per player for top 15 class, 90/91+ for top 10, and the elites are averaging 92/93+ for recruiting classes. If you use their same ratings for the transfer portal, only one team’s transfer haul is rated a 90 or above and just barely. Now maybe a high school 90 is not the same as a transfer 90, but it would suggest that the best transfer hauls, while some are pulling in starters, are generally averaging out as top 15 worthy starters and top 5 depth pieces.

All that to say, here comes the opinion: you can patch holes and maybe get a good starter here and there in the portal, and maintain a top 15 maybe top 10 roster. But if you want to be “elite” nowadays, you generally have to recruit top 5 classes to be in contention “every” year, where the majority of your roster comes from (average recruiting class of 25 and attrition/transfer class of 15), or do a better job than everyone else at both development and retention and I just don’t see anyone being able to say that, except for possibly the teams that do it year in and year out and we are now seeing that being less of a hill you can die on as top teams start looking mortal (bama, uga, Texas, Osu - up until this playoff run).

Cruitin machine gotta go brrrrrr.