Seth53
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How about Oswald Cobblepott
Let the portal madness begin
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AreWeThereYet
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AreWeThereYet
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I was sold on him as soon as I heard the name. Now I have unreasonable expectations he needs to live up to. If he's not like Harry Potter with a magic foot, I'm going to be disappointed.
HawkeyeHypnosis
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Iowa Football: Hawkeyes land North Dakota Defensive Tackle Emmanuel Olagbaju
Kirk Ferentz has never been more active in the NCAA Transfer Portal than this year and it's paying off. On Friday afternoon, North Dakota defensive tackle Emmanuel Olagbaju committed to Kelvin Bell's defensive line.
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Iowa Football: SMU Wide Receiver Lance Beeghley commits to Hawkeyes
Kirk Ferentz and his staff have focused on several positions throughout the transfer portal cycle. On Friday, they landed SMU receiver Lance Beeghley as a preferred walk-on. The 6-foot-2 195-pounder did not see action in his two seasons at SMU.
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NorthKCHawk
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So, we ended up with 13 portal transfers in to 8 that left. And, we still need a punter.
Only two losses mattered. Entringer and the punter. Dakin is replaceable. Entringer hurts.
Of the incoming guys, I see one of the new safeties starting. Phillips will push for serious reps at RB. Diaz will be in the mix for one of the three starting WR positions. There will probably be one other surprise in the group that sees the field. The rest look like projects, but who knows.
We certainly seem to have gotten more out of the portal than we lost.
Only two losses mattered. Entringer and the punter. Dakin is replaceable. Entringer hurts.
Of the incoming guys, I see one of the new safeties starting. Phillips will push for serious reps at RB. Diaz will be in the mix for one of the three starting WR positions. There will probably be one other surprise in the group that sees the field. The rest look like projects, but who knows.
We certainly seem to have gotten more out of the portal than we lost.
kameltoez102
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We have the punter that signed from Simpson. All American D3 with 2 years eligibility was in the top 65 punters in the class of 2024
NorthKCHawk
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I read that Iowa is hosting a safety from OSU that was a high end star kid that was stuck in a log jam at OSU. This would be a very different get.
Help me understand the portal timing wise. Its now closed accept for the two teams that played in the nattie. Meaning, kids can no longer enter the portal. But, for kids who have not landed anywhere, they can keep looking and schools can keep recruiting them. Right?
Its like a weird game of musical chairs. Feel bad for the kids that don't land somewhere. They probably have to start looking down a level or two.
Help me understand the portal timing wise. Its now closed accept for the two teams that played in the nattie. Meaning, kids can no longer enter the portal. But, for kids who have not landed anywhere, they can keep looking and schools can keep recruiting them. Right?
Its like a weird game of musical chairs. Feel bad for the kids that don't land somewhere. They probably have to start looking down a level or two.
Zstatman
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I also read that this kid was offered by Iowa out of high school, a Jesuit (I think) school in Cleveland. He just had his true freshman year and didn't play a down. So, Phil Parker would have prior knowledge of this kids. If we offered, we must have liked him.
I would like clarification of your statement as well. It seems to me that even though the portal is closed, student-athletes can still transfer, just not thru the portal. Maybe it's just that they quit their team and look elsewhere and don't go thru the official portal process where your name gets listed for all to see.
NorthKCHawk
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To my understanding, they have this two week window to ask their current school to enter their name in the portal. Only after that occurs, can other schools officially contact them and recruit them. I think once your name is in the portal it is in the portal. These kids are free to drop out of school and matriculate somewhere else at any point. The portal just allows legal tampering with kids enrolled at another school. It seems like the point is to somewhat bring this process out in the open. If you want to leave your current school, let everyone know so everyone can plan accordingly.
HawkeyeHypnosis
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Former Ohio State Safety Cody Haddad Transferring to Iowa
Former Ohio State safety Cody Haddad is transferring to Iowa, becoming the seventh member of the 2025 Buckeyes to transfer to another Big Ten school for 2026.
SCHawkeye2
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Why don’t college football programs develop quarterbacks anymore?
"This era just forces you to constantly win, which removes the ability to have growing pains with a young quarterback," a P4 coach said.
www.nytimes.com
Summary: Why Developing College Football Quarterbacks Is Dying
1) Winning now has replaced long-term QB development.Coaches feel intense pressure from fans and administrators to win immediately, so they rarely have patience to develop young quarterbacks. Many prefer experienced transfers over unproven recruits because their jobs depend on short-term results.
