Any Portal News Yet

[MSU01]

My thoughts on NIL. If a team offers a player $500,000 or $5,000 to a player to leave a team and go play for the new team. The new team should have to pay the old team a like amount.

But it isn't the team offering the NIL money.

[AFCAT]

[tetoncat]

I wonder if Vigen avoided the portal to get his coaching staff aligned first? As a poster suggested on another thread, might be hard to recruit players without an OC, and an OL coach too I might add. Waiting until the spring portal may be his angle as he knows what he has in place now for players returning and recruited. Let those guys get their goals in place and rolling and then bring in some transfers in a couple of months.

There is no timeline for signing players out of the portal, just timelines for entering the portal. Really the big piece would be getting someone enrolled in time for spring classes if you wanted them to be part of spring ball. Other than that, there really isn’t a rush and you want to make sure you are bringing in the right pieces for the team.

Yes, that's right and I should have mentioned that aspect. Classes starts Tuesday, I think? But as another poster mentioned on the other thread, perhaps leaving things in place and not bringing anyone in now may be by design, to give the current players and recruits confidence their spot is secure for now and see how things shake out moving forward. I expect the Cats will pick up a few transfers, but Vigen does not live and die in the portal, as other coaches (Bobby) do, and that's a good thing. Developing players is a real strength for MSU and truly a better approach rather than picking up one year guys.

Many position groups getting decimated by the portal. Cats need serious help in the defensive backfield, at LB and WR. Portal help is needed.

What LBs left in portal? Bullock but he didn't play. 1 WR, 2CB. have 2 LB back that played a lot and at least 2 who got late game time and ton of ST time. Have some great young and new signing CBs.

[KIX]

I wonder if Vigen avoided the portal to get his coaching staff aligned first? As a poster suggested on another thread, might be hard to recruit players without an OC, and an OL coach too I might add. Waiting until the spring portal may be his angle as he knows what he has in place now for players returning and recruited. Let those guys get their goals in place and rolling and then bring in some transfers in a couple of months.

There is no timeline for signing players out of the portal, just timelines for entering the portal. Really the big piece would be getting someone enrolled in time for spring classes if you wanted them to be part of spring ball. Other than that, there really isn’t a rush and you want to make sure you are bringing in the right pieces for the team.

Yes, that's right and I should have mentioned that aspect. Classes starts Tuesday, I think? But as another poster mentioned on the other thread, perhaps leaving things in place and not bringing anyone in now may be by design, to give the current players and recruits confidence their spot is secure for now and see how things shake out moving forward. I expect the Cats will pick up a few transfers, but Vigen does not live and die in the portal, as other coaches (Bobby) do, and that's a good thing. Developing players is a real strength for MSU and truly a better approach rather than picking up one year guys.

Many position groups getting decimated by the portal. Cats need serious help in the defensive backfield, at LB and WR. Portal help is needed.

What LBs left in portal? Bullock but he didn't play. 1 WR, 2CB. have 2 LB back that played a lot and at least 2 who got late game time and ton of ST time. Have some great young and new signing CBs.

You feel confident with our current LB skill level/rotation minus McCade? DBs..lost 1 to graduation and 3 to portal - position group has been decimated. Alexander no big loss but Ty will be missed. Have to consider graduated losses, too.

[KIX]

I wonder if Vigen avoided the portal to get his coaching staff aligned first? As a poster suggested on another thread, might be hard to recruit players without an OC, and an OL coach too I might add. Waiting until the spring portal may be his angle as he knows what he has in place now for players returning and recruited. Let those guys get their goals in place and rolling and then bring in some transfers in a couple of months.

There is no timeline for signing players out of the portal, just timelines for entering the portal. Really the big piece would be getting someone enrolled in time for spring classes if you wanted them to be part of spring ball. Other than that, there really isn’t a rush and you want to make sure you are bringing in the right pieces for the team.

Yes, that's right and I should have mentioned that aspect. Classes starts Tuesday, I think? But as another poster mentioned on the other thread, perhaps leaving things in place and not bringing anyone in now may be by design, to give the current players and recruits confidence their spot is secure for now and see how things shake out moving forward. I expect the Cats will pick up a few transfers, but Vigen does not live and die in the portal, as other coaches (Bobby) do, and that's a good thing. Developing players is a real strength for MSU and truly a better approach rather than picking up one year guys.

