'25 (in-season) - '26 CFB Portal Thread
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Grunk going to VT seems so short sighted.
I understand familiarity. But First time playcaller and a staff that has a horrible record of developing QBs. Did he not just see what they did to Allar?
And VT is in full rebuild mode for the next 2-3 years. He’s going to have no talent around and if Franklin’s past is of note, the OL will stink too.
I understand familiarity. But First time playcaller and a staff that has a horrible record of developing QBs. Did he not just see what they did to Allar?
And VT is in full rebuild mode for the next 2-3 years. He’s going to have no talent around and if Franklin’s past is of note, the OL will stink too.
Probably a lot of people--I like to see where they end up and wish them success. They're not doing anything wrong
More importantly I like to see what other teams are doing to improve
I'm just glad these formerly indentured servants are no longer in shackles and forced to play football for a mere scholarship, and can offer their services to the highest bidder. Clearly this is for the best for the players AND the sport itself. What a great system we have now!
So is it good or bad if your team is "surging" in the portal?
I do. I hope he goes to either of those two. Screw O$U and their arrogant tampering.
It's no worse than the old system when kids were being used by the programs
This all could have been solved/contained years ago if programs would have just agreed to pay the kids as they deserved to be
We’re up to 27 in the portal with probably 9-10 guys from the 2-deep that hurt whether you goons wanna accept it or not. Go Penn State!!!
Depends on what we do in the portal to replace them
Or the coach wants to run a system that involves a QB that is mobile and the so called “better” QB isn’t as mobile as the “lesser” QB, thereby making the “better” QB not as good for the program as the “lesser” QB.
If this was true (it's not), there sure were a lot of kids signing up to be used every year all across the country!
Free tuition. Free room and board. Opportunities to get a college degree that would not be there otherwise. Free training, coaching, and exposure. All while getting all the preferential treatment you could want while enrolled at the school. Pretty darn good deal if you ask me.
How is it not true? Look at the money the programs are bringing in and you believe a kid should be restricted on where he attends college?
Kids were signing up because there was no other option to play football
All of those free things are great but it's comparable for what they were bringing in. It doesn't matter if you or I would have liked that deal--it matters that they were unjustly restricted as the courts have ruled.
To be fair, he didn't say he wants Grunk in that reply--just that Grunk would be an idiot to go play for Franklin which is true. He's a pocket passer and we know James will force him to run read-option.
Any word yet on Bragalone? Campbell could be an instant hero by bringing him in!
I read a post that Cig is stocked with 4, 5, and 6 yr players. So on average a much older starting line up. He won't be able to have that advantage moving forward. Cig also has bonuses and salary incentives he has met that will keep him in the top 3 of coaches. That might drain cash resources a little bit. But in the short run it is a happy trade off for IU.
Where in my post did I say I wanted Grunk?
You’ve been riding my tail about my Grunk comments for weeks. And weirdly bring it up again now? After I was proven right and you were wrong? Our staff chose Becht. In fact, they’re bringing in both their QBs for visits. And let Grunk walk. Grunk played well against bad opponents and it’s been said for weeks that he wouldn’t be the guy. It’s very obvious you have no idea what you’re talking about.
As a fan of PSU, speaking about our former QB, I hoped he’d pick a better situation than the qb-killers themselves Franklin/Obrien.
My opinion--I could be wrong--but I'd expect him to keep taking this approach. Finding 5th and 6th year portal guys that will follow his orders without question who fit his scheme. He's not the type that's going to chase an elite player.
We have to love the one you're with. Great portal thought. Don't get too work up just yet.
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If that is where he wants to go and trust that staff to help him develop, go for it. And good luck, he will need it.
I still remember Franklin taking a helicopter to see him in high school. I was hopeful at the time.
I rode your tail about it because you made a tail out of yourself trashing Grunk in one of the first games he played in. You weren’t “proven right” whatsoever. Your tirades are all opinion.
I just breezed through the last nine pages or so of this thread. Maybe reality is settling in to my brain, but this is the most depressing thread I think I’ve ever read.
There’s already 3-4 visitors confirmed for the weekend…
Campbell’s retention at this point has been really successful, IMO.
Still hoping for Campbell, Hayes, Woseley, and Joseph.
Campbell’s retention at this point has been really successful, IMO.
Still hoping for Campbell, Hayes, Woseley, and Joseph.
If you don’t know what he is doing yet, why post what you did - “But filling out our roster with players from a mid-pack Big 12 team would not be a good start”.
Makes a lot of sense, on multiple levels.
FL needs some help. And Traut has a relationship with these guys. Shanahan was at ?? (Texas A & M, think), and portalled to PSU on the recommendation of his former coach (who was Traut's former coach, or something like that). Boyer was a prospect that Traut recognized when he wasn't rated all that highly. Traut felt Boyer would take a few years to develop, and has worked hard to coach him up over the past few years.
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Tom, I think Shanahan was at Texas A&M. Down here, mistaking one for the other is a felony. (just kidding)