2) Transfer quarterbacks now dominate top programs.
A majority of College Football Playoff teams started transfer QBs, and as many as 45 of 68 Power 4 schools could start a transfer in 2026. Developmental quarterbacks are becoming rare at elite programs.
3) Top recruits are transferring at unprecedented rates.
Among 32 elite QB recruits from the 2024 class, 23 have already transferred, and nine have transferred multiple times. Many elite 2025 recruits transferred after just one season. Constant movement hurts development because players keep learning new systems and rarely get consistent game reps.
4) Players are impatient and often chase starting jobs or money.
Highly ranked quarterbacks expect early playing time and NIL money. When expectations aren’t met, they transfer—sometimes to schools where they still won’t start. This creates instability and stalled development.
5) Starting at smaller programs may be smarter.
The article argues some quarterbacks benefit from starting at mid-tier schools where they can play immediately, build a résumé, and then transfer upward. Example: Colton Joseph developed at Old Dominion, then transferred to Wisconsin after proving himself.
6) NIL money complicates roster management.
Paying blue-chip QBs to sit on the bench is expensive and risky, so schools may cut ties quickly and move on to the next portal option instead of developing recruits.
7) College football is becoming a “one-year lease” model.
The overall theme is that modern college football prioritizes immediate results over long-term development, making quarterback recruiting and roster building more transactional and unstable.
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NorthKCHawk
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I listened to an interview on Eisen's show and the guy basically said that the portal window is an illusion. Technically, you are supposed to declare within the window, but what is your current school going to do if you don't and just leave? You withdraw from your current school and register at a new school and start playing football right away and neve bother with the whole portal thing. Is the NCAA really going to challenge your eligibility to play because the kid did not declare his intentions formally through the portal? Form over substance. Kids can leave anytime they want to and right now, they are immediately eligible where ever they go.
Also, with agents, there is basically year round tampering. "Hey, if your boy wants to transfer to OSU, we could get him a million bucks." How does the NCAA stop those conversations?
This is truly and utterly a free for all with no enforceable rules.
Also, with agents, there is basically year round tampering. "Hey, if your boy wants to transfer to OSU, we could get him a million bucks." How does the NCAA stop those conversations?
This is truly and utterly a free for all with no enforceable rules.
HuckFinn
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Barf.Why don’t college football programs develop quarterbacks anymore?
"This era just forces you to constantly win, which removes the ability to have growing pains with a young quarterback," a P4 coach said.
Summary: Why Developing College Football Quarterbacks Is Dying
1) Winning now has replaced long-term QB development.
Coaches feel intense pressure from fans and administrators to win immediately, so they rarely have patience to develop young quarterbacks. Many prefer experienced transfers over unproven recruits because their jobs depend on short-term results.
2) Transfer quarterbacks now dominate top programs.
A majority of College Football Playoff teams started transfer QBs, and as many as 45 of 68 Power 4 schools could start a transfer in 2026. Developmental quarterbacks are becoming rare at elite programs.
3) Top recruits are transferring at unprecedented rates.
Among 32 elite QB recruits from the 2024 class, 23 have already transferred, and nine have transferred multiple times. Many elite 2025 recruits transferred after just one season. Constant movement hurts development because players keep learning new systems and rarely get consistent game reps.
4) Players are impatient and often chase starting jobs or money.
Highly ranked quarterbacks expect early playing time and NIL money. When expectations aren’t met, they transfer—sometimes to schools where they still won’t start. This creates instability and stalled development.
5) Starting at smaller programs may be smarter.
The article argues some quarterbacks benefit from starting at mid-tier schools where they can play immediately, build a résumé, and then transfer upward. Example: Colton Joseph developed at Old Dominion, then transferred to Wisconsin after proving himself.
6) NIL money complicates roster management.
Paying blue-chip QBs to sit on the bench is expensive and risky, so schools may cut ties quickly and move on to the next portal option instead of developing recruits.
7) College football is becoming a “one-year lease” model.
The overall theme is that modern college football prioritizes immediate results over long-term development, making quarterback recruiting and roster building more transactional and unstable.
