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Nil has had a bad effect on the program. Jay and Lubrano have been worse.
No that would be the BOT and administration which threw Paterno and the football program under the bus to cover their you know whats
The twitterverse is saying Mizzou. I guess Wiltfong CB to Mizzou according to tweets
Georgia absolutely still develops guys--not once have they done what you're saying here.
He took the money. Hard to blame him. I'll predict he won't spend his full four years there.
He took the money and what appears to be fun, productive offense that Eli runs. Makes sense.
Will probably get a lot of playing time early. And that’s huge for kids these days.
I agree. but if I were playing QB, that wouldn't be my motivation. Four of the top QB picks in the NFL draft were xfers and 3 played for five years. (Daniels, Nix and Penix). Williams and Maye only played for three.
agreed. but it is about ticket sales. If you pick a kid early, fans get excited and want to see him. Also, like in Green Bay, if you pick a kid early and sit him, it is really tough on the starter. But I agree, the team puts a lot of pressure on the kid at a critical time in his career when he needs to gain confidence and get used to the NFL game (which is substantially different than college).
I'm in agreement here. Ordinarily I don't like losing out on kids we want, but in this case I don't think it's the end of the world.
We can probably say that about most of the top recruits going forward. Just a different game today
Better he go there than Georgia, ‘bama or any perennial power. I like seeing more parity and other teams move up. And far less likely we face in any future playoffs.
Actually in an odd way, Nil might end up helping us out more than hurting us. It looks like what's beginning to happen is instead of all the portal and high school talent ending up with the 2 teams that always beat us, and the other 3 or 4 that always out rank us, it's starting to level out to the highest bidder, and all sorts of second level programs are getting who they want selectively by ponying up the money for those particular kids.
Actually like the portal better. Those big powerhouses stock up on a ton of top players that never get to start. The portal allows them to move to other schools for a second chance. This leaves the big shots with less depth if they have injury problems. Coupled with guys leaving after three and leads to a lot of continuity- busting shuffling around.
Agree it's not the end of the world but we're certainly not dominating the state this year. I wonder if Mizzou was able to make a bigger NIL commitment.
There's no guarantee Beau or Grunk ever start...nor should there be.
Of course not. He's just a very good HS QB..... who knows how he'll perform against CF competition
And yet they'll still finish behind Bama, UGA, LSU, Texas, OU and, if they get their act together, Florida in the SEC in almost every season, if not a few other schools like maybe Ole Miss and TA&M.
So they shouldn't try? What's your point? It's the equivalent of saying players shouldn't come here because we can't beat Michigan or Ohio State and adding the Pac XII teams might push us further down. Who says Mizzou isn't going to improve and contend? They looked good last year.
I’m not saying that they shouldn’t try, and actually hope that they can compete with the big boys on a consistent basis. In the SEC. However, based on that program’s track record, even when they played in the Big 12, they have periods of good football and followed by several mediocre at best for seasons Did you see their recent records before 2023; they were totally mediocre? My bet is that they’ll consistently finish in the middle tier of the SEC. They’re the SEC equivalent of K- State in the Big 12.
Pinkel had some success then Odom was a disaster. Drinkwitz basically had to start from the bottom when he took over. If they keep him, which will be tough, maybe they have a shot. But, regardless, if I was a young QB I'd want to play for him and he's using their NIL money wisely. Good luck to them. Teams like Missouri, Michigan State, Kansas State, TCU, etc are all decent mid-majors with the right coach. No one is expecting them to be Georgia but Texas, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Florida, LSU, A&M, etc aren't exactly consistent either.
