2025/26 Transfer Portal Thread

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Garren04 said:
1A- Leavitt, Sorsby, Brown
1B- Hoover, Rocco

We go from there but sadly all of them probably already know where they are going
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I’d go:

1A-Sorsby, Brown
1B-Rocco

Leavitt is just a sophomore. We need a 1 year bridge so we can keep Mac & Faizon. And I don’t think Leavitt is worth the money. Hope he goes to Texas Tech so we can get Sorsby.

As for Hoover, if we get him, I’ll support it, but I’d rather not get a statue in this offense.
 
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Skooter said:
Impossible. I was told Heupel and staff aren’t proactive and just hope players fall in their laps.
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To be fair even AP and those guys would tell you they have slow played portal guys alot in the past. They have landed their share of good ones but it could have been even better with a diff approach.

This yr they pretty much have to change or it’s going to get really bad next season and they know that.
 
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Edixon2 said:
24’ season: Ran Sampson into the ground because we had no one ready behind him, thus getting him Injured going into OSU. Although it was his 1st year on the Job thus he shouldn’t get all the blame.

25’ Recruiting: Missed on out #1 Shekia Mills-Knight. Then had to Fight Tooth and Nail to get Duane morris to not Go to a west coast school because if I remember correctly Sims didn’t make him feel like a priority.

25’ transfer portal: wasn’t aggressive in the portal and decided to get a mid-level ACC running back and stay relatively pat, despite having very little proven production on the roster

25’ season: was the weakest run game in the heupel era. I personally didn’t agree with how we rotated our running backs felt like someone would have it going early and then go to the bench for whole quarters. Didn’t seem like anyone particularly progressed that much outside of maybe Bishop.

26’ recruiting: missed out on our top target Hiter and then was unable to circle back and get anyone else. Was unable to flip latmier from Wisconsin but WVU.

At best, he’s been a very mediocre coach and very replaceable. If he can’t get DGG then I really don’t see any reason to keep them after next year
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i'm not saying he's good, but those are weak arguments.
Sampson threatened to leave if he wasn't 'the man'. So, they made him the man, and unfortunately he got hurt. That argument you make is in the book "wussification of america"

Duane Morris signed with the Vols. Doesn't matter how it played out. That's the final result.

The RB coach on any team works beneath the head coach. Your arguments make it sound like our RB coach is the head guy telling Heupel what to do. Sims is not making the decisions you're accusing him of.
 
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Currently, 1031 players in portal. 29 committed.
Thats a lot to sift thru to find matches unless you just blanket offer the “top” picks by someone in a cubicle who may not have seen them play a down.
 
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NighthawkVol said:
I’d go:

1A-Sorsby, Brown
1B-Rocco

Leavitt is just a sophomore. We need a 1 year bridge so we can keep Mac & Faizon. And I don’t think Leavitt is worth the money. Hope he goes to Texas Tech so we can get Sorsby.

As for Hoover, if we get him, I’ll support it, but I’d rather not get a statue in this offense.
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I mean I think if you want a consistent time at the QB position, you go all in after Leavitt and then build with him. No offense, but Heupel should want to wind up having someone put up Heisman numbers in the portal with multiple years of eligibility. We should want to be in a position next year where our starter has multiple years left of play and we don't have to see Mac or Faizon. Because neither of those guys are going to come out of the gate killing it.

Outside of the Arch Manning "Legacy Recruits", I really don't expect bigger schools to actually recruit 5 star guys with the intentions of them ever playing serious time as a freshman or redshirt freshman. The best recruiting is for G5 QB's who have plenty of game film / experience.
 
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JMSqb11 said:
I mean I think if you want a consistent time at the QB position, you go all in after Leavitt and then build with him. No offense, but Heupel should want to wind up having someone put up Heisman numbers in the portal with multiple years of eligibility. We should want to be in a position next year where our starter has multiple years left of play and we don't have to see Mac or Faizon. Because neither of those guys are going to come out of the gate killing it.

Outside of the Arch Manning "Legacy Recruits", I really don't expect bigger schools to actually recruit 5 star guys with the intentions of them ever playing serious time as a freshman or redshirt freshman. The best recruiting is for G5 QB's who have plenty of game film / experience.
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Michigan started a true Fr this year

OSU started a RS Fr

ND started a RS Fr

Faizon will play as either a true Fr or RS Fr or he will transfer
 
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MarcoVol said:
Michigan started a true Fr this year

OSU started a RS Fr

ND started a RS Fr

Faizon will play as either a true Fr or RS Fr or he will transfer
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Michigan literally forked over the biggest bag in history to get Bryce Underwood to flip. They went 9-3. They HAD to play him

Ohio State literally has a roster where everyone but the QB is very experienced on the roster. Literally the easiest position for Sayin to walk into. He literally walked into a Ferrari already on autopilot

Notre Dame played CJ Carr and like Bryce Underwood, led his team to missing the playoffs.

Once again - if we were to land Leavitt, I hope in the next 2-3 years Mac and Faizon never see the field. Because if you are going all in on either of them as the future, you are effectively punting the 2026 season. Heupel can't afford that.
 
