Another Portal Loss and Portal Discussion

[AppSt94]

You need a guy that is a) good enough to be the backup next year and b) willing to wait a year to be the starter.

[Stonewall]

Burger was hired to be the QB heir . I mean recruited to be …in either case , he crapped out.

[311neers]

Jaccuri Brown- QB from Miami. Was probably recruited by Ponce, wonder if we reach out. Was highly rated out of HS and has 3 years left. Huge QB out of football factory at Lowndes in GA.

Following Frank and CSC on twitter.

[NattyBumppo'sRevenge]

I’m glad we’re sitting here wringing our hands over our QB2 situation when probably over half the teams in FBS are wondering about their QB1 situation.

[bcoach]

This one hurts a lot. Time for Spellman to step up.

And there lies the Catch 22. Say Spellman steps up and has a great year. Are we having this same conversation next year? It’s the world we live in.

We are never going to have the money to compete with these P5s so I have fully expected it. I just hope we are able to get some good ones from FCS, like Helms, that would want to move up and that we at least beat our piers our in the Sun Belt.

There are G5 we can not compete with also. In fact at least one is in the belt.

[bcoach]

Burger was hired to be the QB heir . I mean recruited to be …in either case , he crapped out.

Because he was hired by someone else. Someone with a hell of a lot more money than we have.

[Black Saturday]

1) Anyone know why Wright didn't make it, looks like that would be layup that he would be at least number #2? QB backup quality and 2) DL worries the crap out of me at the moment. 3) Back to my earlier thought, the success of our program should sell itself, I'm not gathering that we are having our choice to a degree in transfers or HS recruits.........but maybe that is the "homer" in my thinking?

1) He wasn’t any good. The game was too fast for him and his timing was horrible and he wasn’t going to grow to fit our plan. What made you think he was a layup as QB #2?
2) We will be ok with DL. We are likely looking for depth at NT, but we have enough moving parts that we can take a DE as well. 3) You are forgetting about that smalll factor of NIL.

I didn't think Texas got to where thet are by missing on talent...he was more highly rated than any QB that has ever sniffed lil old APP ST out of HS.

NIL is a bitch aint it

I'll believe we are ok when we are stopping the run and causing havoc in the paasing game from the DL.

[AppinVA]

I’m glad we’re sitting here wringing our hands over our QB2 situation when probably over half the teams in FBS are wondering about their QB1 situation.

Perspective!!!!

[AppSt94]

1) Anyone know why Wright didn't make it, looks like that would be layup that he would be at least number #2? QB backup quality and 2) DL worries the crap out of me at the moment. 3) Back to my earlier thought, the success of our program should sell itself, I'm not gathering that we are having our choice to a degree in transfers or HS recruits.........but maybe that is the "homer" in my thinking?

1) He wasn’t any good. The game was too fast for him and his timing was horrible and he wasn’t going to grow to fit our plan. What made you think he was a layup as QB #2?
2) We will be ok with DL. We are likely looking for depth at NT, but we have enough moving parts that we can take a DE as well. 3) You are forgetting about that smalll factor of NIL.

I didn't think Texas got to where thet are by missing on talent...he was more highly rated than any QB that has ever sniffed lil old APP ST out of HS.

NIL is a bitch aint it

I'll believe we are ok when we are stopping the run and causing havoc in the paasing game from the DL.

Everyone misses on talent. It happens. I don’t know what his rating was coming out of high school but I’d put money on it being inflated because of the name on the front of the jersey.

[Stonewall]

Derrick Graham (Texas A&M and Troy )has portalized. That name might be familiar.

[AppStFan1]

This one hurts a lot. Time for Spellman to step up.

And there lies the Catch 22. Say Spellman steps up and has a great year. Are we having this same conversation next year? It’s the world we live in.

We are never going to have the money to compete with these P5s so I have fully expected it. I just hope we are able to get some good ones from FCS, like Helms, that would want to move up and that we at least beat our piers our in the Sun Belt.

There are G5 we can not compete with also. In fact at least one is in the belt.

That is true. There are good FCS and D2 players out there that can help us for sure.

[Black Saturday]

This one hurts a lot. Time for Spellman to step up.

And there lies the Catch 22. Say Spellman steps up and has a great year. Are we having this same conversation next year? It’s the world we live in.

We are never going to have the money to compete with these P5s so I have fully expected it. I just hope we are able to get some good ones from FCS, like Helms, that would want to move up and that we at least beat our piers our in the Sun Belt.

There are G5 we can not compete with also. In fact at least one is in the belt.

That is true. There are good FCS and D2 players out there that can help us for sure.

I watched some of the FCS playoffs. Furman, South Dakota St., and Montana have players that could start for APP.

[bcoach]

And there lies the Catch 22. Say Spellman steps up and has a great year. Are we having this same conversation next year? It’s the world we live in.

We are never going to have the money to compete with these P5s so I have fully expected it. I just hope we are able to get some good ones from FCS, like Helms, that would want to move up and that we at least beat our piers our in the Sun Belt.

There are G5 we can not compete with also. In fact at least one is in the belt.

That is true. There are good FCS and D2 players out there that can help us for sure.

I watched some of the FCS playoffs. Furman, South Dakota St., and Montana have players that could start for APP.

If they can start for APP they can start for other teams. We will never win the money race and I don't want to.

[Stonewall]

We’ve done pretty well with lower level guys. Hopefully it continues as we have a couple we are really counting on.

[AppStFan1]

And there lies the Catch 22. Say Spellman steps up and has a great year. Are we having this same conversation next year? It’s the world we live in.

We are never going to have the money to compete with these P5s so I have fully expected it. I just hope we are able to get some good ones from FCS, like Helms, that would want to move up and that we at least beat our piers our in the Sun Belt.

There are G5 we can not compete with also. In fact at least one is in the belt.

That is true. There are good FCS and D2 players out there that can help us for sure.

I watched some of the FCS playoffs. Furman, South Dakota St., and Montana have players that could start for APP.

No question. Most of the SDSU players are in this current draft class but a couple of them are back and could transfer.

[311neers]

Jaccuri Brown- QB from Miami. Was probably recruited by Ponce, wonder if we reach out. Was highly rated out of HS and has 3 years left. Huge QB out of football factory at Lowndes in GA.

Following Frank and CSC on twitter.

Sounds like Ponce is going after him. Recruiting and coaching him at Miami must be helping. We’re 1 of 4to show significant interest. Miss St, Ga State, and UCF. Definitely has the talent to be the guy in 2025, needs a chance.

[Stonewall]

A couple of LR kids available that can play ( opinion) at our level.

[biggie]

Moffitt went to GW

[AppWyo]

You really do not want the best players, you want the second best players, the ones that rely on their teammates and do not try to do it all. You see teams all the time who rely on one or a few players to do it all and when they get hurt the team folds. Other teams that do not rely on just a few players tend to excel. Appalachian just seems to recruit the right players that are coachable, do not have academic problems, and have good character.

[WataugaMan]

You really do not want the best players, you want the second best players, the ones that rely on their teammates and do not try to do it all. You see teams all the time who rely on one or a few players to do it all and when they get hurt the team folds. Other teams that do not rely on just a few players tend to excel. Appalachian just seems to recruit the right players that are coachable, do not have academic problems, and have good character.

True, there is no "I" in team. To go along with this theme, a few years back the local high school team up my way was kicking arse. However, they relied mostly on one player to carry the team. They were 7-0 and heading into their last 3 games against weak competition. Well, the "one player" was injured early in game 8 with a season ending injury. The team finished 7-3 and out of the playoffs. I still can't believe it. LOL Next man up was a foreign concept.