'25 (in-season) - '26 CFB Portal Thread
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First 4 games -
Marshall
Temple
Buffalo
Maryland
Hope they can mesh.
Tough road ahead.
"Was it over when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor?"
"If the NCAA was smart" college athletics wouldn't be in this position. I don't believe any commissioner/president of any organization has been/is/was more incompetent than Mark Emmert.
Despite deal at Washington, Demond Williams Jr. to transfer
Washington quarterback Demond Williams Jr. said on social media Tuesday night that he is entering the transfer portal, a move that comes just days after he agreed to return to the Huskies for the 2026 season.
www.espn.com
Best of luck Zuriah......hope you can stay healthy.
Despite deal at Washington, Demond Williams Jr. to transfer
Washington quarterback Demond Williams Jr. said on social media Tuesday night that he is entering the transfer portal, a move that comes just days after he agreed to return to the Huskies for the 2026 season.
Why am I not surprised that rumors have LSU heavily involved with Williams?
What we're doing is totally different than what Indiana, Colorado, or any other team has done before. Why are you whining about 20 ISU guys? You do realize that by the time we're all done, we'll probably add 80+ new players to rebuild the entire roster. Why don't you explain what you'd be doing differently?
LSU and Miami seem like the dirtiest in this regard. Hope our conference gives full support to Washington to enforce the contract. A precedent must be set here. I know Georgia is also engaged in a similar fight.
There's so many questions though
Did they sign a contract? Who is the contract with?
These guys all have agents--I'm doubtful they're signing much, if anything, to be honest
Joe? Toledo? No one wins them all. But he was the best big game cosch ever…so there is that. And no program was tougher.
Looking at our WR room in regards to what we're getting from ISU and what we're keeping with Howard, I think we have a chance to be better at WR in 26 than we were in 25. Eskildsen, Sowell and Howard could be a strong group.
This! As my old college teammate from NJ would yell to our opponents, “take the skirts off”…
The current count
46 lost players to the portal
36 players unannounced
22 incoming players from the portal
10 incoming freshmen recruits.
There are currently 68 players in the roster by my count. There is a lot of work still to be done. Tengwall prediction was a loss of 50 players to the portal and he nailed it.
46 lost players to the portal
36 players unannounced
22 incoming players from the portal
10 incoming freshmen recruits.
There are currently 68 players in the roster by my count. There is a lot of work still to be done. Tengwall prediction was a loss of 50 players to the portal and he nailed it.
With that said, the Franklin stench is nearly completely cleaned up now. Considering just how stained with **** this program was, Campbell is performing miracles daily so far. Incredible.
To be fair, there is indeed quite a difference between news commentary shows on TV and newspaper journalism. However, it is also fair to note that the NYT has for quite a while allowed partisanship to seep into how they choose which stories get covered, which stories are placed above the fold, which stories are not covered, and how stories are covered with verbiage that may at times blend into editorializing. This is also not at all a unique phenomenon to the Times. To be a fully informed citizen does actually take a lot of effort, unfortunately.
If my understanding of history is correct, the ideal of holding to the ethic of strict objective journalistic standards is not the norm over the course of our nation’s past. It has been more common, starting with colonial times, to have openly partisan newspapers. It was not uncommon to have dualing papers in a city—one favoring this party, and the other favoring that party. Some of the papers still in print around the country today have names that harken back to that legacy. In a way, in my opinion, we have returned to that model a bit—but now it comes with the veneer of non-partisan objectivity.
While there aren’t many, I respect the TV and online outlets that make it their stated goal to at least try to be down the middle with their coverage.
Ok, off topic/end.
He will help them a lot, and unfortunately we will have to face him.
I believe most everyone wants certainty, and where there are options, these options will be considered and even pursued.
Whatever certainty or sense of fair competition Campbell was able to convey in the brief time with the team-even briefer with his absence from the bowl game, probably was decreased with the influx of former Iowa State players and recruits.
I do believe Campbell's methods are more similar to Cignetti's than some think.
Whether or not his player evaluation skills are on par with Cignetti's, ala the portal transfers from other schools, remains to be seen.
It will certainly be different having taller targets all around the field too throw to. Of course, Becht is used to this.
That's what many said about last year's group with respect to the 3 top transfer portal WRs...did we even get half of their production from the previous year?
It all comes down to skill, coaching, and schemes. I do believe the team was severely lacking in the latter 2.
My hopes are the Campbell staff improve on those 2...what you are getting bringing in 3 star recruits (vs 4) and mid-level transfers.
Campbell will have his chance on game day, but as far as I can tell, there's no bracket on the College Football Playoff for portal signing period 'victories'.
I would have preferred retaining the PSU roster as much possible. Maybe that’s not realistic, but I would have liked to see Coach Campbell coach up the guys that were on the roster for the bowl game. I find it ironic that the same whiners here that complained that Coach K, Knowles, and Yurcich stunk and only had success because they were in the Big 12 previously are now giddy to get players from a Big 12 team. Again, I hope all these guys find big success at PSU, I just wasn’t expecting 20 guys. I get it. They are experienced in Campbell’s system and can play right away, but it seems like a short term benefit.
Just because they are in the portal, it doesn't mean they are gone. They can always come back.
I’m giving up on this thread until things settle. Right now it’s nothing more than monkey on crack doomscrolling for me; Williams from Washington was the final straw. Too much detail about the sausage making, I guess. YMMV.
Not sure about "a lot" Thought he was an average football player. Injuries took a toll
He's coming today.
Me too… checking back around mid-March. We should have a team by then. Prollegiate sports is a joke
Some good news, ND had all the time to plan with no CFP and no bowl game yet no portal results.
By now you’ve probably noticed that four days into the transfer portal window, Notre Dame has yet to land a commitment and has struggled to even get targets to campus.
By now you’ve probably noticed that four days into the transfer portal window, Notre Dame has yet to land a commitment and has struggled to even get targets to campus.
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