ESPN top 50 portal players

[blueduck313]

Only two players in the top 50 transferred to a private school. Private schools appear to not be able to compete with the behemoth state school money.
Should we just play club football or continue to hope for 8 or maybe 9 win seasons with no hope of a conference or national playoff spot

 

[froginmn]

Step away from the ledge.

With all that negativity you're going to give Blue Duck a bad name!

 

[NewFrogFan]

I’d say from watching this TP deal for a couple of years, those that “rank” the players, get it way wrong more than they get it right. Who had heard of Mendoza before last year? Chambliss? Then again Brian Kelly told us at LSU he had the best roster ever assembled at LSU, that comment should have been “cause” to fire him and save 54 mill.

 

[TopFrog]

Plus some QB who was national top 45 recruit several years ago is now at his fifth school -- Weber State.

Find good talent and have good coaches. A little money helps.

 

[Frognosticator]

Only two players in the top 50 transferred to a private school. Private schools appear to not be able to compete with the behemoth state school money.
Should we just play club football or continue to hope for 8 or maybe 9 win seasons with no hope of a conference or national playoff spot

Maybe we should just stop sports altogether. I mean, we can’t ever compete. We’ve never been to any decent bowls or played in the National championship or anything. We suck.

 

[An-Cap Frog]

Only two players in the top 50 transferred to a private school. Private schools appear to not be able to compete with the behemoth state school money.
Should we just play club football or continue to hope for 8 or maybe 9 win seasons with no hope of a conference or national playoff spot

If only there was a private institution in the championship game...

 

[Wexahu]

I’d say from watching this TP deal for a couple of years, those that “rank” the players, get it way wrong more than they get it right. Who had heard of Mendoza before last year? Chambliss? Then again Brian Kelly told us at LSU he had the best roster ever assembled at LSU, that comment should have been “cause” to fire him and save 54 mill.

I don’t know how many had heard of Mendoza before this year but he was considered the 4th best QB in the portal. For a reference point, Hoover is 11th this year.

 

[An-Cap Frog]

I’d say from watching this TP deal for a couple of years, those that “rank” the players, get it way wrong more than they get it right. Who had heard of Mendoza before last year? Chambliss? Then again Brian Kelly told us at LSU he had the best roster ever assembled at LSU, that comment should have been “cause” to fire him and save 54 mill.

Speaking of rankings, here are some QB rankings from the 2022 class.

40 Noah Fifita
42 Josh Hoover
61 Rocco Becht
64 Jayden Maiava
75 Byrum Brown
101 Brendan Sorsby
124 John Mateer
132 Kevin Jennings
135 Fernando Mendoza

 

[hometown frog]

Or maybe some of those portal rankings are slanted towards big state U fans to sell more subscriptions and aren’t really reflective of actual skill or ability to improve any one team.

as bad as hs class rankings were, I think portal rankings are much much worse right now.

 

[BrewingFrog]

Or maybe some of those portal rankings are slanted towards big state U fans to sell more subscriptions and aren’t really reflective of actual skill or ability to improve any one team.

as bad as hs class rankings were, I think portal rankings are much much worse right now.

This.

Those "rankings" are just as dumb and wrong as their High School Recruiting "rankings" and for the same reason: They're trying to sell clicks to t-shirt fan degenerates who lap that crap up.

 

[SW toad]

I’d say from watching this TP deal for a couple of years, those that “rank” the players, get it way wrong more than they get it right. Who had heard of Mendoza before last year? Chambliss? Then again Brian Kelly told us at LSU he had the best roster ever assembled at LSU, that comment should have been “cause” to fire him and save 54 mill.

You are spot on. I knew about Mendoza and that he was pressured more than 94% of CFB QBs ( sound familiar??) I did not know about Chambliss. I certainly recognized about the '23, '24 tamper portal hauls by LSU failing.

 

[NewFrogFan]

Or maybe some of those portal rankings are slanted towards big state U fans to sell more subscriptions and aren’t really reflective of actual skill or ability to improve any one team.

as bad as hs class rankings were, I think portal rankings are much much worse right now.

It seems every time someone shows up in TP with some “ranking”, it is just an advertising campaign to start the players ultimate contract. I wanna see money taken away for not being as good as everyone has been told!

 

[OFrog]

Only two players in the top 50 transferred to a private school. Private schools appear to not be able to compete with the behemoth state school money.
Should we just play club football or continue to hope for 8 or maybe 9 win seasons with no hope of a conference or national playoff spot

Private schools have always faced unique challenges when trying to remain consistently competitive at the highest level of college football, and yes college football's current form highlights those challenges (especially for smaller private schools).

However, your data is wrong and the actual numbers don't support the idea that private schools can't compete.

Ranking the best players in the college football transfer portal

The transfer portal closed Jan. 16. Here's your guide to the best players on the move this offseason.

www.espn.com

Of the top 50 in the portal:
- All 50 transferred to major conference schools (ACC, Big12, BigTen, SEC, Notre Dame)
- 8 transferred to private schools (3 to Miami, 2 to USC, 1 to Baylor, 1 to Vandy, 1 to Notre Dame).

So 16% transferred to private schools, while private schools account for only 13 of the 68 schools in the major conferences (19%). Seems like what occurred is about what should be expected.

 

[Palliative Care]

Money talks and people walk. But did those schools guaranteed to have the best talent? Of course not. Players have to develop, not get hurt or in trouble and fit in to the system. The portal is full of did nots. The crazy thing about this is you can be paying all you can and still end up like Colorado.