Class of '26 Verbal Commits and Offers/Discussion

[roopride]

Any updates on QB rumors?

[72 Roo]

10 hours ago, ZippyDoo said:

Boswell hitting the portal...

I hate to lose this young man, but I am not as concerned as others. I question whether he had the speed to play today's LB position.

 

We are losing players and it is saddening. Still we aren't alone. Toledo is headed for a major rebuild. Recently I touched base with an operations staff member formerly at UT. Candle asked him to join him at UConn. The pay raise was nearly double. Anyway he told me Candle has taken 22 UT players with him. Obviously Candle would not take any player that couldn't help, so these 22 were scholarship players who were expected to start or get significant PT at UT. Candle is following the plan that Cignetti executed at IU: take the best players, who you know, and build around them. Despite all this I expect UT to be good. They have a great MAC brand in football.

[LZIp]

Saw a few players tweet about wanting/possibly expecting this guy.

 

[LZIp]

 

[Zippy87]

 

[ZippyDoo]

McManus entered the portal today.  I was hoping to have one more year but wish him lots of luck.  I think he has a very bright future ahead of him.

[blueandgold]

32 minutes ago, ZippyDoo said:

McManus entered the portal today.  I was hoping to have one more year but wish him lots of luck.  I think he has a very bright future ahead of him.

He was going to be our best OL.

[ZippyDoo]

he had a lot of offers coming out of college. the players really liked him and from what i heard he was a hard worker.  I think schools were scared because of his height but i was impressed and i thought he did very well and stepped up to the challenge for the most part.  

[LZIp]

1 hour ago, ZippyDoo said:

McManus entered the portal today.  I was hoping to have one more year but wish him lots of luck.  I think he has a very bright future ahead of him.

Damn. Do you know if Lyons has another year of eligibility? Thought I saw a photo of him working out recently 

[zippy5]

 

 

 

[NWAkron]

We Have a Quarterback, Folks!!!!   Very exciting!!!  Big news!

[NWAkron]

On 1/14/2026 at 4:07 PM, roopride said:

Any updates on QB rumors?

yes.  Poffenbarger.

[LZIp]

We love former Albany QBs

[Zips1991]

3 minutes ago, LZIp said:

We love former Albany QBs

Yes, and Poffenbarger had better stats at Albany than Undercuffler did during his time there. So that's a good sign if nothing else.

[AkronAlumnus]

1 hour ago, zippy5 said:

 

 

 

Did he have any other offers?  I can't find anything

[Captain Kangaroo]

5th school in 6 years

[roopride]

Finally!!

[NWAkron]

9 minutes ago, Captain Kangaroo said:

5th school in 6 years

right.  but he got caught behind a couple amazing guys at Miami and North Texas.  For now, this seems like an excellent pick up by Joe and Schuster.

[Let'sGoZips94]

1 hour ago, LZIp said:

We love former Albany QBs

 

Yeah there was a lot of hype about the mystery QB and this falls very flat with me. Hard to get excited for a shorter Undercuffler who hasn't seen legit action since 2023. 

Edited 2 hours ago by Let'sGoZips94

[LZIp]

3 minutes ago, Let'sGoZips94 said:

 

Yeah there was a lot of hype about the mystery QB and this falls very flat with me. Hard to get excited for a shorter Undercuffler. 

Ehh he lit it up at FCS level for multiple years, enough to warrant going to Miami. From there he was behind the #1 overall NFL draft pick, then at North Texas he was behind one of if not the most coveted QB of this year’s portal class. I think its a pretty good get considering circumstances.

[NWAkron]

10 minutes ago, Let'sGoZips94 said:

 

Yeah there was a lot of hype about the mystery QB and this falls very flat with me. Hard to get excited for a shorter Undercuffler who hasn't seen legit action since 2023. 

What hype?  There may have been one tweet from whoever the ^%$# "Zipped Up" is.  Is there another QB in the portal who you wanted?

[kreed5120]

I'm not thrilled or disappointed by the signing. He could be good, but couldn't display it as he was burried behind 2 great collegiate QBs. It's also possible that he isn't cut out for FBS football.

 

Not really much tape to go off of. One would think he would have seen the field more in mop up duty, but looking at it Miami and North Texas pretty much played their starting QBs for nearly every snap.

Edited 1 hour ago by kreed5120

[MDZip]

5 hours ago, zippy5 said:

 

 

 

Dang it - got really excited initially when I saw North Texas quarterback transfer. 🤣