Many position groups getting decimated by the portal. Cats need serious help in the defensive backfield, at LB and WR. Portal help is needed.

What LBs left in portal? Bullock but he didn't play. 1 WR, 2CB. have 2 LB back that played a lot and at least 2 who got late game time and ton of ST time. Have some great young and new signing CBs.

You feel confident with our current LB skill level/rotation minus McCade? DBs..lost 1 to graduation and 3 to portal - position group has been decimated. Alexander no big loss but Ty will be missed. Have to consider graduated losses, too.

[BelligerentBobcat]

I wonder if Vigen avoided the portal to get his coaching staff aligned first? As a poster suggested on another thread, might be hard to recruit players without an OC, and an OL coach too I might add. Waiting until the spring portal may be his angle as he knows what he has in place now for players returning and recruited. Let those guys get their goals in place and rolling and then bring in some transfers in a couple of months.

There is no timeline for signing players out of the portal, just timelines for entering the portal. Really the big piece would be getting someone enrolled in time for spring classes if you wanted them to be part of spring ball. Other than that, there really isn’t a rush and you want to make sure you are bringing in the right pieces for the team.

Yes, that's right and I should have mentioned that aspect. Classes starts Tuesday, I think? But as another poster mentioned on the other thread, perhaps leaving things in place and not bringing anyone in now may be by design, to give the current players and recruits confidence their spot is secure for now and see how things shake out moving forward. I expect the Cats will pick up a few transfers, but Vigen does not live and die in the portal, as other coaches (Bobby) do, and that's a good thing. Developing players is a real strength for MSU and truly a better approach rather than picking up one year guys.

Many position groups getting decimated by the portal. Cats need serious help in the defensive backfield, at LB and WR. Portal help is needed.

What LBs left in portal? Bullock but he didn't play. 1 WR, 2CB. have 2 LB back that played a lot and at least 2 who got late game time and ton of ST time. Have some great young and new signing CBs.

You feel confident with our current LB skill level/rotation minus McCade? DBs..lost 1 to graduation and 3 to portal - position group has been decimated. Alexander no big loss but Ty will be missed. Have to consider graduated losses, too.

I think the LB room is very strong.

[4KornerKat]

I wonder if Vigen avoided the portal to get his coaching staff aligned first? As a poster suggested on another thread, might be hard to recruit players without an OC, and an OL coach too I might add. Waiting until the spring portal may be his angle as he knows what he has in place now for players returning and recruited. Let those guys get their goals in place and rolling and then bring in some transfers in a couple of months.

There is no timeline for signing players out of the portal, just timelines for entering the portal. Really the big piece would be getting someone enrolled in time for spring classes if you wanted them to be part of spring ball. Other than that, there really isn’t a rush and you want to make sure you are bringing in the right pieces for the team.

Yes, that's right and I should have mentioned that aspect. Classes starts Tuesday, I think? But as another poster mentioned on the other thread, perhaps leaving things in place and not bringing anyone in now may be by design, to give the current players and recruits confidence their spot is secure for now and see how things shake out moving forward. I expect the Cats will pick up a few transfers, but Vigen does not live and die in the portal, as other coaches (Bobby) do, and that's a good thing. Developing players is a real strength for MSU and truly a better approach rather than picking up one year guys.

Many position groups getting decimated by the portal. Cats need serious help in the defensive backfield, at LB and WR. Portal help is needed.

What LBs left in portal? Bullock but he didn't play. 1 WR, 2CB. have 2 LB back that played a lot and at least 2 who got late game time and ton of ST time. Have some great young and new signing CBs.

You feel confident with our current LB skill level/rotation minus McCade? DBs..lost 1 to graduation and 3 to portal - position group has been decimated. Alexander no big loss but Ty will be missed. Have to consider graduated losses, too.

I think the LB room is very strong.

This, and probably more than anyone else on the coaching staff I trust Bobby Daly to recognize what he has and decide whether or not he needs reinforcements.

[tetoncat]

I wonder if Vigen avoided the portal to get his coaching staff aligned first? As a poster suggested on another thread, might be hard to recruit players without an OC, and an OL coach too I might add. Waiting until the spring portal may be his angle as he knows what he has in place now for players returning and recruited. Let those guys get their goals in place and rolling and then bring in some transfers in a couple of months.