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JMSqb11 said:
Michigan literally forked over the biggest bag in history to get Bryce Underwood to flip. They went 9-3. They HAD to play him

Ohio State literally has a roster where everyone but the QB is very experienced on the roster. Literally the easiest position for Sayin to walk into. He literally walked into a Ferrari already on autopilot

Notre Dame played CJ Carr and like Bryce Underwood, led his team to missing the playoffs.

Once again - if we were to land Leavitt, I hope in the next 2-3 years Mac and Faizon never see the field. Because if you are going all in on either of them as the future, you are effectively punting the 2026 season. Heupel can't afford that.
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You said you don’t expect big programs to recruit the highest rated guys and play them their first 2 years so I gave you 3 very specific examples.

Also CJ Carr is most definitely not why ND missed the playoffs.

How do you know what Heup can and can’t afford? We literally started a RS Fr last year and made the playoffs.

Y’all gotta stop acting like we’re coming off a 5-7 season.
 
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MarcoVol said:
You said you don’t expect big programs to recruit the highest rated guys and play them their first 2 years so I gave you 3 very specific examples.

Also CJ Carr is most definitely not why ND missed the playoffs.

How do you know what Heup can and can’t afford? We literally started a RS Fr last year and made the playoffs.

Y’all gotta stop acting like we’re coming off a 5-7 season.
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Michigan was forced to play underwood given the financial commitment to land him. They had no choice. CJ Carr had multiple turnovers in their two losses and those losses kept them out of playoffs. So QB play did factor into them missing the playoff.

Heupel went 8-4 with no real accomplishments after a playoff year where he made a lot of coaching decisions that led directly to 3 losses in winnable games.

If we come out and have another 8-4/9-3 year missing the playoffs again, his seat will be warming for 2027. He literally can't afford to have another season like this year where his in game decisions cost us multiple games. It is a business. Him getting a season next year where the program rebounds isn't going to be pinned on a RS freshman or true freshman playing QB because he refused to pivot to those guys this year when the season was lost after the OU Loss.

Heupel will go in the portal and if he gets a guy with multiple years of eligibility here and plays well, that guy is going to start for us in 2027. Literally just look at Heupel's track record. Nico started because Milton graduated out.
 
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JMSqb11 said:
Michigan was forced to play underwood given the financial commitment to land him. They had no choice. CJ Carr had multiple turnovers in their two losses and those losses kept them out of playoffs. So QB play did factor into them missing the playoff.

Heupel went 8-4 with no real accomplishments after a playoff year where he made a lot of coaching decisions that led directly to 3 losses in winnable games.

If we come out and have another 8-4/9-3 year missing the playoffs again, his seat will be warming for 2027. He literally can't afford to have another season like this year where his in game decisions cost us multiple games. It is a business. Him getting a season next year where the program rebounds isn't going to be pinned on a RS freshman or true freshman playing QB because he refused to pivot to those guys this year when the season was lost after the OU Loss.

Heupel will go in the portal and if he gets a guy with multiple years of eligibility here and plays well, that guy is going to start for us in 2027. Literally just look at Heupel's track record. Nico started because Milton graduated out.
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If we go 9-3 next year his seat will not be warming.

No sh*t Michigan played him bc of finances. They also recruited him and played him. Period.

ND scored 40 and 24 in their 2 losses. You for sure don’t blame a 40 point outing that results in a loss on the QB. That’s on piss poor defense. But sure he was partly responsible bc football is a team game.

Again, Vols played a RS Fr QB last season and made the playoff. And yes Nico started bc Milton left. That’s how rosters and depth charts work.

It’s ok to just admit you misspoke about big programs recruiting and playing QBs in their first 2 years.
 
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MarcoVol said:
If we go 9-3 next year his seat will not be warming.

No sh*t Michigan played him bc of finances. They also recruited him and played him. Period.

ND scored 40 and 24 in their 2 losses. You for sure don’t blame a 40 point outing that results in a loss on the QB. That’s on piss poor defense. But sure he was partly responsible bc football is a team game.

Again, Vols played a RS Fr QB last season and made the playoff. And yes Nico started bc Milton left. That’s how rosters and depth charts work.

It’s ok to just admit you misspoke about big programs recruiting and playing QBs in their first 2 years.
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I didn't misspeak at all. You cited a school spending $12m to get a guy to flip and part of his decision hinged on the school flipping him HAD to start him right away. Michigan took the proposition that this year could be rocky with true freshman so they could have multiple years of him. They also had a long runway from to deal with the motions of a true freshman. Heupel doesn't have that luxury after this year. Once again, you don't know ball if you can't understand this and are just "box score" watching.

And you are delusional if you think Heupel's seat will be ice cold going into 2027 if we miss the playoffs next year which will mean 9-3 or worse. Especially if we miss the playoffs because he botched in game decisions for a second year in a row. This is not complicated to understand at all. Everyone wants Heupel to rebound and stop the program regression at one season. But it isn't some wild conspiracy that his seat will be warming if he misses the playoff 2 years in a row.
 
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