Any Portal News Yet

[AFCAT]

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.

They somehow have much more cash to pay players than MSU, which is a big part of it. They've been paying FCOA for at least 6 years, probably longer but I remember Choate bringing that up after one of the playoff losses in his term.

Well, according to the article I post here just recently Cats spend more money on their football program than Bison do. Total spending of entire football program.

Winning does help to sustain players for top teams. One of the biggest reasons why players stay also.

Yeah, I want to see the breakdown on that spending. What are they counting? Obviously, that doesn’t include NIL. MSU doesn’t pay FCOA.

[CodyCat]

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.

They somehow have much more cash to pay players than MSU, which is a big part of it. They've been paying FCOA for at least 6 years, probably longer but I remember Choate bringing that up after one of the playoff losses in his term.

Well, according to the article I post here just recently Cats spend more money on their football program than Bison do. Total spending of entire football program.

Winning does help to sustain players for top teams. One of the biggest reasons why players stay also.

MSU isn’t paying any of the NIL money.

[SparkCat]

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

[VimSince03]

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

[AFCAT]

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

[SparkCat]

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

[91catAlum]

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.

They somehow have much more cash to pay players than MSU, which is a big part of it. They've been paying FCOA for at least 6 years, probably longer but I remember Choate bringing that up after one of the playoff losses in his term.

Well, according to the article I post here just recently Cats spend more money on their football program than Bison do. Total spending of entire football program.

Winning does help to sustain players for top teams. One of the biggest reasons why players stay also.

Perhaps now they do. But that hasn't been the case for very long. Like I said, I know they were paying Full cost of attendance years before the Cats were.

[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.

[CodyCat]

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

Why? He was told he’d get $200k. Got $2,000. Id do the exact same thing.

[AFCAT]

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.

[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’m a sucker for good QB’s.

[gtapp]

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.

The griz have signed 17 out of the portal not that Bobby has been successful with the portal. So with that and NDSU strengthening their team through the portal why has MSU sat on the sidelines? Is the portal picked over at this point?

[nanacat]

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.

[mslacatfan]

Have the cats even offered any portal guys yet? (That are known)

[Hawks86]

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.

The griz have signed 17 out of the portal not that Bobby has been successful with the portal. So with that and NDSU strengthening their team through the portal why has MSU sat on the sidelines? Is the portal picked over at this point?

I see 1 portal signing for the bison.

[AFCAT]

Have the cats even offered any portal guys yet? (That are known)

Known offers are on the first page of the 2025 recruiting thread.

[snarf]

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.

[nanacat]

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.

[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.

[St George]

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.