There is no timeline for signing players out of the portal, just timelines for entering the portal. Really the big piece would be getting someone enrolled in time for spring classes if you wanted them to be part of spring ball. Other than that, there really isn’t a rush and you want to make sure you are bringing in the right pieces for the team.

Yes, that's right and I should have mentioned that aspect. Classes starts Tuesday, I think? But as another poster mentioned on the other thread, perhaps leaving things in place and not bringing anyone in now may be by design, to give the current players and recruits confidence their spot is secure for now and see how things shake out moving forward. I expect the Cats will pick up a few transfers, but Vigen does not live and die in the portal, as other coaches (Bobby) do, and that's a good thing. Developing players is a real strength for MSU and truly a better approach rather than picking up one year guys.

Many position groups getting decimated by the portal. Cats need serious help in the defensive backfield, at LB and WR. Portal help is needed.

What LBs left in portal? Bullock but he didn't play. 1 WR, 2CB. have 2 LB back that played a lot and at least 2 who got late game time and ton of ST time. Have some great young and new signing CBs.

You feel confident with our current LB skill level/rotation minus McCade? DBs..lost 1 to graduation and 3 to portal - position group has been decimated. Alexander no big loss but Ty will be missed. Have to consider graduated losses, too.

Your post didn't reference graduation losses, just that portal gutted those 3 positions.

[tetoncat]

I wonder if Vigen avoided the portal to get his coaching staff aligned first? As a poster suggested on another thread, might be hard to recruit players without an OC, and an OL coach too I might add. Waiting until the spring portal may be his angle as he knows what he has in place now for players returning and recruited. Let those guys get their goals in place and rolling and then bring in some transfers in a couple of months.

There is no timeline for signing players out of the portal, just timelines for entering the portal. Really the big piece would be getting someone enrolled in time for spring classes if you wanted them to be part of spring ball. Other than that, there really isn’t a rush and you want to make sure you are bringing in the right pieces for the team.

Yes, that's right and I should have mentioned that aspect. Classes starts Tuesday, I think? But as another poster mentioned on the other thread, perhaps leaving things in place and not bringing anyone in now may be by design, to give the current players and recruits confidence their spot is secure for now and see how things shake out moving forward. I expect the Cats will pick up a few transfers, but Vigen does not live and die in the portal, as other coaches (Bobby) do, and that's a good thing. Developing players is a real strength for MSU and truly a better approach rather than picking up one year guys.

Many position groups getting decimated by the portal. Cats need serious help in the defensive backfield, at LB and WR. Portal help is needed.

What LBs left in portal? Bullock but he didn't play. 1 WR, 2CB. have 2 LB back that played a lot and at least 2 who got late game time and ton of ST time. Have some great young and new signing CBs.

You feel confident with our current LB skill level/rotation minus McCade? DBs..lost 1 to graduation and 3 to portal - position group has been decimated. Alexander no big loss but Ty will be missed. Have to consider graduated losses, too.

We brought in Bullock and didn't really have an impact in 2 years. So believe development of young guys is good.

[PapaG]

Was snooping around. Funny that Sluka still is in portal purgatory.

Not suggesting him at all… Will be interesting if someone takes that chance, really dug his own grave

I’d take him and wouldn’t think twice about it.

I knew you would.

I would too. We already know he’s a winner at the FCS level.

[Bobcat4Ever]

That would be a bummer. Although, playing injured the last two years, it’s surprising if he can get it any better than here.

How much of the transferring out is not based on $$ at all, but the "Tommy Effect" as in, he's leaving and there's a big question mark as to who will replace him? He was such a phenomenal leader that so many looked up to and wanted to play with/for. With losing him, along with coaches Walker and Johnson, potentially, is there uncertainty among the team?

We'll never know but I don't think it's worth reading too much into it. These players are human beings and there are a wide variety of reasons why each one might choose to stay or leave. Due to the Covid year a lot of these guys are also graduating while they still have athletic eligibility remaining, which might factor in as well from an academic perspective.