SCHawkeye2
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Dabo Swinney learns hard lesson: If you ain't cheatin', you ain't tryin'
By exposing Ole Miss for alleged tampering, Dabo Swinney gives clear, unobstructed view of Clemson's fall from national elite.
www.usatoday.com
Fryowa
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I'll say this...Dabo Swinney learns hard lesson: If you ain't cheatin', you ain't tryin'
By exposing Ole Miss for alleged tampering, Dabo Swinney gives clear, unobstructed view of Clemson's fall from national elite.
I liked Dabo Swinney.
But if Dabo Swinney expects anyone in the Milky Way galaxy to believe Clemson got to where it once was among the Alabamas, Georgias, LSUs, and Ohio States of the world by doing things 100% above board, then I have some oceanfront property in Arizona that I'll sell you reeaaallll cheap.
Dabo is pissed off at the new system and going nuclear because he can't handle a level playing field. This level playing field may be a cess pool of dirty money and back room deals, and not what any of us wants to see, but it's level. It's up to you as a program to find the money and play by the rules (or lack thereof) that are laid out. Nick Saban didn't get out because he was sick of it, he got out because he knew he didn't have a cheating advantage anymore. Dabo should've followed suit because he's completely destroyed any credibility he did have. The hypocrisy here is off the charts. You can't even see the chart from where he's at.
This whole temper tantrum by Swinney is nothing more than a 6 year old flopping around crying on a Walmart toy aisle floor because mom won't buy him the G.I. Joe he thinks he deserves.
Eff Dabo.
NorthKCHawk
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I am with you Fry. All of these old school coaches are super pissed because they used to have the best bagmen to buy and steal players. What, Saban and Dabo and Smart were just coaching savants that never broke the rules, but just "coached them up" better than the rest of the country? Nope. As soon as everyone started paying players, guys like Bill Self were exposed as coaches that didn't do so well without 3 McDonalds High School All-Americans.
While some have questioned the meteoric rise of Coach Cig (including me), this sort of proves the point. When he was at James Madison, no one was paying players large sums of money under the table at that level. It was almost all coaching, not money. He won, seemingly, because he was a better coach. Same is true of Coach McCollum. He was just the best coach at that level. Now that the money playing field has been evened a bit at the highest level, cheaters have been exposed and truly great coaches have risen to the top.
While some have questioned the meteoric rise of Coach Cig (including me), this sort of proves the point. When he was at James Madison, no one was paying players large sums of money under the table at that level. It was almost all coaching, not money. He won, seemingly, because he was a better coach. Same is true of Coach McCollum. He was just the best coach at that level. Now that the money playing field has been evened a bit at the highest level, cheaters have been exposed and truly great coaches have risen to the top.
NorthKCHawk
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This is also goes to show you how this already great product needs to be refined with guard rails. Why is the NFL by leaps and bounds the most popular sport in America? Its not just the onfield product. Its parity. Every team has the same constraints and so a well-run Green Bay team can thump a Dallas program run by an aging showman with poor football acumen. Every team can turn things around quickly with a good owner, GM, and Coach. Thus, fans are always engaged.
Indiana was a great story, but left unchecked, we will quickly return to a system where a chosen few blue bloods will purchase the right to compete for a Nattie. The lack of rules and parity is why MLB totally sucks.
Indiana was a great story, but left unchecked, we will quickly return to a system where a chosen few blue bloods will purchase the right to compete for a Nattie. The lack of rules and parity is why MLB totally sucks.
trj
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Blue bloods can no longer stockpile talent. Bama can’t be 5 deep at every position anymore. College football desperately needs oversight from someone or something, but the portal/NIL has spread the talent out.
NorthKCHawk
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The free transfer change, which I hated at first, has probably been the biggest change in terms of dispersing talent. It used to be that a 4-star kid would get bought or sold into going to Bama, and would sit on the bench for two years. He would then have to decide, do I transfer and for sure sit another year, or stick it out and hope I get my shot? Those kids aren't staying anymore. Most high end kids are not going to stay for more than a year unless they are going to see the field the next season. We just benefitted from this by picking up the safety from OSU.
kameltoez102
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The transfer has changed but there are two rules I would love to have changed. 1) There needs to be a limit on how many times a kid can transfer. Is that 1 or 2 I don't know but you are not teaching these kids anything by just allowing them to move all over. 2) The disqualification after a targeting call needs to be revisited. Maybe if they get two in a game or something very egregious but one subjective call to punish a kid on a bang bang play is really dumb.
