2025/26 Transfer Portal Thread

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MarcoVol said:
Who you mad at for it tho?

If we continually “budget shop” I think it’s time to admit / realize we don’t have the money.
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It’s also time to quit saying we have all this money and then when something doesn’t work out say “well this and that happened”

It just comes off as ****.

Same tune, different lyrics each year
 
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MarcoVol said:
Who you mad at for it tho?

If we continually “budget shop” I think it’s time to admit / realize we don’t have the money.
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Truthfully, Danny White. His sole job as AD is to fund raise and get wealthy boosters to open the check book, but he’s just been bending over the common fan.
 
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Pawleysvol said:
Who is Williams? The OL from LSU?

so we aren’t going spend a bunch of money like was being reported for weeks? I just don’t understand why we are afraid to overpay for a player we want.
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I can't answer misinterpretations. Quantify "a bunch of money" and share source. We are top ten in NIL. Certain players are blowing the lid off of market value against analytics. We aren't scrambling in to spend too much on overvalued players and not fill our needs. The best portal performers of 2025 were not the teams that spent the most money. They are the teams that spent the most intelligently.
 
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Stoerner Fumbles said:
Just adding a couple of filters here from a conversation this morning:

Heupel (like Barnes) almost always insists on an in person conversation to understand alignment and fit before making an offer.

Knowles has full authority to offer players he knows prior to a visit. Many of these PSU/OSU players who are coming into the portal either have an offer from Knowles or don’t. That info is not getting to our beat reporters.

As I mentioned earlier, players will enter the portal with a perception of their value (right or wrong) informed by analytics. Deals will close quickly for the very top players who get offers above their perceived value.

I’d bet against us closing in many situations where dollars are the sole deciding factor. LSU and others are throwing absurd numbers. Arkansas overpaid by double on two players already. Our defensive staff is making the credible case that they are going to increase draft value dramatically and have the record to prove it. Right now we trail in NIL with Williams and probably won’t close that gap. If he comes, it’s on the development case and his relationship with Knowles.

Our early conversations with defensive players is going very well.

If early OL conversations prove to yield fruit, we could have a great class.

We’ve been letting some top players go at skill positions to avoid bidding wars, opting for better values after the first flurry.

There are approaching 5k players in the portal and many are not getting attention.

We have not pushed in any chips on a QB. Supposedly there is some behind the scenes discussion with Simpson. That’s riding on how finished his draft stock is. That’s speculative and very early, but certain boosters believe it’s real.
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Lol yikes
 
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For context, most analysts rated us at 7-9 in NIL last year. Three of the top five schools were from Texas, with OSU and Oregon being on the other two. This year, Oregon and LSU (with 10mm new dollar promised to Kiffin totaling almost 30mm) may outspend Texas. TBD. We are still projected at 7-9 with Auburn dropping out and LSU replacing them. USC may have moved into the top ten, and even into the top five as several big boosters are committed to win now and combat Phil Knight at Oregon. Indiana had the best portal performance of any team last year and had half the money of Texas/OSU and A&M. The key is being efficient against metrics and finding the best players that fit the gaps you need to fill.
 
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I will reserve my full judgement until after this portal cycle is completely over. I do gets bits of info from time to time. One thing I have heard is that we really just don’t do the pay for play thing. If a kid primarily has just money on his mind we aren’t in most cases gonna be the top bidder. Which is the DUMBEST thing ever. HELLO, the era we are in is PAY FOR PLAY. Don’t want to adapt? Then you get passed up. Here is what I will tell you. I would keep your eye on the recruitments of Chaz Coleman, Gilliam, and the kid from WF. If we don’t land 1-2 then that tells you all you need to know about where the program stands. But ole DW got up there and said we were at the top in terms of spending I think it was after Tony left when he had that presser. I can read right through that lol does he really think we are that dumb? But we are gonna bring Leavitt in for a visit… makes me so mad man. Again I will reserve my full judgement for after the cycle tho
 
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Garren04 said:
I will reserve my full judgement until after this portal cycle is completely over. I do gets bits of info from time to time. One thing I have heard is that we really just don’t do the pay for play thing. If a kid primarily has just money on his mind we aren’t in most cases gonna be the top bidder. Which is the DUMBEST thing ever. HELLO, the era we are in is PAY FOR PLAY. Don’t want to adapt? Then you get passed up. Here is what I will tell you. I would keep your eye on the recruitments of Chaz Coleman, Gilliam, and the kid from WF. If we don’t land 1-2 then that tells you all you need to know about where the program stands. But ole DW got up there and said we were at the top in terms of spending I think it was after Tony left when he had that presser. I can read right through that lol does he really think we are that dumb? But we are gonna bring Leavitt in for a visit… makes me so mad man. Again I will reserve my full judgement for after the cycle tho
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Boo and Nico disagree.
 
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Stoerner Fumbles said:
I can't answer misinterpretations. Quantify "a bunch of money" and share source. We are top ten in NIL. Certain players are blowing the lid off of market value against analytics. We aren't scrambling in to spend too much on overvalued players and not fill our needs. The best portal performers of 2025 were not the teams that spent the most money. They are the teams that spent the most intelligently.
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The sane amongst us get this. Indiana surely did not dole out 6 million dollar contracts to assemble their roster full of JMU guys. Some folks are just impatient and prone to negativity when adversity hits.
 
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