'26 ASU Transfer QB Sam Leavitt (LSU)

[MarcoVol]

Any Nico would have been on a team with a trash defense this year, which made me wonder what exactly were we building toward?

You realize most thought the defense would be pretty good this year and that’s why we fired the DC, right?

The idea wasn’t “hey the defense will be trash in ‘25 but we’ll have Nico”

 

[Volfan76]

"...This adds an interesting wrinkle to the situation because Kiffin is in desperate need of a quarterback. The market to land Leavitt climbed to between $4 million and $5 million and was fueled by competition in a three-team battle between LSU, Tennessee and Miami."

And we could have kept Nico for $2.5M... hmmmmm...

We can get the local crackhead for some copper wire and a pack of skittles. You get what you pay for.

 

[Godfatha]

You realize most thought the defense would be pretty good this year and that’s why we fired the DC, right?

The idea wasn’t “hey the defense will be trash in ‘25 but we’ll have Nico”

We lost a lot of veteran guys after the 2024 season, and didn't do enough to replace them. We brought in Colton Hood, and that's it.

 

[MarcoVol]

We lost a lot of veteran guys after the 2024 season, and didn't do enough to replace them. We brought in Colton Hood, and that's it.

Yeah they wanted to roll with the group they already had. Didn’t work out. But sometimes you gotta play the younger guys to know what you have.

That and the D just seemed unorganized.

But had it been just a little bit better….not even a lot but just a little better….Vols are back in the playoffs in ‘25.

 

[Godfatha]

Yeah they wanted to roll with the group they already had. Didn’t work out. But sometimes you gotta play the younger guys to know what you have.

That and the D just seemed unorganized.

But had it been just a little bit better….not even a lot but just a little better….Vols are back in the playoffs in ‘25.

Agree with that. There should have been plenty of talent on the roster, but it was poorly developed and coached. I will say we should have certainly done something at safety. Poor evaluation there.

 

[CAVPUT]

If you’re worried about a guy getting injured in 4 meaningless games a full 10 months before next season, you’re soft.

If Heupel winds up rolling with Mac next year, he will have zero excuse if he isn’t ready or any of this “he’s only making his first start this year” crap. He had more than enough time and weeks of practice and games against trash teams to get Mac a lot of live reps and game film.

If you truly think Mac was an injury risk against the likes of New Mexico State, you shouldn’t be playing at all.

 

[CAVPUT]

I would expect every QB agent in the country will be reaching out to us. Surely there are guys not in the portal yet that saw what we had offered and would be willing to jump for 2/3 that amount.

Does anyone really know what was offered?

 

[crovol]

Does anyone really know what was offered?

kiffin reminds me of the devil movies when he grins and offers the poor guy everything for his you know what

 

[Vol737]

So, why the big come apart by Leavitt’s camp when meeting with Kiffin and they stormed out? Or, was it all just BS? Anybody on this board have one year of eligibility left?

 

[BigOrangeTrain]

So, why the big come apart by Leavitt’s camp when meeting with Kiffin and they stormed out? Or, was it all just BS? Anybody on this board have one year of eligibility left?

Money talks

 

[MarcoVol]

So, why the big come apart by Leavitt’s camp when meeting with Kiffin and they stormed out? Or, was it all just BS? Anybody on this board have one year of eligibility left?

Internet rumors

 

[SugarCC]

So, why the big come apart by Leavitt’s camp when meeting with Kiffin and they stormed out? Or, was it all just BS? Anybody on this board have one year of eligibility left?

Stormed out of where? A basketball game or a restaurant?

 

[SSVol]

Stormed out of where? A basketball game or a restaurant?

Restaurant.

 

[SugarCC]

Restaurant.

One version of that story had them blowing up at a basketball game.

 

[SSVol]

One version of that story had them blowing up at a basketball game.

I thought they learned about Lane chasing another QB while at the game and then it blew up at the restaurant.

 

[SugarCC]

I thought they learned about Lane chasing another QB while at the game and then it blew up at the restaurant.

Maybe. Idk. Did see one "report" where they found out at game, Sam disappeared for a bit, and his brother was the one to blow up on LK.

 

[Vol737]

Stormed out of where? A basketball game or a restaurant?

Thought I read it was a restaurant they were in. Don’t know if was just a fake or not.