Rogers in portal
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Agreed. Would hate to lose this young man fro the team; Iām sure he would find plenty of teams that would like to have him.
This one hurts. This is the first big loss for Stoops in the transfer portal. That means he has now lost his two highest ever ranked recruits to the portal.
WTF? Didn't he announce he's coming back instead of the draft now he's in the portal?
Stoops has flat lined and Justin knows it. Wants to go somewhere that scores points and might have a chance at something big. Damn shame.
Wow! You talked with Rogers yourself? Or were you projecting your opinion to make it look like it was how Rogers felt?
Walker will move over to his natural position and vastly improve production there. Question is - who steps up to DT?
Apparently Rogers wanted to go to the draft but I guess he isn't getting enough positive feedback. At his size, can't imagine he's going to transfer up and actually perform any better, unless he wants to play dt in a 4-3
Apparently Rogers wanted to go to the draft but I guess he isn't getting enough positive feedback. At his size, can't imagine he's going to transfer up and actually perform any better, unless he wants to play dt in a 4-3
Thanks for the three years (and sticking around for the bowl). Hope you land at a blue blood and do well there.
Next man up.
Next man up.
I always thought he should've been a DT.
Thought he was playing the third best on the DL by the end of the season. Walker, Dinkens and Rogers stood out last third of the season. Guess Dinkins takes his place and he is becoming a star. Luckily Hayes, similar size and a ton of experience, gets his chance to emerge like Dinkins has if he works the hardest he has ever worked in the off season. Big Ox will be putting weight back on so maybe he will come back with a splash also. Still a ton of guys on the DL to work with.
I guess someone else offered more money. You know, I just don't know if college sports is worth following and investing our emotions in any longer. Things were already difficult enough for football programs with a history like UK's, trying to compete with the football giants. Now we have to contend with this crap where the highest bidder can simply swoop in and nab the few good recruits we are able to get.
He should've been. Several times last year, teams blocked Rogers man up. That's how teams saw him. It allowed him to make some plays, but that position absolutely must demand a double team.
Surely the staff tried to get him to flip to dt. Iirc most teams wanted to him to play on offense but he always wanted nose. I guess that just persisted. Oh well.
Maybe but I have a hard time believing it. Who is offering more money to a nose who can't command a double team?
Now I absolutely believe there might be some issue with the fact the staff went out of the way to help Deon get nil but not Rogers. Truth is walker is much more deserving, but these will be the issues around nil moving forward
That was my first thought as well. If he can get one year of guaranteed NIL that's more than the guaranteed signing bonus of a mid- to late-round pick it makes economic sense.
Kind of OT but whatās the latest with Goodwin? There was some UofL smoke early, then some smoke he might return but nothing since then. Has he taken visits or anything?
Arkansas DT just entered portal. Great numbers. Hope stoops will go after him.
Staff has to find somebody in the portal then
Just like someone will irresponsibility claim this move was due to Rodgers thinking program won't get better under Stoops, I'm gonna assume this is 100% NIL.
Or the lack of support from UK fans/businesses specifically. He can probably go to a Louisville ir Knoxville or Mich St or Miami and be compensated what a talented D lineman is worth in CFB in 2023.
No doubt the ones who will be in this thread crying the hardest are also in the NIL threads shouting the loudest how oh hell no will they never pay extra to college kids.
Or the lack of support from UK fans/businesses specifically. He can probably go to a Louisville ir Knoxville or Mich St or Miami and be compensated what a talented D lineman is worth in CFB in 2023.
No doubt the ones who will be in this thread crying the hardest are also in the NIL threads shouting the loudest how oh hell no will they never pay extra to college kids.
While not a tremendous loss, it does hurt to lose an experience and effective guy at one of the most important position groups.
MJ just said he got a text from a source he trusts saying it was NIL related.
I don't think he will be the last one. We are woefully behind in NIL
If that's true, does that mean he was contacted by another team's booster and offered an NIL deal if Rogers went there? If that's the case then you know the head coach would be overseeing it. No booster would make that move without the coach's blessing.
Everybody is tampering at this point
Who was the coach the other day that said one of the big programs was contacting his players and it wasn't right to do that?
Maybe! But also maybe not...
The backup in bowl game was redshirt freshman Jamarius Dinkins (high three star w/ multiple P5 offers), and on Senior Day, and most of regular season, it was Josiah Hayes who will be a senior with a COVID year remaining.
If they can get someone good I'm sure they'll hit the portal; otherwise, they got some depth coming back. I'm not sure how many nose guards are in the portal you'd pay big NIL for over what you have proven that's returning.
I've heard several at this point. Doeren, Mack Brown, WSU's coach, and maybe also Kiffin at least?
Herbie's solution fwiw: https://247sports.com/Article/Kirk-...football-transfer-portal-tampering-201765130/
Talk like this is how you end up with the Billy G or Joker as football coach again.
No doubt. Jmo but he wants the same nil as walker. No way he deserves it. No way he gets it elsewhere. If he wants to leave out of principle, it's fine but no one is opening the checkbook for a nose that doesn't require a double team
Why would a defensive lineman care about how many point the offense scores?
