'25 Portal Thread

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Batman1948 said:
These guys better get paid before the new NIL structure starts on July 1. Universities will be allowed to give $20.5 Million across all their student athletes and it's supposed to be based off a formula devised by a committee who will have to approve excessive NIL amounts.

It's gonna go back to boosters paying players under the table again unless a miracle happens.
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Not really. Outside NIL is not going to be heavily controlled no matter what the NCAA thinks.

They have no teeth to demand outside NIL be "sanctioned" or "reviewed" as they've been told repeatedly in court cases. They'll lose the first challenge and the schools will have the "inside" $20M and whatever outside NIL from the boosters too.
 
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Dobbs 4 Heisman said:
They're singlehandedly inflating the market for all these players. Last year it was their $20 million roster. Now overpaying for 2 receivers. You would think they wouldn't behave like a small team scared of losing their only attraction.
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Probably flush with cash coming off a national title. Cant believe they’re pouring that much into Tate though. Smith kind of makes sense bc he’s probably the best offensive player in college football now.
 
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NighthawkVol said:
The young guys are Staley and Matthews.

The plan was to redshirt Staley from the beginning. Matthews didn’t pay early because he dealt with an injury which slowed his progress. By the Vandy game, I believe he had passed Nimrod. He had definitely passed Webb.

They were freshman. They will be better. Plenty of great WRs don’t play as freshman over guys who they later pass. Peerless Price had just 6 catches and was behind Nilo Silvan and Benji Shuler as a freshman. Who ended up better?
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You can't bring logic in here. It will just go over the heads of most on this site. Now, go stand in the corner until you figure out what you've done :cool::cool::cool::cool:
 
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LaagerVol said:
It’s almost like that’s the way college football works. Starters leave and have to be replaced by inexperienced younger players.
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To highlight your point, and staying with the now defending National Champions, this is what they are returning next year with career production:
QB-Julian Sayin(SO)-5 of 12 for 84 yards and 1TD
RB-James Peoples(SO)-49 carries for 197 yards and 2 TDs
RB-CJ Donaldson(SR) 3* WV transfer-421 carries for 2,058 yards and 30 TDs
TE-Bennett Christian(SR)-2 catches for 61 yards and a TD
TE-Max Klare(JR) 4* Purdue transfer-73 catches for 881 yards and 4 TDs
WR-Jeremiah Smith(SO)-76 catches for 1,315 yards and 15 TDs
WR-Carnell Tate(JR)-70 catches for 997 yards and 5 TDs
WR-Brandon Inniss(JR)-15 catches for 234 yards and 2 TDs
WR-Bryson Rodgers(JR)-5 catches for 46 yards and 0 TDs

All their other skill position players either have barely seen the field or have 0 career college snaps.
 
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EJVOL4LIFE said:
Guys, I am disappointed that we missed on Tate. I thought he would drastically improve the WR room. And btw, for all of those who kept saying that Carnell Tate wasn't the "splash guy" and that we were dreaming so to speak, you were wrong, even though he ended up staying at OSU. Also, I do believe in our guys at WR we have now. And the reason they didn't play wasn't because of the talent level, it was because they planned on redshirting, were injured, or were just inexperienced. With that being said, they have a year now in the system in relation to Brazzell, MM, and Stayley. I'm sure Boo has a good jump on things since he has had to go against our offense in practice. And with Jefferson, Smith, Jackson, and Dodson, I'm pretty sure the coaching staff will stress the importance of them getting a grasp of the offense early if they want to play. So I would assume that those guys will make it a point to delve into the playbook and learn as much as possible before the start of the season. Again, I hate we missed on Tate. He would have helped. But I'm confident in what we have at this point and we could possibly end up with another big name WR in the spring if we decide to go after one. I believe that OSU will take a step back this year and Tate is gonna regret not joining the good guys as we make another run at the CFP!!
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How did we miss on Tate? He never entered the portal
 
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SayUWantAreVOLution said:
Not really. Outside NIL is not going to be heavily controlled no matter what the NCAA thinks.

