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Football 2025 Transfer Portal Thread

I always knew that would happen. That is why I have no problem with Franklin “processing “ players nowadays.
That can’t possibly be true. Know-it-all Lando stated unequivocally that players opted out of bowl games because they were meaningless but they would never blow off their teammates in playoff games. He’s a football expert. He told us so.
 
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It's not like Singleton is visiting OSU, Maryland, WVU, and VaTech while ignoring us. He's a state of Georgia kid visiting primarily SEC schools. Jawja didn't even make the list and I would have thought that was a lock.

While I get the negative attitude about this with regard to our WR room, one has to be reasonable and understand that we aren't going to look at the portal ratings and simply offer the top 20 WRs listed by Rivals, on3, 247. It's just not how it works.

Some of these kids are taking bags without even visiting. I don't think that is what we want. Is it?
I mean, if Singleton was taking money and came here without visiting I wouldn't be mad lol
 
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That can’t possibly be true. Know-it-all Lando stated unequivocally that players opted out of bowl games because they were meaningless but they would never blow off their teammates in playoff games. He’s a football expert. He told us so.
No one has opted out of a playoff game
Going to the portal isn't opting out--I never once said guys wouldn't enter the portal
Opting out is literally sitting out to prepare for the draft but you know that--you just know that won't happen and can't admit I'm correct.
 
No one has opted out of a playoff game
Going to the portal isn't opting out--I never once said guys wouldn't enter the portal
Opting out is literally sitting out to prepare for the draft but you know that--you just know that won't happen and can't admit I'm correct.
You haven’t been correct since your mother scolded you for eating the poop out of your diaper and you said, “But, Mommy, taste good!.”
 
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I believe there’s an opening in the local 4-year-old preschool if you want to work on your communication skills.
Good grief…..grow up.
Look, genius, Lando is an obvious troll. And like Nick told George Bailey in Its a Wonderful Life, if you know him you must be a jailbird yourself. Quit wasting our time with your buffoonery and just get a room with him.
 
I thought we were going to be aggressive in the portal? Apparently things haven’t changed we have a grand total of zero new recruits
 
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This portal timing is really idiotic. Really penalizes playoff teams and their players that might be better off transferring.

Teams are still preparing for very important games, so the staff cannot invest in portal players like they'd do otherwise. Backups might be better off entering the portal but the coaches and player have not had opportunity to discuss their future with the team, and everyone wants them (contributors) to play in the playoff games.

The entering into the portal up to 5 days after your teams season ends really doesn't give enough time, plus most spring semesters are starting during this time. Playoff teams probably don't know all they'll need for next season.

This process just causes kids to bail on their team, and unsavory acts by coaches and agents and schools.

Take a back up quarterback who was in a battle to start all year with kid in the same class. He knows to start, he has to transfer, but a good backup quarterback is essential to his team in the playoff. Of course, he has schools he likes and wants to transfer to but they need to get in while the cupboard is full. It's not fair to the player or teams, either interested or present, with the present system. It necessitates backroom deals and shady actions. Is Oregon going to wait to get a quarterback who might enter the portal and might pick them after all other available QBs have already committed.

There has to be a better way, but the transfers have to be there for spring ball, so I don't know what the answer is. Maybe just take everyone and sort it out later.
 
You haven’t been correct since your mother scolded you for eating the poop out of your diaper and you said, “But, Mommy, taste good!.”
Opting out is the decision to sit out a bowl game to prepare for the draft. See CMC who started it. It was never transferring. That has always existed.
 
This portal timing is really idiotic. Really penalizes playoff teams and their players that might be better off transferring.

Teams are still preparing for very important games, so the staff cannot invest in portal players like they'd do otherwise. Backups might be better off entering the portal but the coaches and player have not had opportunity to discuss their future with the team, and everyone wants them (contributors) to play in the playoff games.

The entering into the portal up to 5 days after your teams season ends really doesn't give enough time, plus most spring semesters are starting during this time. Playoff teams probably don't know all they'll need for next season.

This process just causes kids to bail on their team, and unsavory acts by coaches and agents and schools.

Take a back up quarterback who was in a battle to start all year with kid in the same class. He knows to start, he has to transfer, but a good backup quarterback is essential to his team in the playoff. Of course, he has schools he likes and wants to transfer to but they need to get in while the cupboard is full. It's not fair to the player or teams, either interested or present, with the present system. It necessitates backroom deals and shady actions. Is Oregon going to wait to get a quarterback who might enter the portal and might pick them after all other available QBs have already committed.

