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Re: Other SB schools losing players to Transfer Portal

Unread post by biggie » Mon Dec 11, 2023 1:17 pm

GaSt RB to Mizzou


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Re: Other SB schools losing players to Transfer Portal

Unread post by biggie » Mon Dec 11, 2023 1:23 pm

Marsha doesn't like QBs?

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Re: Other SB schools losing players to Transfer Portal

Unread post by Stonewall » Mon Dec 11, 2023 1:27 pm

Hearing Huff is back on the hot seat for his comments. Marshall meltdown. Carroll to Drink !

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Re: Other SB schools losing players to Transfer Portal

Unread post by Bootsy » Mon Dec 11, 2023 4:11 pm

biggie wrote:
Mon Dec 11, 2023 1:17 pm
GaSt RB to Mizzou

Can you imagine how excited this young man will be to play in front of a stadium full of fans?

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Re: Other SB schools losing players to Transfer Portal

Unread post by AppinVA » Mon Dec 11, 2023 4:21 pm

Bootsy wrote:
Mon Dec 11, 2023 4:11 pm
biggie wrote:
Mon Dec 11, 2023 1:17 pm
GaSt RB to Mizzou

Can you imagine how excited this young man will be to play in front of a stadium full of fans?
GaSt is coming up here next year, so he could have at least once.
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Re: Other SB schools losing players to Transfer Portal

Unread post by appstate24 » Mon Dec 11, 2023 6:55 pm

Hate, saying this, but unc concord is killing it right now in the portal. Not sure if Biff is using his own money to buy a new team or what, but I’ve seen 4-5 offensive lineman commit all from the SEC or Clemson. They just got the QB from Florida that entered the portal, among others.

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Re: Other SB schools losing players to Transfer Portal

Unread post by BayouApp » Mon Dec 11, 2023 9:46 pm

appstate24 wrote:
Mon Dec 11, 2023 6:55 pm
Hate, saying this, but unc concord is killing it right now in the portal. Not sure if Biff is using his own money to buy a new team or what, but I’ve seen 4-5 offensive lineman commit all from the SEC or Clemson. They just got the QB from Florida that entered the portal, among others.

GO APPS!!
Hope (and assume) we are going after some too, especially lineman.

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Re: Other SB schools losing players to Transfer Portal

Unread post by Bigdaddyg1 » Tue Dec 12, 2023 7:27 am

Of the 1,000 or so players in the Portal how many are offensive linemen who are over 6'4" and 300 pounds and have actually had meaningful snaps in games? How many of these players stood on the sidelines for 2 years? Do we actually have recruited offensive linemen who have spent time in the weight room at our school and can vie for spots? This isn't to say we don't look for some guys but is our cupboard bare?

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Re: Other SB schools losing players to Transfer Portal

Unread post by Stonewall » Tue Dec 12, 2023 8:51 am

We will need a new offensive line to win a championship. Losing three in the middle and the tackles struggling. I don’t know if we have what we need .

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Re: Other SB schools losing players to Transfer Portal

Unread post by 311neers » Tue Dec 12, 2023 9:56 am

appstate24 wrote:
Mon Dec 11, 2023 6:55 pm
Hate, saying this, but unc concord is killing it right now in the portal. Not sure if Biff is using his own money to buy a new team or what, but I’ve seen 4-5 offensive lineman commit all from the SEC or Clemson. They just got the QB from Florida that entered the portal, among others.

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They sure are. Maybe they'll be a little more competitive in the 2025 opener.

Hopeful we have silent commits from the portal that just haven't announced yet.

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Re: Other SB schools losing players to Transfer Portal

Unread post by WVAPPeer » Tue Dec 12, 2023 1:21 pm

Maybe they just want to go to a program which is so bad that they will surely start from day 1
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Re: Other SB schools losing players to Transfer Portal

Unread post by NattyBumppo'sRevenge » Tue Dec 12, 2023 1:57 pm

appstate24 wrote:
Mon Dec 11, 2023 6:55 pm
Hate, saying this, but unc concord is killing it right now in the portal. Not sure if Biff is using his own money to buy a new team or what, but I’ve seen 4-5 offensive lineman commit all from the SEC or Clemson. They just got the QB from Florida that entered the portal, among others.

