Portal SZN

[Dawg83]

Haven’t posted in this thread in a while but looks like so far RB’s are the hot topic of the spring portal.

 

State added a 1,000 yard rusher from Miami (OH) last week and have a 1,000 yard rusher for Oregon State supposed to be in town visiting this weekend. If Lebby were to somehow end up with both guys, State’s RB room goes from major question mark to position of strength.

 

For Ole Miss, looks like they may be headed for a reunion with Henry Parrish.

[maroontide06]

Khalid is in the portal.  I get it, but man.  I guess State must have a log jam at linebacker or something.

[maroontide06]

On 1/5/2024 at 3:58 PM, NoWammies said:

Based off high school supporters on X from his high school it’s unfortunately not. Tv announcers better start thinking of a nickname. His parents need a talking to. 

It's apparently pronounced Ka-nay-guh.  You must've gotten through to the powers at be because the article with the correct pronunciation was published 5 days later on January 10th.

[Dawg83]

State is apparently in the mix for Jaden Rashada, which fascinates me. This is the QB that had the very public falling out with Florida because they signed off on an NIL contract they couldn’t afford. So he ends up at Arizona State and is now in the portal again.

 

The kid’s talent and upside is enormous so I get Lebby chasing him even with Shapen on campus, but there’s no guarantee you’d have Rashada for more than a year. He could easily have a good 2024 at State and then be the starting QB at Georgia or Alabama in 2025. But I guess just about any player is kinda like that in this era…

[coastfootballfanman]

11 minutes ago, Dawg83 said:

State is apparently in the mix for Jaden Rashada, which fascinates me. This is the QB that had the very public falling out with Florida because they signed off on an NIL contract they couldn’t afford. So he ends up at Arizona State and is now in the portal again.

 

The kid’s talent and upside is enormous so I get Lebby chasing him even with Shapen on campus, but there’s no guarantee you’d have Rashada for more than a year. He could easily have a good 2024 at State and then be the starting QB at Georgia or Alabama in 2025. But I guess just about any player is kinda like that in this era…

if Rashada does come to Starkville, does that signal Parson hitting the portal?

[Dawg83]

32 minutes ago, coastfootballfanman said:

if Rashada does come to Starkville, does that signal Parson hitting the portal?

It very well could. Listening to Cole Cubelic review State’s spring game yesterday, he very clearly was not sold on Parson as a legit number two QB yet. Makes me wonder if the coaches may think that too.

[Bulldogs4]

Parson seems like a guy who could flourish in Lebby’s system. Kind of hard to judge off a spring game. I would suspect that the practices themselves would be the better gauge of his ability. We will see though. Hopefully he can be a solid #2 QB. 
 

I keep thinking back to Moorhead bringing in a QB transfer that was supposedly talented who completely tanked. And we had a QB (Keytaon Thompson) who was maybe a bit less talented but had the confidence of the team and who would have won a few games that year that we lost. 

[Dawg83]

19 minutes ago, Bulldogs4 said:

Parson seems like a guy who could flourish in Lebby’s system. Kind of hard to judge off a spring game. I would suspect that the practices themselves would be the better gauge of his ability. We will see though. Hopefully he can be a solid #2 QB. 
 

I keep thinking back to Moorhead bringing in a QB transfer that was supposedly talented who completely tanked. And we had a QB (Keytaon Thompson) who was maybe a bit less talented but had the confidence of the team and who would have won a few games that year that we lost. 

Tommy Stevens? I thought he was pretty decent but problem was he was made of glass and couldn’t stay on the field.

 

I don’t know if Rashada ends up at State or not, I think if he’s ok being with a backup for a year (still a very young QB) he probably goes to Georgia. But I think the risk of a transfer dividing the locker room is lesser on a team that already has so many transfers. I mean there’s legit chance that 10 of 11 offensive starters in Week 1 for State are transfers. Of the group that started with the first team in the spring game, I think Albert Reese was the only non-transfer on that side of the ball.

 

Regarding Parson, he did make some good throws in the spring game, I think the concern is him holding on to the ball a while and not making quick decisions. He benefited from being in a no contact jersey and very limited pass rushing on Saturday. Shapen definitely looked more comfortable in the decision making part of things.

Edited April 24, 2024 by Dawg83

[Insideradvantage]

Don’t believe Rashada will be at State. 

Edited April 25, 2024 by Insideradvantage

[maroontide06]

11 minutes ago, Insideradvantage said:

Don’t believe Rashada will be at State. 

Yes me neither.  Somebody like that is probably looking for a bigger pond.

[pancho]

he looking for a much bigger sack of ca$h is all. 

[Bulldogs4]

How long before we see a player spout off that his deal is not as good as the player behind him on the bench and then goes on strike to get what  be believes he deserves?  Or what is the word?

He opts out of a regular season game or two. Can’t call it quitting because we gotta be nice. 
 

Or just leaves his team in the middle of the season to go play for another team the very next week. Seems far fetched but I don’t see anything that would prevent it at the current time. 

[Insideradvantage]

With complete transparency as an OM fan the portal is playing in our favor right now, but it’s a messed up affair. Ain’t no doubt about it. 

[Bulldogs4]

Definitely good for Ole Miss right now and as the saying goes “strike while the iron is hot” is certainly appropriate for Ole Miss in the present day. 

[Dawg83]

12 hours ago, maroontide06 said:

Yes me neither.  Somebody like that is probably looking for a bigger pond.

He committed to Georgia today.

[Former Coach]

17 hours ago, Bulldogs4 said:

Or just leaves his team in the middle of the season to go play for another team the very next week. Seems far fetched but I don’t see anything that would prevent it at the current time. 

That wouldn't work because the cut off for enrollment at new school would be passed.

[maroontide06]

1 hour ago, Former Coach said:

That wouldn't work because the cut off for enrollment at new school would be passed.

If there's not a workaround for that, they'd probably come up with one.  Why wouldn't they?

[Former Coach]

Usually schools have a cut off for admissions after around 2 weeks. I wouldn't think you could let students enroll and start class mid semester. JMO.?

[Bulldogs4]

I was being facetious there but it speaks to the ridiculous nature of this in the current day. 
 

 

[hasbeen67]

They'll probably come up with a work-around by allowing admission during the semester for online classes.

[Insideradvantage]

Ain’t this the guy State had and then left for Deion? Sorry. 
 

https://247sports.com/player/rashad-amos-46082331/

[pancho]

yes

[Dawg83]

On 5/18/2024 at 4:51 PM, Insideradvantage said:

Ain’t this the guy State had and then left for Deion? Sorry. 
 

https://247sports.com/player/rashad-amos-46082331/

He seems like someone who doesn’t know what they want. Like my wife trying to pick a restaurant for dinner. Lol

[pancho]

he momma want ca$h

[rebmus]

On 5/19/2024 at 8:27 PM, pancho said:

he momma want ca$h

Not just momma, but there's nothing really different now than before... other than now it's perfectly fine to pay recruits while everyone did it before but had to try to hide it. 

 

Well, there is one big difference, recruits are making much more now that nobody has to hide it... and good for the recruits.