GP1 Posted December 10, 2021 Report Share Posted December 10, 2021 The transfer portal is a horrible thing if you believe college football was something it simply wasn't before the transfer portal. NIL is a horrible thing if you believe college football was something it simply wasn't before NIL. The transfer portal started in 2018. Since then, college football has only gotten better. Covid has thrown a wrench into things for a year, but coming out of it, we have had the most exciting year of college football in my lifetime. The competition between teams has been great. Where there is better competition, there is better entertainment. Where there is better entertainment, there is more excitement. There is a new complexity to college football and the transfer portal is contributing to that complexity. I drive a lot and I can't tell you all how much I looked forward to turning on ESPNU from 10-1 every weekday this year to listen to Neuheisel talk about college football. He is so much better on the radio because he is a really smart guy who can expand on issues more than when he is on CBS television. He is awesome at distilling the complexity. How entertained are NIU fans with their Michigan State (?) transfer QB? We can be the next NIU! Embrace the transfer portal. It will be our friend. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clarkwgriswold Posted December 11, 2021 Report Share Posted December 11, 2021 3 hours ago, Captain Kangaroo said: I'm not totally sold on it. The Portal isn't going anywhere, and student athletes now have the same ability to come-and-go as coaches...but I don't think it is good for college football. I would be pulling my hair out as a coach after spending a ton of time wooing a kid, only to have him bolt the program for any of the myriad of reason kids transfer now-a-days. I hate that Senior Day now consists of clapping for a bunch of mercenary grad students that you watched for a year or two. I like that the portal allows a downtrodden program like the Zips to get mature bodies and turn things around quickly. But I don't like that future "stars" bolt early (Mumpfield could have broken Matt Cherry and Jabari's records, and now he's gone). It's a shame a Freshman that doesn't get immediate PT bolts a team like the Zips, where he'd have been a starter as a Junior/Senior, and ends up at Slippery Rock. Hopefully Moorhead and his staff can create a culture where the bulk of kids the kids buy-in to each other, and being a Zip, and don't feel like starting over elsewhere. I think the surprisingly low number of incumbent Zips in the portal today (I expected 20+ by now) speaks to them enjoying the UA experience, and seeing some hope that the new regime will give them a chance to start winning at the place where they've invested so much to-date. Well stated. I miss the days of committed coaches and 4 year players. That being said, this is the current state of college athletics with transient coaches and athletes. As for the portal, I tend to like it when good players come to the team I am rooting for and don't like it when they leave! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Let'sGoZips94 Posted December 11, 2021 Report Share Posted December 11, 2021 (edited) Exactly @GP1. A lot of national/P5 talking heads bash the Transfer Portal, using the same BS talking points. "Kids are running from adversity," is probably the most common one. I think part of the bashing is how much it harms the NCAA's moneymaker - P5s. Edited December 11, 2021 by Let'sGoZips94 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Z.I.P. Posted December 11, 2021 Report Share Posted December 11, 2021 Nice all-around! He'll have a chance to prove himself before the biggest media and opponents. Good luck with @UCFKnights. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
94zipgrad Posted December 11, 2021 Report Share Posted December 11, 2021 5 hours ago, Z.I.P. said: Nice all-around! He'll have a chance to prove himself before the biggest media and opponents. Good luck with @UCFKnights. He didn’t commit, he is just saying thanks for the offer, he has a twitter with about 10 offers already Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Z Posted December 11, 2021 Report Share Posted December 11, 2021 I would imagine it's fun for a kid to get offers, and photoshop yourself in a new uniform, and post for all your friends to see. Professionally, I think he should listen to what coach Moorhead is offering. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GP1 Posted December 11, 2021 Report Share Posted December 11, 2021 11 hours ago, Let'sGoZips94 said: Exactly @GP1. A lot of national/P5 talking heads bash the Transfer Portal, using the same BS talking points. "Kids are running from adversity," is probably the most common one. I think part of the bashing is how much it harms the NCAA's moneymaker - P5s. The organizations it will most harm are the elites at the P5 level. Their control over labor has been deminished. Control is a difficult thing to give up. They can no longer offer a kid a scholarship so another school can't get him and then just sit on him for four years. OSU did this to a kid from my school this year. He is not an OSU player and will be in the portal within two years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Let'sGoZips94 Posted December 11, 2021 Report Share Posted December 11, 2021 1 hour ago, 94zipgrad said: He didn’t commit, he is just saying thanks for the offer, he has a twitter with about 10 offers already What a weird way to word a simple offer. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zipsoutsider Posted December 11, 2021 Report Share Posted December 11, 2021 1 hour ago, Let'sGoZips94 said: What a weird way to word a simple offer. I have seen a lot weird wording for offers this year, tbh. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GJGood Posted December 12, 2021 Report Share Posted December 12, 2021 Watching the FCS quarterfinals and just saw former Zips WR Nate Williams make a big catch for Montana State as they are in position to upset the #1 ranked Sam Houston State Bearkats. I didn’t even recall that was where he ended up Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
