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[jakejc795]

Angel to WSU, Pete Nakos on3 tweet

247 has an article about that too. Noting that Angel lacks pass blocking experience, so backs already on roster may be used on passing downs.

[jakejc795]

Interesting Q&A with WSU AD, particularly these exchanges (my read of this is that Jimmy could be overleveraging FB's funding pool if they offer several out of state scholarships)...

COUGFANcom: You touched on this but will Washington State football end up at 79 scholies, or at 85, somewhere between 85 and the new 105 limit, and are there also going to be some partial scholies: What's the fully-funded number for this year's fiscal budget that's currently being worked on?

Honestly, because we're going to more of a pool approach versus number of scholarships until we know how many in-state, how many out-of-state, what type of academic or other aid they'll get, what type of revenue sharing we're going to do vs. outright scholarships … That's a hard question to answer right now.

I think what we're really leaning in on is providing football more money than they've ever had for scholarships. Now how that ends up at the end of the day, how they choose to break it out relative to number of scholarships, that is yet to be seen, But it's not because the financial investment isn't there, and not because it isn't increasing. It's more a product of how they'll choose as a sport, and a coaching staff, to really allocate those resources.

COUGFANcom: The Cougar Collective and others have written the regents asking that the Cougar Athletics budget be restored to the $85 million level of the previous fiscal year. Is that realistic? And is it even realistic to stay at the current $74 million level without additional cuts even there?

I think, as you know, we've been pretty public about how the $74 million definitely is challenging to put forth a high-level Division I athletic program and to really not cut back on the student services and to continue to invest in staffing and everything that's a priority.

We feel like the mid-80s range, that $85 million, is absolutely where we need to be as an athletic program going forward. We feel like short-term, we're doing well in the lower amount while we let some dust settle, so to speak.

But I think that it's an important crossroads for Washington State University as a whole right now to really determine what do they want from their athletic program and how does that look funding-wise. And that's everything -- evaluating things we can generate and do as a department -- but also really what the university could or should be investing in athletics as part of the overall strategic -- and support the overall strategic -- mission. And I think that's the important kind of cross-section for me: I don't feel like it should be athletics vs. academics or other areas of the program.

Overall, it's Washington State University as a whole and really making some strategic decisions of what the priorities are and then what can help best support that. We feel we can help support increasing enrollment and increasing retention and student experience (and) all of those sorts of things that make Washington State University a phenomenal place. But at the end of the day, students are coming here for tremendous academic experiences, too.

Finding a way to really make some long term, strategic decisions on all of that and then how the dust settles on the finances is really important. I think $85 million is an important place for us to land.

All of our new Pac-12 members are only growing their budgets right now and need to … they've found money right now with joining the Pac-12 relative to the conference distribution anticipated to be higher than they currently have. So, we need to do our part and find additional revenue streams as well.

[peavy]

Angel to WSU, Pete Nakos on3 tweet

[YanktonJack7]

Wilde to Northwestern. Didn't see that coming. Have to think that the chance Gronowski ending up in Evanston increases as well, assuming NW finds a NIL bag.

Griffin gets some money I guess but is in a worse situation team wise. Yes they are Big Ten but have been irrelevant for years. Good luck to him.

[jakejc795]

Oh sorry, I was referring to your 247 Access on the pay forums. Here's the vorhees thread. Owen Eshelman thread

They're basing much of that thread on Vorhees apparently changing Instagram bio to "WSU FB," but that's almost one day old.

The Eshelman thread devolves into them lambasting Dickert for doing to them what some feel Jimmy is doing to Jacks, although they do indicate their collective is following Eshelman

[bigticket1]

it has gotten hard to keep track of everyone but i did not remember hearing about Baker leaving. still seems a lot of talent in the TE room- Gannon, Alpers, Delahoyed, Lieferman and i feel like i am probably forgetting more than one

beyond TE, there still are a lot of players who seem to be staying (or i did not hear differently) who were very highly regarded as recruits. the two safeties from the 2024 class, Ridley and Stanard, and Dontay Johnson before them were all highly regarded

i feel like we could do the same at other positions. what about Nick Wells?

makes sense the LB from the state of washington would follow Jimmy. the Florida kids on the other hand, that feels like a riskier proposition. seems clear Francl is gone. ironic that he might only be at SDSU in the first place because of the work started by DJ

Stanard and Dontae Johnson are on the JI staying list. Ridley is in the portal and I believe is on the WSU visit list.

[peavy]

I'm hoping you mean Jake Steffen, because I'm definitely not an insider. I've just been following the 247 WSU and JI postings mostly.

I lack the Twitter access y'all have, unless someone includes the direct Twitter link

Oh sorry, I was referring to your 247 Access on the pay forums. Here's the vorhees thread. Owen Eshelman thread

[LetsGoRabbits]

Wow, that's quite a list. Stoffel has measurables but like any SDSU tight end over the last however many years, was underutilized. There can't be a ton of film - maybe run blocking? - on any of our TEs.

