Bear Down Wildcats

UofAlum05 wrote: ↑Mon Nov 29, 2021 11:00 am

Does he have to return the trucks he received?

There was an AZ Qb kid who was at Ohio St that entered the portal yesterday. I would give a hard pass to Rattler and his ego but maybe this other kid is worth a look

azcat49 wrote: ↑Mon Nov 29, 2021 12:06 pm There was an AZ Qb kid who was at Ohio St that entered the portal yesterday. I would give a hard pass to Rattler and his ego but maybe this other kid is worth a look

Man, that's a huge downgrade. Was he not very good at OU?

He was not bad just didn't build much off his good freshman season, Caleb Williams came in behind him and Wally Pipped him as he is a legit electric dual threat QB.

Has Jayden Daniels said he is leaving for sure? Otherwise Rattler would be back on the bench.

QB Martinez from Nebraska in now on the portal.

Jayden Daniels returning to ASU, so squelch the Rattler to ASU rumors.

I read Rattlers preferred destinations are 1. Oregon and 2. Arizona.

gronk4heisman wrote: ↑Thu Dec 02, 2021 12:09 pm I read Rattlers preferred destinations are 1. Oregon and 2. Arizona.

Saw that too, but thinking that he really meant ASU.

No idea who Matt Barrie is.

Both were a little underwhelming but with Berryhill gone, it will still hurt.

Wonder if he holds a grudge against UA and ASU for not offering him? NAU was his only instate offer.

Rattler to S Carolina.

Bo Nix to Oregon, https://www.espn.com/college-football/s ... eer-auburn

LOL

azgreg wrote: ↑Thu Dec 30, 2021 2:36 pm

Maybe he’ll transfer too ASU…

MountainCat wrote: ↑Thu Dec 30, 2021 4:39 pm

azgreg wrote: ↑Thu Dec 30, 2021 2:36 pm

Maybe he’ll transfer too ASU…

Will Todd be okay with Antonio Pierce banging his wife?

If my wife was pushing ASSU for our son I would have to really think about that.

AP was always a hard hitter and I guess he still is

azcat49 wrote: ↑Thu Dec 30, 2021 5:03 pm AP was always a hard hitter and I guess he still is

Always knew how to take on a tight end coming across the middle.

The transfer portal has destabilized college sports. Entire football rosters can be depleted over night.

But for Arizona that’s a good thing…

EastCoastCat wrote: ↑Sat Jan 01, 2022 11:53 am But for Arizona that’s a good thing…

Most certainly. No one is going to miss Casteel and Curry, 2 hot prospects that never panned out.

Wonder how many of UA's 12 will end up on mid-majors and FCS.

dmjcat wrote: ↑Sat Jan 01, 2022 8:54 am The transfer portal has destabilized college sports. Entire football rosters can be depleted over night.

If coaches can leave whenever, so should players. Too bad if some people think it's destabilizing

The issue is that with the current rules it’s hard to keep your roster at 85 scholarship players. Some rosters are down to 55 with 25 of those being incoming freshman that are not ready. It becomes a safety issue in some cases.

I agree players should be able to transfer and immediately have eligibility to play. But the NCAA needs to allow schools to replace this players one for one from the portal.

I think I read a stat that last year close to a 1000 players saw their athletic career end when no one picked them up

I thought I read somewhere that there are more kids in the portal than there are FBS roster spots available.

That is right Greg. The NCAA has granted each team the ability to sign up to 7 kids from the portal to help both the teams and the kids in finding a spot on a roster

True, but the AD has to provide funding for those additional 7 players. With each football program reimbursing the school for 85 scholarships, and with the huge pandemic induced financial losses, not sure how many outside of the P5 schools will have enough funding for them.

Agreed Merk, just another reason for some of these kids to think twice before hitting the portal. I don’t think one of the 12 kids that left us has found a home yet

Merkin wrote: ↑Sat Jan 01, 2022 1:26 pm True, but the AD has to provide funding for those additional 7 players. With each football program reimbursing the school for 85 scholarships, and with the huge pandemic induced financial losses, not sure how many outside of the P5 schools will have enough funding for them.

The funding for those 7 are already there. You only get 7 spots if 7 existing kids enter the portal.

How many of these kids get pushed out?

ASUHATER! wrote: ↑Sat Jan 01, 2022 12:24 pm

dmjcat wrote: ↑Sat Jan 01, 2022 8:54 am The transfer portal has destabilized college sports. Entire football rosters can be depleted over night.

If coaches can leave whenever, so should players. Too bad if some people think it's destabilizing

Hogwash. How is the transfer portal helping out the players?? 99% + of these kids will never sniff the league.

The primary goal of the vast majority of college athletes should be to get an education. School hopping does nothing to help the majority of these kids accomplish that. Kids need to commit to a school, not some coach (or in the case of asu, whomever is banging their mom)

azgreg wrote: ↑Sat Jan 01, 2022 1:35 pm

Merkin wrote: ↑Sat Jan 01, 2022 1:26 pm True, but the AD has to provide funding for those additional 7 players. With each football program reimbursing the school for 85 scholarships, and with the huge pandemic induced financial losses, not sure how many outside of the P5 schools will have enough funding for them.

The funding for those 7 are already there. You only get 7 spots if 7 existing kids enter the portal.

Oh OK. I was thinking of the additional year of eligibility given to athletes, with the AD having to pick up that cost.

Wow.

azgreg wrote: ↑Mon Jan 03, 2022 2:12 pm Wow.

Now that is BIG, possibly the best QB in CFB returning. I am sure USC will be doing everything they can to get him, he is the real deal and whoever gets him becomes a top ten caliber team.

Not that shocking. There were rumors this was going to happen after Riley left.
I'm not shedding any tears for OU is they will just re-load.

Wonder what Spencer Rattler is thinking today?