Transfer Portal

[jbjack]

A lot of the local players on there puzzle me. Saw a post that WSU has $ 3 million of NIL money. That needs to get spread out over the entire roster. And they need a QB - that's going to take 25% of that to get a good one. And a few other skill position players will get a bigger chunk. What does that leave for o-linemen and rotational defensive players ? Maybe $ 25,000 ? Nothing to sneeze at, but what will it cost to get their family members to Pullman to watch their games like they do in Brookings ? It's a 19 hour drive one way. Plane tickets are close to $ 1,000, with a minimum of two connecting flights which means a full day of travel to get there and a full day back. Do that for 6 home games. And a lot of the road games for SDSU were within driving distance. Maybe my math skills aren't that good, but it doesn't seem to pencil out quite so favorably as you might originally think.

WSU social media expects a "number" of SDSU players to commit to WSU this weekend. It's disheartening to see the portal list now include some guys who initially were committed to the "Brotherhood." Reeder and Durrance have already committed. Does that increase the chances Tucker stays home?

Grandma Stoffel said Davin wasn't going anywhere but is now in the portal.

[jbjack]

Mason Leiseth mentioned an announcement tomorrow when he was interviewed on The Nate Brown Show.

It sounds like perhaps this is simply a reboot from last year's aborted collective attempt. Suggestions that there'll be some decent seed money. But at this point, what realistically will we have to spend?

[jbjack]

Jackson needs to double down on SD kids, some rumblings about how Jimmy was going away from that more than Stig.

This is especially true in the portal era, location matters.

I don't think this is accurate. SD is only going to produce so many DI kids. And even those you take are risks. Are we supposed to recruit DWU type guys that are no good so they don't leave?

On thee other hand, I can't think of any SD kids that State has wanted that we've lost to JSD (a couple, Pierre kids in particular to NDSU). And we've missed on some guys. JSD has a pretty solid O-line, 4/5 SD kids. But you can't take everyone.

[jakejc795]

What NIL money?

Mason Leiseth mentioned an announcement tomorrow when he was interviewed on The Nate Brown Show.

[jbjack]

Maybe Angel is entering the portal to leverage Jackson into some NIL money. Smart move on his part if he is.

What NIL money?