94zipgrad Posted December 12, 2021 Report Share Posted December 12, 2021 23 minutes ago, GJGood said: Watching the FCS quarterfinals and just saw former Zips WR Nate Williams make a big catch for Montana State as they are in position to upset the #1 ranked Sam Houston State Bearkats. I didn’t even recall that was where he ended up Nate Stewart? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Z Posted December 12, 2021 Report Share Posted December 12, 2021 6 hours ago, 94zipgrad said: Nate Stewart? Yep, almost had one hundred yards…for the year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zzx Posted December 12, 2021 Report Share Posted December 12, 2021 Zach Gibson has been Crystal Balled to GT Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Let'sGoZips94 Posted December 12, 2021 Report Share Posted December 12, 2021 59 minutes ago, zzx said: Zach Gibson has been Crystal Balled to GT Do they still run the triple option? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GP1 Posted December 12, 2021 Report Share Posted December 12, 2021 1 hour ago, zzx said: Zach Gibson has been Crystal Balled to GT At first I thought this might be a link to something on Pornhub. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zipmeister Posted December 12, 2021 Report Share Posted December 12, 2021 2 hours ago, GP1 said: At first I thought this might be a link to something on Pornhub. I double-checked Pornhub for you. After an extensive multi-hour search, I could not find a video in which Zach appeared. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GP1 Posted December 12, 2021 Report Share Posted December 12, 2021 53 minutes ago, Zipmeister said: I double-checked Pornhub for you. After an extensive multi-hour search, I could not find a video in which Zach appeared. Thank you for your effort and bravery. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Ward Posted December 12, 2021 Author Report Share Posted December 12, 2021 5 hours ago, Let'sGoZips94 said: Do they still run the triple option? Not sure , but if they do where does Gibson fit in ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zippy5 Posted December 12, 2021 Report Share Posted December 12, 2021 They haven't for three years Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
94zipgrad Posted December 12, 2021 Report Share Posted December 12, 2021 (edited) Mathison in Portal, our best 3 players in the portal https://247sports.com/Season/2022-Football/TransferPortal/?institutionkey=24065 Edited December 12, 2021 by 94zipgrad Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZippyRulz Posted December 12, 2021 Report Share Posted December 12, 2021 On 11/29/2021 at 9:15 PM, bigjim said: I looked at the portal this evening after the news of Zach Gibson throwing his hat in the game. Michael Scott also entered the portal on Saturday and Teon Dollard on 11/10/21. I had noticed Gavin Blunt was taken off the roster in the fall, and now I see he entered the portal on 9/30. Also, per the portal, Bryce Peterson has yet to land with a team. What are Dollard's realistic chances of being picked up by someone? Maybe another hard-up G5? Would kinda suck if he ended up playing against us. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LZIp Posted December 12, 2021 Report Share Posted December 12, 2021 41 minutes ago, 94zipgrad said: Mathison in Portal, our best 3 players in the portal https://247sports.com/Season/2022-Football/TransferPortal/?institutionkey=24065 Not good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Ward Posted December 12, 2021 Author Report Share Posted December 12, 2021 14 minutes ago, LZIp said: Not good. And yet we still sitting doing nothing . I don’t care who da heck our coach is. We missing out and if a baller wants to play at UA who da hell he reaching out too. This is crazy ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zipmeister Posted December 12, 2021 Report Share Posted December 12, 2021 1 hour ago, 94zipgrad said: Mathison in Portal, our best 3 players in the portal https://247sports.com/Season/2022-Football/TransferPortal/?institutionkey=24065 And who can blame them for protesting the firing of the best head football coach that the University of Akron has ever had in the last two years. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zipmeister Posted December 12, 2021 Report Share Posted December 12, 2021 51 minutes ago, John Ward said: And yet we still sitting doing nothing . I don’t care who da heck our coach is. We missing out and if a baller wants to play at UA who da hell he reaching out too. This is crazy ! What's crazy is your ongoing rant about something you assume is not happening and in all likelihood are completely wrong about. 2 3 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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