GO APPS!!
Well, they needed to add a bunch to replace the mass exodus.

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Re: Other SB schools losing players to Transfer Portal

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Re: Other SB schools losing players to Transfer Portal

Unread post by ASUFan4863 » Tue Dec 12, 2023 2:31 pm

WVAPPeer wrote:
Tue Dec 12, 2023 1:21 pm
Maybe they just want to go to a program which is so bad that they will surely start from day 1
Bingo. Cash in on Biffy’s NIL money and start day 1 because there is no competition.

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Re: Other SB schools losing players to Transfer Portal

Unread post by Bigdaddyg1 » Tue Dec 12, 2023 2:36 pm

I simply can't see the financial logic behind paying probably just ok football players to play at what is most likely a middle of the road G5. Do some people literally have more money than sense? I enjoy my sports but for the life of me I can't wrap my brain around shitting money like this in hopes of winning, especially with a program like UNCC.

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Re: Other SB schools losing players to Transfer Portal

Unread post by ASUFan4863 » Tue Dec 12, 2023 2:39 pm

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Tue Dec 12, 2023 8:51 am
We will need a new offensive line to win a championship. Losing three in the middle and the tackles struggling. I don’t know if we have what we need .
It will be interesting what happens but we added Gentry and Scroggs last year in preparation for this. They will likely be the 2 new starting guards. We need 2 more OL in the portal and that can be best available. Either a center and tackle or 2 tackles.

Ultimately, the answer may be within the roster or even an incoming freshman. Can our staff and young OL make a step forward to be the next man up? I sure hope so.

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Re: Other SB schools losing players to Transfer Portal

Unread post by BeauFoster » Tue Dec 12, 2023 2:55 pm

I feel like Biff is trying to buy immediate success in hopes he can move on to somewhere that will pay the players so he doesn’t have to.

Buying good/great players is fine, but there has to be someone to coach them and manage the game, and I don’t think they’ve got the staff to do that. You can out-athlete high school teams. You can’t do that in FBS football.
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Re: Other SB schools losing players to Transfer Portal

Unread post by Stonewall » Tue Dec 12, 2023 3:11 pm

ASUFan4863 wrote:
Tue Dec 12, 2023 2:39 pm
Stonewall wrote:
Tue Dec 12, 2023 8:51 am
We will need a new offensive line to win a championship. Losing three in the middle and the tackles struggling. I don’t know if we have what we need .
It will be interesting what happens but we added Gentry and Scroggs last year in preparation for this. They will likely be the 2 new starting guards. We need 2 more OL in the portal and that can be best available. Either a center and tackle or 2 tackles.

Ultimately, the answer may be within the roster or even an incoming freshman. Can our staff and young OL make a step forward to be the next man up? I sure hope so.
They need to have it figured out. I hope they do. It’s a make or break contract year.

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Re: Other SB schools losing players to Transfer Portal

Unread post by mike87 » Tue Dec 12, 2023 3:51 pm

Bigdaddyg1 wrote:
Tue Dec 12, 2023 2:36 pm
I simply can't see the financial logic behind paying probably just ok football players to play at what is most likely a middle of the road G5. Do some people literally have more money than sense? I enjoy my sports but for the life of me I can't wrap my brain around shitting money like this in hopes of winning, especially with a program like UNCC.
yes.

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Re: Other SB schools losing players to Transfer Portal

Unread post by BambooRdApp » Tue Dec 12, 2023 5:13 pm

mike87 wrote:
Tue Dec 12, 2023 3:51 pm
Bigdaddyg1 wrote:
Tue Dec 12, 2023 2:36 pm
I simply can't see the financial logic behind paying probably just ok football players to play at what is most likely a middle of the road G5. Do some people literally have more money than sense? I enjoy my sports but for the life of me I can't wrap my brain around shitting money like this in hopes of winning, especially with a program like UNCC.
yes.
Well, I think the goal is that if they are a "middle of the road G5s"... getting good players via nil makes the program "elite G5"....I would assume that is the strategy. Hope it fails miserably for them..
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