They have no teeth to demand outside NIL be "sanctioned" or "reviewed" as they've been told repeatedly in court cases. They'll lose the first challenge and the schools will have the "inside" $20M and whatever outside NIL from the boosters too.
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I get the need to add a “proven” WR to the mix but I honestly don’t get the gloom and doom surrounding the WR room as a whole. We have historically spread the ball around in this offense so having a target heavy #1 WR hardly makes sense. Outside of 2022 with Hyatt you typically will see our top 5 receivers between 200 and 900 yards. Granted those numbers can and should be better. I’d like to see our top 5 in the 400-1100 range.

However, our WR room is already really nice. Lots of young dudes with high ceilings and massive upside in speed and athleticism which is something we haven’t had since 2022. Matthews in limited action looked like an absolute freak. Staley will stretch the field. Brazzell is experienced and will be better with flyers around him. Then the haul of freshmen we have is excellent. Now add in Kitselman, Davis and the two freshmen tight end.

Our skill players are just young and inexperienced but there is nothing to doom post about. We’re flush with talent. Everyone needs to stop comparing young guys to generational talent like Williams and Smith. It’s exceedingly rare to have a freshman come in and look NFL ready out of the gate.

Edit: forgot about Boo. Electric athlete who can be a dynamic change of pace on offense.
 
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deatojl said:
Ohio State came into this season with the these scholarship WRs:

Emeka Egbuka(SR)-124 career catches
Carnell Tate(SO)-18 career catches
Jayden Ballard(SR)-9 career catches
Brandon Inniss(SO)-1 career catch
Kojo Antwi(JR)-1 career catch
Damarion Witten-0 career snaps
Jeremiah Smith(FR)-0 career snaps
Bryson Rodgers(FR)-0 career snaps
Mylan Graham(FR)-0 career snaps

It seemed to work out relatively well for them. Of this group, only Egbuka, Tate, Smith, and to a much lesser extent Inniss had any meaningful playing time this season. They also had 4 WRs who had never played a college snap.
For comparison, this is what we have going into next season and considering we may still add another WR to the group:

Chris Brazzell(JR)-74 career catches
Mike Matthews(SO)-7 career catches
Braylen Staley(FR)-3 career catches
Amari Jefferson(FR)-0 career snaps
Travis Smith(FR)-0 career snaps
Radarious Jackson-0 career snaps
Joakim Dodson(FR)-0 career snaps
Boo Carter(SO)-0 career snaps at WR
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Quit bringing facts into this.

I always laugh when there are complaints about not playing young players and then complaints when those young players need to play. It’s what VN does.
 
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So does Randy moss still suck
That’s the big question

People worrying about the WR position are the same ones who bitched about getting the young guys in games

Now it’s gonna happen and they are still pissed and then they lost their frickin minds bc Tate used Texas, Oregon and possibly Tennessee for a raise
He was never leaving imo and got done with the help of those three teams what he wanted done

Same thing Matthew’s did…. No harm, it’s the game now
 
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DarthVol1 said:
"Nuts"is quite right, but in a different context. If you look at the complainers, it is a subset of the same 5 to 6 people that come running with their negativity at any opportunity. And it validates my ignore list choices by the fact all of them are already on my list.

I don't know how any of those folks make it through a day if they have this same outlook in their personal lives.
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They don’t believe what they are saying it’s just their shtick!
 
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deatojl said:
To highlight your point, and staying with the now defending National Champions, this is what they are returning next year with career production:
QB-Julian Sayin(SO)-5 of 12 for 84 yards and 1TD
RB-James Peoples(SO)-49 carries for 197 yards and 2 TDs
RB-CJ Donaldson(SR) 3* WV transfer-421 carries for 2,058 yards and 30 TDs
TE-Bennett Christian(SR)-2 catches for 61 yards and a TD
TE-Max Klare(JR) 4* Purdue transfer-73 catches for 881 yards and 4 TDs
WR-Jeremiah Smith(SO)-76 catches for 1,315 yards and 15 TDs
WR-Carnell Tate(JR)-70 catches for 997 yards and 5 TDs
WR-Brandon Inniss(JR)-15 catches for 234 yards and 2 TDs
WR-Bryson Rodgers(JR)-5 catches for 46 yards and 0 TDs

All their other skill position players either have barely seen the field or have 0 career college snaps.
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This is all good and stuff, but they are literally bringing back the best player in college football lol
 
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