That is weird because I physically talked to his dad hours before the game, at the tailgate, and he said he is coming back. His dad also told me he was looking forward to going to Oregon to watch them. His dad said Julius loves the bobcat fans and said even though there is less than at Wisconsin, the bobcat fan base is much more dedicated and passionate. Those words came directly from his dad. Maybe after the game things changed big time.

Julius is not going anywhere. He wants to stay. No reason to believe anything GoCats18 ever says.

I’m beyond excited he is staying. The conversation this person had was with his Dad the day after the game. I am sure emotions played a large part in the conversation. This is why I didn’t say that he was 100% in the portal, but that he most likely could be making a decision to leave. To me, this makes Scottre leaving not as hurtful as it seems. Davis, Jones, Coon and a couple of the others means we don’t have much to worry about back there.

If Davis is healthy we're better at rb next year than this year.

If Davis is healthy, we will be really good at RB.
But I think a lot of us are underselling just how good of a RB Scottre actually is. I don't think we are necessarily "better" without our best RB.

Late season:
Humphrey ran 11-35-1 vs USD and 11-26-1 Vs NDSU and 7-30-0 vs UCD. 29-91-2

Davis 13-91-1 vs UCD and 7-39-0 Vs UM
20-130-1

I’d advise you to take a senior who isn’t looking at the portal.

Why use stats from when Humphrey wasn’t healthy?

If Vigen sees fit to start him, he’s considered healthy.

[Bobcat4Ever]

Gronowski signed with Iowa but is having surgery.
https://athlonsports.com/college/inside ... -practice-

This is just too funny, or ironic, or crazy.

Gronowski was the Jackrabbit QB on Sept. 3 2022 when Iowa blew out SDSU 7-3. No touchdowns in the game. Iowa FG, SDSU FG, IOWA SAFETY, IOWA SAFETY. My Iowa relatives really couldn’t believe what happened. They also knew that we had beaten SDSU in the playoffs the previous December. They did however, gain a lot of respect for FCS football.

But it’s just hilarious that Iowa, which as of late has had great difficulty scoring enough points, would pick up a quarterback they beat and who only got a field goal against them! They are usually very good defensively, and it’s a great fit for Gronowski, being from Illinois. If he recovers well from his surgery he’s got a good chance of making some noise there.

[WalkOn79]

Per my source, Davis is most likely entering the portal.

That would be a bummer. Although, playing injured the last two years, it’s surprising if he can get it any better than here.

How much of the transferring out is not based on $$ at all, but the "Tommy Effect" as in, he's leaving and there's a big question mark as to who will replace him? He was such a phenomenal leader that so many looked up to and wanted to play with/for. With losing him, along with coaches Walker and Johnson, potentially, is there uncertainty among the team?

We'll never know but I don't think it's worth reading too much into it. These players are human beings and there are a wide variety of reasons why each one might choose to stay or leave. Due to the Covid year a lot of these guys are also graduating while they still have athletic eligibility remaining, which might factor in as well from an academic perspective.

That is weird because I physically talked to his dad hours before the game, at the tailgate, and he said he is coming back. His dad also told me he was looking forward to going to Oregon to watch them. His dad said Julius loves the bobcat fans and said even though there is less than at Wisconsin, the bobcat fan base is much more dedicated and passionate. Those words came directly from his dad. Maybe after the game things changed big time.

Julius is not going anywhere. He wants to stay. No reason to believe anything GoCats18 ever says.

Yep

[84CatGrad]

Looking around at other opponents this year and I see where Bison didn't have one departure in the portal! They gained some more great talent transferring in. They will be a handful next year with all key players returning except QB. Their depth was deep in areas of people leaving per graduation.

NDSU has been more than a handful for 20 years. That will never change.

[wbtfg]

I was just thinking. NFL should require players to announce all their college stop for the starting lineup video intros.

[91catAlum]

Was snooping around. Funny that Sluka still is in portal purgatory.

Not suggesting him at all… Will be interesting if someone takes that chance, really dug his own grave

I’d take him and wouldn’t think twice about it.

I knew you would.

I would too. We already know he’s a winner at the FCS level.

I don't know. I think he's sort of a poor man's Tommy Mellott. He doesn't throw it great, good runner for sure but not as good as Mellott.
I think we can do better. I'd rather have RJ Martinez if we can get him. Lets get the passing game going again.