There has to be a better way, but the transfers have to be there for spring ball, so I don't know what the answer is. Maybe just take everyone and sort it out later.
All true but it kind of has to align with semesters.
 
This portal timing is really idiotic. Really penalizes playoff teams and their players that might be better off transferring.

Teams are still preparing for very important games, so the staff cannot invest in portal players like they'd do otherwise. Backups might be better off entering the portal but the coaches and player have not had opportunity to discuss their future with the team, and everyone wants them (contributors) to play in the playoff games.

The entering into the portal up to 5 days after your teams season ends really doesn't give enough time, plus most spring semesters are starting during this time. Playoff teams probably don't know all they'll need for next season.

This process just causes kids to bail on their team, and unsavory acts by coaches and agents and schools.

Take a back up quarterback who was in a battle to start all year with kid in the same class. He knows to start, he has to transfer, but a good backup quarterback is essential to his team in the playoff. Of course, he has schools he likes and wants to transfer to but they need to get in while the cupboard is full. It's not fair to the player or teams, either interested or present, with the present system. It necessitates backroom deals and shady actions. Is Oregon going to wait to get a quarterback who might enter the portal and might pick them after all other available QBs have already committed.

There has to be a better way, but the transfers have to be there for spring ball, so I don't know what the answer is. Maybe just take everyone and sort it out later.
And Marshall just bailed out of their bowl game because the coach took a promotion to another team which led to seven starters hitting the portal. Marshall was concerned they couldn’t field a team
 
And Marshall just bailed out of their bowl game because the coach took a promotion to another team which led to seven starters hitting the portal. Marshall was concerned they couldn’t field a team
The Herd has 30 players in the portal. Several G5 schools have 20+ players looking for greener$ pastures
 
I see the "Bear' has both PSU and SMU on his potential visit list.

Now if those 2 teams were meeting in a playoff game, he could take advantage f being able to see both programs compete against each other.

I wonder if he's interested in attending.
"Attending"is great word.

"GRADUATING" is not likely in his consideration set.

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There's something wrong when teams "have to" bring in 50 transfer portal players just to fill their rosters. There's also the issue that one of the playoff teams players transfers out and they missed out on replacing them, or you're a starter and a playoff team transfer joins and you cannot enter the portal and are stuck as a backup.

It's difficult, but if you're making the bucks there should be some bumps in the road and lessons to be learned. Life is not always fair or fun.
 
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Opting out is the decision to sit out a bowl game to prepare for the draft. See CMC who started it. It was never transferring. That has always existed.

False. Option out is opting out regardless of the reason.

If we use your flawed definition then we could come up with other excuses like prepping for the draft and say nobody ever opted out.
 
False. Option out is opting out regardless of the reason.

If we use your flawed definition then we could come up with other excuses like prepping for the draft and say nobody ever opted out.
They're not opting out--they have no option but to leave when the window is open to maximize their opportunity
Opting out is giving up all remaining elibility for the NFL Draft--always has been
NO ONE WILL OPT OUT OF THE PLAYOFF AND NO ONE HAS
CMC started the opt outs--kids have transferred before the bowl game for decades
 
I'm hoping that Franklin, Kotelnicki and Hagans are a little more selective in going after portal WR's than some on this board seem to be. We've seen incoming portal WR's that had some success at other places strike out in the B10 and at PSU when they faced better defenses (Cephus,....) so just any WR in the portal that caught 500+ yards of passes in 2024 may not be the answer. PSU seems to need 2 WR's with the talent to be very good #1/#2 WR's at PSU for PSU's offense to get to the next level.
 
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I'm hoping that Franklin, Kotelnicki and Hagans are a little more selective in going after portal WR's than some on this board seem to be. We've seen incoming portal WR's that had some success at other places strike out in the B10 and at PSU when they faced better defenses so just any WR in the portal that caught 500+ yards of passes in 2024 may not be the answer. PSU seems to need 2 WR's with the talent to be very good #1/#2 WR's at PSU for PSU's offense to get to the next level.
Like this guy
 
I'm hoping that Franklin, Kotelnicki and Hagans are a little more selective in going after portal WR's than some on this board seem to be. We've seen incoming portal WR's that had some success at other places strike out in the B10 and at PSU when they faced better defenses so just any WR in the portal that caught 500+ yards of passes in 2024 may not be the answer. PSU seems to need 2 WR's with the talent to be very good #1/#2 WR's at PSU for PSU's offense to get to the next level.
Maybe start playing like some other schools and take anyone you believe may help and then let the ones that can't cut it portal out in the Spring. Might as well use the broken system as it is meant to be used.
 
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