ZippyDoo

Boswell hitting the portal...

Durham DID NOT enter the portal. He announced that he was entering, but he never officially signed or withdrew. You can come up with your own reasoning, but he is still on the team and NOT in the portal.

Dewalt posted about going into the draft. At the Bowling Green game he said it was his last college game ever also.

JUCO played at the WORLD FAMOUS Laney college featured on Netflix Last Chance U....

That is my understanding also no more entries after the 16th unless your team is a playoff team still playing then there is limited time once your teams season has ended. Once the player is in the portal prior to the 16th they can commit at any time, I just didn't know how the enrollment process worked. Does a player have to withdraw from a school to enter the portal? Dall is a red shirt sophomore in the portal now. Is no longer an Akron student? So if he doesn't commit before say Virginia starts their spring semester where does he go? This is all new to me and confusing. Durham committed last year during that open portal and was a student by the spring semester like many others but things were different then.

72 Roo I do have to agree with you that being known for winning would be great, but if spun correctly and added with look at where this player ended up at after being with the zips after one or two seasons maybe we could get in some higher quality talent for a season or two and it could benefit both parties. We win more games and the players go on to make money at a bigger program... I am impressed with a team in the MAC going 5-7 we have a player at Texas Tech, a player offered by Oklahoma but decided on Iowa State, a player still deciding on possibly SEC schools, and another at Pitt, not to mention where Dall and Durham end up... That can still be spun for recruiting...

i'm really curious and maybe someone can provide some insight... the portal closes the 16th, Akron semester starts Monday the 12th, so what happens if a sophomore or junior isn't committed by Monday or let's the 19th? Does that mean they aren't committing/enrolling until after the spring semester? They can't commit and not be enrolled right? which would mean they can't enroll after a certain point into the second semester correct? which would mean they have i'm guessing until the 18th at best a week after classes start or wait until after the spring semester?

adam trick, the stud edge rusher from miami, oh signed with texas tech also...

witherspoon is gone too leaves connor as only tight end on roster. i'm sure some will come in. Kavals was spending time there last four games of the season and is 6'6. Played qb in high school and basketball very athletic maybe they are switching him?

Ham you see what is happening at the "bigger" D1 schools? Iowa State was left with 16 players on their roster ! That is insane... JMU went to the playoffs, lost their head coach, and then lost their entire starting offense to the portal and graduation. Cincinnati qb just got 5 million to go be Texas Tech qb for one year. That is more than Shadeur Sanders rookie contract, I am no Shadeur Sanders fan mind you, but that is crazy... College football until controlled is going to be like MLB free agency without a salary cap. The players will get while they can get and get what they can get. If a kid doesn't think they are going to make it to the NFL better get paid now... When Finn left for Toledo, Weiner (Toledo QB Coach) told me personally that he was receiving 400k to go Baylor and that he had to do what was best for his family. He played 3 games threw 23 passes and rushed the ball 21 times. He made $133,33.33 a game! I'd say that was a pretty good investment if he doesn't make it to the NFL. The money being thrown at these players is mindboggling. It won't last forever... Something will have to give either some type of cap, some type of super conference, or something else but even the smaller P-4 schools can't compete. Backup offensive linemen at Pitt get 100k and they are the backups... A lot of these athletes are making the decision of do I want the money or do I want to play football knowing they may never get on the field and be just a back up?

Good point LZip. I never claimed to be the brightest. I assumed he decommitted before the offer from Akron came but you could be right. He had decent numbers. I'm willing to give anyone a chance.

interesting a month ago he was committed to new hampshire ... i wonder what persuaded him to choose the zips?

I believe the 4k is just the Division 1 athletes and does not include Division 2 and 3 athletes. The one report I saw this morning said there is an unprecedented 4,500 Division 1 players as of today with the portal closing on the 16th and an estimated 3800-4000 Division 2 and 3 combined but there is not an exact number known as of now. The report estimates that only 30% percent will improve there current status or "find a better home"...

I am curious, this POODAH fella is represented by an agent according to his twitter. What if any NIL could the Zips possibly have to offer him? Considering the current roster makes $91.00 a month I don't expect it could be very much and just about every player that could enter the portal did except Gant...

No he played D2 for the California Vulcans before the Zips.

laventure committed to texas tech!!! that's pretty big news for a D2 player to go to Zips to the number 4 team the country great for him ...

Messiah King committed to Iowa State i'm happy for him...

Bruno on a visit to Virginia this weekend...

laventure posting that he is at Texas Tech... i could see ACC, but he is definitely a baller i wish nothing but the best for that young man. What an incredible story for him that would be..: D2 California to Akron to ... Texas Tech if that happened would just be incredible... Whatever happens for him I wish him the best

Personally, I would not. I'm petty like that. I met the kid very nice kid i wish him nothing but blessings and success but he chose the road he wanted to take and that was to chase the dollar signs. First to Bowlong Green, remember. He couldn't get out fast enough, no fault to him... i just would not take him make nor do i think there is any way he would want to come back after being at purdue. sometimes you have to live by your decisions. Had he stayed he may have gotten more money and more experience and went somewhere to play consequences to your decisions. not all about chasing the fast cash

Marcus Moore Jr hit the portal again. I guess his two assisted tackles wasn't worth the money he got at Purdue... Probably didn't see himself climbing the depth chart anytime soon... My guess is he will end up back in the MAC...

bivens is definitely a walk on. i didn't realize u were not listing them. got it.

Hey Cat, you forgot Omari Bivens for D line; he will be redshirt freshman...

I for one would be thrilled if the Zips are in a bowl game next year, regardless of where or who the competition is I will be excited....

Just looking at Cat's list above there's 18 from defense alone that either graduate or have already hit the portal, six on the line out of twenty (thats interior and edges combined) I'm sure Bruno is next. No way Bruno stays. Akron cannot have the money to pay him to stay and he has worked to hard to pass up the money. With Laventure, Madden, and K. Murphy leaving, Zips are losing three of the four interior linemen with any experience. Hull obviously has the most and hopefully they give Mixon the chance to cut loose. Because of the lack of concern to get depth on the line next year Durham and Hull are the only ones returning with experience. Mixon will be returning with 170 snaps, he and Hull are the only two with snaps at all. Dall and Durham played a combined total of 1327 snaps, the twins played combined 292... Cj Murphy is gone, Kam Cheatom is gone, Brown played 14 snaps and Duncan played 8 that is our returning defensive line. Hopefully the freshmen get the chance in spring to show what they can do. There is a lot of size and potential there. Demery-Brown is bigger than any interior lineman on the team last year or this year and Kavals is the same size as Dall. They have some big shoes to fill but hopefully they can do it and Watkins is the same size as Cheatom. Linebackers, James, Boswell, and Reeves might be ready to go... I hope Tibs stays and works with them..