[KIX]

I wonder if Vigen avoided the portal to get his coaching staff aligned first? As a poster suggested on another thread, might be hard to recruit players without an OC, and an OL coach too I might add. Waiting until the spring portal may be his angle as he knows what he has in place now for players returning and recruited. Let those guys get their goals in place and rolling and then bring in some transfers in a couple of months.

There is no timeline for signing players out of the portal, just timelines for entering the portal. Really the big piece would be getting someone enrolled in time for spring classes if you wanted them to be part of spring ball. Other than that, there really isn’t a rush and you want to make sure you are bringing in the right pieces for the team.

Yes, that's right and I should have mentioned that aspect. Classes starts Tuesday, I think? But as another poster mentioned on the other thread, perhaps leaving things in place and not bringing anyone in now may be by design, to give the current players and recruits confidence their spot is secure for now and see how things shake out moving forward. I expect the Cats will pick up a few transfers, but Vigen does not live and die in the portal, as other coaches (Bobby) do, and that's a good thing. Developing players is a real strength for MSU and truly a better approach rather than picking up one year guys.

Many position groups getting decimated by the portal. Cats need serious help in the defensive backfield, at LB and WR. Portal help is needed.

What LBs left in portal? Bullock but he didn't play. 1 WR, 2CB. have 2 LB back that played a lot and at least 2 who got late game time and ton of ST time. Have some great young and new signing CBs.

You feel confident with our current LB skill level/rotation minus McCade? DBs..lost 1 to graduation and 3 to portal - position group has been decimated. Alexander no big loss but Ty will be missed. Have to consider graduated losses, too.

Your post didn't reference graduation losses, just that portal gutted those 3 positions.

OK, Portal + Graduation. Loosing alot.

[BelligerentBobcat]

Was snooping around. Funny that Sluka still is in portal purgatory.

Not suggesting him at all… Will be interesting if someone takes that chance, really dug his own grave

I’d take him and wouldn’t think twice about it.

I knew you would.

I would too. We already know he’s a winner at the FCS level.

I don't know. I think he's sort of a poor man's Tommy Mellott. He doesn't throw it great, good runner for sure but not as good as Mellott.
I think we can do better. I'd rather have RJ Martinez if we can get him. Lets get the passing game going again.

Okay. I think you’re underrating him, but a poor man’s Tommy is still a really good player.

Watch his 2022 game against SDSU. He’s a baller, and he’s durable.

[91catAlum]

Was snooping around. Funny that Sluka still is in portal purgatory.

Not suggesting him at all… Will be interesting if someone takes that chance, really dug his own grave

I’d take him and wouldn’t think twice about it.

I knew you would.

I would too. We already know he’s a winner at the FCS level.

I don't know. I think he's sort of a poor man's Tommy Mellott. He doesn't throw it great, good runner for sure but not as good as Mellott.
I think we can do better. I'd rather have RJ Martinez if we can get him. Lets get the passing game going again.

Okay. I think you’re underrating him, but a poor man’s Tommy is still a really good player.

Watch his 2022 game against SDSU. He’s a baller, and he’s durable.

That's the 1 full game I did watch him, been a while. I know he's good, and if I'm being honest, yes I'd take him. But I don't think our passing game would get any better and that's what I'm hoping to see happen.

[BelligerentBobcat]

Was snooping around. Funny that Sluka still is in portal purgatory.

Not suggesting him at all… Will be interesting if someone takes that chance, really dug his own grave

I’d take him and wouldn’t think twice about it.

I knew you would.

I would too. We already know he’s a winner at the FCS level.

I don't know. I think he's sort of a poor man's Tommy Mellott. He doesn't throw it great, good runner for sure but not as good as Mellott.
I think we can do better. I'd rather have RJ Martinez if we can get him. Lets get the passing game going again.

Okay. I think you’re underrating him, but a poor man’s Tommy is still a really good player.

Watch his 2022 game against SDSU. He’s a baller, and he’s durable.

That's the 1 full game I did watch him, been a while. I know he's good, and if I'm being honest, yes I'd take him. But I don't think our passing game would get any better and that's what I'm hoping to see happen.

Very fair. As much as he improved, and as much as I love Tommy, I do think an improved passing game unlocks a lot of the offense. If we could keep teams from stacking the box…