FB Recruiting Harvard transfer OL Spencer Rolland decommits from PSU

[Dylan Callaghan-Croley]

Was expected to join the team this offseason.

Harvard transfer OL Spencer Holland decommits from Penn State

Harvard transfer OL Spencer Rolland has decommitted from Penn State, will finish his final two years elsewhere.

pennstate.rivals.com

 

[Woodpecker]

Well, it's not like we need offensive linemen ... oh, wait!

 

[Texas Lion]

Was expected to join the team this offseason.

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Probably saw his buddy get rolled all year long and knew he didn't want anything to do with the B1G Smoke.

 

[PSULionsDub]

I wonder if this is a scholarship numbers game here, and Rolland was encouraged to look elsewhere. Or maybe the Penn State Football Coaches were not happy with the quality of Eric Wilson and didnt see much of an upside for Rolland in our program.

 

[Texas Lion]

I wonder if this is a scholarship numbers game here, and Rolland was encouraged to look elsewhere. Or maybe the Penn State Football Coaches were not happy with the quality of Eric Wilson and didnt see much of an upside for Rolland in our program.

I would imagine encouraged to look elsewhere because Wilson getting rolled all year long. Somehow someone thought OL at Harvard would translate in to OL in the B1G.

I just watched a little of the Rolland film and damn the teams he is blocking against look like a 6A school playing a 1A school.

 

[HartfordLlion]

Sounds like some told him his odds on playing was slim to none,

 

[The Spin Meister]

Opens up a scholly for a ND/OU transfer. And there will be more changes before the music stops.

 

[Cowbell Man]

Opens up a scholly for a ND/OU transfer. And there will be more changes before the music stops.

According to Mike Farrell on Childers today….the Portal is literally already on overload.

 

[BBrown]

Was expected to join the team this offseason.

Harvard transfer OL Spencer Holland decommits from Penn State

Harvard transfer OL Spencer Rolland has decommitted from Penn State, will finish his final two years elsewhere.

pennstate.rivals.com

hmmm thats interesting. But I'm not terribly disappointed. Ill leave it at that.

 

[The Spin Meister]

According to Mike Farrell on Childers today….the Portal is literally already on overload.

Please clarify. Meaning lots of players in it nationally already? Or meaning Penn State already has a lot committed?

 

[Dylan Callaghan-Croley]

Please clarify. Meaning lots of players in it nationally already? Or meaning Penn State already has a lot committed?

Nationally, the portal has an astronomical amount of players already. Lots of players won’t be able to find new programs.

 

[The Spin Meister]

Nationally, the portal has an astronomical amount of players already. Lots of players won’t be able to find new programs.

So that is interesting. Kid declares, gets no interest, stuck at original school. What if the school yanks scholly for a new player? And even if he stays, would be awkward for both coaches and players. Who wants a guy that wanted to bale out on the team?
I am sure a few stars would be welcomed back but others would face some tough issues. Perhaps kids will start to be more cautious about the portal.

 

[Cowbell Man]

Please clarify. Meaning lots of players in it nationally already? Or meaning Penn State already has a lot committed?

Meaning it’s actually hosting more players than apparently it was intended or expected.

 

[Cowbell Man]

So that is interesting. Kid declares, gets no interest, stuck at original school. What if the school yanks scholly for a new player? And even if he stays, would be awkward for both coaches and players. Who wants a guy that wanted to bale out on the team?
I am sure a few stars would be welcomed back but others would face some tough issues. Perhaps kids will start to be more cautious about the portal.

Big learning curve and teaching moment on tap.

 

[Woodpecker]

So that is interesting. Kid declares, gets no interest, stuck at original school. What if the school yanks scholly for a new player? And even if he stays, would be awkward for both coaches and players. Who wants a guy that wanted to bale out on the team?
I am sure a few stars would be welcomed back but others would face some tough issues. Perhaps kids will start to be more cautious about the portal.

Didn't Lamont Wade do that?

 

[Texas Lion]

Big learning curve and teaching moment on tap.

It has worked out in a few instances, i.e. Wade, but for the most part it just doesn't happen.

It is again what you get what Paid Ass Kissers that write recruiting articles have people believe they are media.

Why hasn't one of them ever written an article about the failures of the portal? Why won't they flat out say that a kid from Harvard has no damn business going to the B1G?

Because they are paid to kiss these kids asses and that how they make their money. They are as much media as the rest of them.

 

[Thomas1945]

Whatever the “rules” are, you know the ones that the gutless NCAA never enforces. Any marginal kid on scholarship that enters the portal without already lining up a new home is an idiot. But then again ego and reality dwell in different lands.

 

[Woodpecker]

Nationally, the portal has an astronomical amount of players already. Lots of players won’t be able to find new programs.

So there are not as many available starting positions open as the number of players who are disgruntled with not starting. Quelle surprise

 

[PSUSignore]

Meaning it’s actually hosting more players than apparently it was intended or expected.

The NCAA and unintended consequences. An iconic duo.

 

[bdgan]

I wonder if this is a scholarship numbers game here, and Rolland was encouraged to look elsewhere. Or maybe the Penn State Football Coaches were not happy with the quality of Eric Wilson and didnt see much of an upside for Rolland in our program.

Possibly. PSU is headed towards a big rebuilding year next year. IMO the only way they're going to improve upon their 2021 record is if they do it with high quality portal transfers. Perhaps they're making room.

 

[bison13]

Nationally, the portal has an astronomical amount of players already. Lots of players won’t be able to find new programs.

Bowie State and other D2's are getting lots of D1 drop downs.

 

[Obliviax]

hey, why not put your name in there every year? I mean, it is like giving someone access to the used car lot with all of the keys. What is the downside?

 

[Media Fan]

I wonder if this is a scholarship numbers game here, and Rolland was encouraged to look elsewhere. Or maybe the Penn State Football Coaches were not happy with the quality of Eric Wilson and didnt see much of an upside for Rolland in our program.

Or maybe he talked with Eric Wilson. Hope that is not the case.