Is the assumption that F TE Beau Baker, our big TE get from Kentucky, is going to Pullman?

it has gotten hard to keep track of everyone but i did not remember hearing about Baker leaving. still seems a lot of talent in the TE room- Gannon, Alpers, Delahoyed, Lieferman and i feel like i am probably forgetting more than one

beyond TE, there still are a lot of players who seem to be staying (or i did not hear differently) who were very highly regarded as recruits. the two safeties from the 2024 class, Ridley and Stanard, and Dontay Johnson before them were all highly regarded

i feel like we could do the same at other positions. what about Nick Wells?

makes sense the LB from the state of washington would follow Jimmy. the Florida kids on the other hand, that feels like a riskier proposition. seems clear Francl is gone. ironic that he might only be at SDSU in the first place because of the work started by DJ

[jakejc795]

First sentence - Huh?

Second - does it matter? I would assume when players are being recruited, the recruitment isn't just the player but player's family as well.

There was dialogue between Kyle @ splitten hares and someone purporting to be Tucker's mom, initiated by Tucker's mom, this early today. Tucker's mom was very appreciative of Kyle's commentary on considerations for players and indicated that a lot of what Kyle has been preaching are things that she, as a player's mother, hadn't considered and helps her understand what might be going through Tucker's head. She also said that she never thought that they'd be going through this (read: Tucker would not have considered leaving had the coaching staff not left - hopefully he can appreciate the dichotomy in loyalty).

First, that was my attempt at humor, which I think peavy perceived. If not, peavy, I didn't mean to imply you had any malintent.

If she followed Jackson first, it would suggest to me that the family might have interest in returning that would precede contact/social media actions made/taken by Jackson.

Kyle Sheehan certainly seems to appreciate the complexities and considerations regarding loyatly and context.

[jbjack]

Wilde to Northwestern. Didn't see that coming. Have to think that the chance Gronowski ending up in Evanston increases as well, assuming NW finds a NIL bag.

[jakejc795]

Our resident WSU insider, jake, may be able to better answer that question with his sources. I haven't checked today but yesterday they gave Vorhees his own thread.

I'm hoping you mean Jake Steffen, because I'm definitely not an insider. I've just been following the 247 WSU and JI postings mostly.

I lack the Twitter access y'all have, unless someone includes the direct Twitter link

[jbjack]

Now in portal Kent State QB Tommy Ulatowski (kent state page) just followed Dan Jackson. 2 years eligibility.

Not sure what to make of Tak Tateoka. Does it seem likely he goes to Washington State as a QB from the Pioneer League?

Tak hasn't said what he's doing. I think he still shows commitment to SDSU on his Twitter page but he duly noted Jimmy's departure tweet. It was always an interesting pickup. Was the old staff expecting a departure? John Bell will be done after the 25 season. Chase too although I think one of the SDSU media types indicated he could probably get another year due to medical. Are the young guys showing little promise?

[jbjack]

it is difficult to understand why all 3 RBs would think about leaving, even more difficult if all 3 end up in pullman. it makes more sense the defensive guys going with a defense oriented HC and a DC who have produced historically excellent defense

the offense was not nearly the same last year and it is not like any of the RB was set up as the next great RB, so why follow those coaches? it was always obvious that we would hire someone who would maintain our foundational values and that means a commitment to running the ball at a school that has produced multiple noteworthy RBs

There's not a lot of depth or experience returning to Pullman. But there's only one ball, even in a run heavy offense. Who knows what Fruend runs for an offense but if it's like SDSU football over the last x years, RB1 and RB2 get lots of carries. RB 3 gets carries in garbage time. One of these guys is RB 3 in Pullman.

[peavy]

Wow, that's quite a list. Stoffel has measurables but like any SDSU tight end over the last however many years, was underutilized. There can't be a ton of film - maybe run blocking? - on any of our TEs.

Is the assumption that F TE Beau Baker, our big TE get from Kentucky, is going to Pullman?

Our resident WSU insider, jake, may be able to better answer that question with his sources. I haven't checked today but yesterday they gave Vorhees his own thread.

[jbjack]

Ok, this level of X/Twitter surveillance is risky "yo momma" insult territory. Please tread lightly.

Any chance she followed Jackson first?

First sentence - Huh?

Second - does it matter? I would assume when players are being recruited, the recruitment isn't just the player but player's family as well.

There was dialogue between Kyle @ splitten hares and someone purporting to be Tucker's mom, initiated by Tucker's mom, this early today. Tucker's mom was very appreciative of Kyle's commentary on considerations for players and indicated that a lot of what Kyle has been preaching are things that she, as a player's mother, hadn't considered and helps her understand what might be going through Tucker's head. She also said that she never thought that they'd be going through this (read: Tucker would not have considered leaving had the coaching staff not left - hopefully he can appreciate the dichotomy in loyalty).