2025-2026 Transfer Portal

[F'n Hawks]

31 minutes ago, F'n Hawks said:

Another thing. No reason Jerry should have more than 10 carries in a game. There should be some scrambles, some where he pulls to keep the defense honest, maybe a couple of designed runs. It should never get to the point where he is continuously getting beat up.

To add to this, as someone on here had previously mentioned, the games where he had lots of rushing attempts were games we lost.

- 13 attempts against USD (this is when the season turned for him and his play declined) Schedule got much better so that factors in too

- 17 attempts against NDSU

- 14 attempts against SDSU

The season is long and grueling already, putting this much on him at the end certainly didn’t help.

[Sioux94]

23 minutes ago, F'n Hawks said:

To add to this, as someone on here had previously mentioned, the games where he had lots of rushing attempts were games we lost.

- 13 attempts against USD (this is when the season turned for him and his play declined) Schedule got much better so that factors in too

- 17 attempts against NDSU

- 14 attempts against SDSU

The season is long and grueling already, putting this much on him at the end certainly didn’t help.

Didn't realize he had that many attempts in those games, that is a lot! Seems like if the defense is tough and shuts down our RB's then it forces more QB runs. OL needs to get better and better WR's so cant stack the box.  5-8 attempts a game on average seems like a decent number. Run QB enough to keep them honest, and when you need it. 

[RhettRingers]

Any news on JTJ entering the portal?

[108498]

I keep wondering. Isn't it bad to have alot transfer out after getting a new head coach and assistant coaches?  Wouldn't that kill any momentium the team built through the season. 

[zonadub]

2 hours ago, F'n Hawks said:

To add to this, as someone on here had previously mentioned, the games where he had lots of rushing attempts were games we lost.

- 13 attempts against USD (this is when the season turned for him and his play declined) Schedule got much better so that factors in too

- 17 attempts against NDSU

- 14 attempts against SDSU

The season is long and grueling already, putting this much on him at the end certainly didn’t help.

The QB should not be the leading rusher

[UNDBIZ]

19 minutes ago, 108498 said:

I keep wondering. Isn't it bad to have alot transfer out after getting a new head coach and assistant coaches?  Wouldn't that kill any momentium the team built through the season. 

If they were impact players, yes, but that's not been the case with most of the players so far.  Most of these guys will either drop down a division or retire from football, which happened quietly before the transfer portal.

[forksandspoons]

24 minutes ago, 108498 said:

I keep wondering. Isn't it bad to have alot transfer out after getting a new head coach and assistant coaches?  Wouldn't that kill any momentium the team built through the season. 

No, they’re freeing up spots to bring more of their own guys in after a year of evaluating. 

[F'n Hawks]

23 minutes ago, 108498 said:

I keep wondering. Isn't it bad to have alot transfer out after getting a new head coach and assistant coaches?  Wouldn't that kill any momentium the team built through the season. 

Not necessarily. The people transferring out were not recruited by the current staff. There will always be impact players transferring away at the FCS level, but some of it is good for roster construction/makeup especially entering year 2 and trying to overhaul a roster to fit the type of players you want.

[108498]

How many years should a coach have to consider it his players and his team?

[petey23]

3 hours ago, F'n Hawks said:

Another thing. No reason Jerry should have more than 10 carries in a game. There should be some scrambles, some where he pulls to keep the defense honest, maybe a couple of designed runs. It should never get to the point where he is continuously getting beat up.

You don't think our go to play the second half of the season where Jerry would fake it to Sawyer and then follow him through a non existent hole should be a staple of our offense next season?

[F'n Hawks]

3 minutes ago, petey23 said:

You don't think our go to play the second half of the season where Jerry would fake it to Sawyer and then follow him through a non existent hole should be a staple of our offense next season?

We should continue to run that on every 3rd and 4th and short and have it not work in critical situations!

[UNDBIZ]

12 minutes ago, 108498 said:

How many years should a coach have to consider it his players and his team?

They're his players and his team in year 1.  

[Big Green]

1 hour ago, 108498 said:

How many years should a coach have to consider it his players and his team?

I think after year 1.  In year 1 you need to make due with a lot of the guys previously on the team.  After that you can recruit HS players and portal players and have honest conversations with the current players about there future.  To much is going on in the first year to get exactly who you want in to program.

 

[shep]

1 hour ago, petey23 said:

You don't think our go to play the second half of the season where Jerry would fake it to Sawyer and then follow him through a non existent hole should be a staple of our offense next season?

This is a read by the QB. It's an RPO. Why he would fake to the RB then follow him in the non-existent hole is beyond comprehension

[petey23]

13 minutes ago, shep said:

This is a read by the QB. It's an RPO. Why he would fake to the RB then follow him in the non-existent hole is beyond comprehension

I get that, but it rarely worked so quit calling it. I would hope they work with Kaminski to get him comfortable under center...use a fullback and/or an extra tight end and take advantage of our offensive line....was so frustrating to watch down the stretch.

[F'n Hawks]

31 minutes ago, shep said:

This is a read by the QB. It's an RPO. Why he would fake to the RB then follow him in the non-existent hole is beyond comprehension

Are you saying he made the incorrect read time and time again? Because typically you would either hand it off or throw it. Occasionally you might follow after realizing the throw isn’t there. 

[shep]

3 hours ago, F'n Hawks said:

Are you saying he made the incorrect read time and time again? Because typically you would either hand it off or throw it. Occasionally you might follow after realizing the throw isn’t there. 

Yes. Too often he made bad read