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12-30-2025, 10:13 PM
HoopsDawg

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Originally Posted by CadaverDawg

The last few pages of this thread are EXACTLY why Lane left Ole Miss. Having to budget and strategize just to be talented enough to hope that if you coach great, stay healthy, and catch some breaks, you can have a shot at a playoff, is stressful I'd imagine.

At LSU, it is more like going to Costco and making selections. Not having to worry about the balance in your account, not having to worry about kids being interested....oh, and you get paid more to do it too. Must be nice. Bc at State you have to find a way to eat filet Mignon on a ramen budget....and that's just to make a bowl game. NIL sucks

LSU is probably the easiest job in the country. He would have been a fool to stay at Ole Miss.
12-30-2025, 11:38 PM
Todd4State

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Originally Posted by HoopsDawg

Im good with that. We cant afford to pay a backup 500k. Thats absurd and will keep us at the bottom of the conference.

I bet Ole Miss is glad they got him though. QB's are expensive no matter what
12-30-2025, 11:42 PM
Cowbell

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Originally Posted by HoopsDawg

Im good with that. We cant afford to pay a backup 500k. Thats absurd and will keep us at the bottom of the conference.

Nothing will keep you at the bottom of the conference like not paying fair market value for players. We have a running QB who will certainly get hurt next year at least for a short time. Geez.
12-30-2025, 11:50 PM
HoopsDawg

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Originally Posted by Todd4State

I bet Ole Miss is glad they got him though. QB's are expensive no matter what

Ole Miss had all the pieces in place. They also had an unproven QB in Simmons. It would have been irresponsible to not have a qualified backup. At this time, we are not in their position.
12-30-2025, 11:53 PM
HoopsDawg

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Originally Posted by Cowbell

Nothing will keep you at the bottom of the conference like not paying fair market value for players. We have a running QB who will certainly get hurt next year at least for a short time. Geez.

Sure. Let?s keep doing the same thing and hoping for different results. Also everyone on this board thought Shapen would be out by week 3. No risk, no reward. Give me the 500k LT over the 500k backup.
12-31-2025, 12:49 AM
Brobi-wan

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Originally Posted by HoopsDawg

Ole Miss had all the pieces in place. They also had an unproven QB in Simmons. It would have been irresponsible to not have a qualified backup. At this time, we are not in their position.

If you think we have a proven QB going into 2026…as GOAT would say, I have some ocean front property in AZ. And I’ll throw the golden gate in for free.
12-31-2025, 01:08 AM
HoopsDawg

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Originally Posted by Brobi-wan

If you think we have a proven QB going into 2026?as GOAT would say, I have some ocean front property in AZ. And I?ll throw the golden gate in for free.

Proven or not, hes our guy. Surely you understand that.
12-31-2025, 02:47 AM
Todd4State

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Originally Posted by HoopsDawg

Proven or not, hes our guy. Surely you understand that.

Ole Miss thought Simmons was their guy too. And yes, I do think KT is better and will work out.

But things happen sometimes. If our QB room is KT, McWhorter, and Puckett we are playing with fire.
12-31-2025, 02:49 AM
Todd4State

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Originally Posted by HoopsDawg

Ole Miss had all the pieces in place. They also had an unproven QB in Simmons. It would have been irresponsible to not have a qualified backup. At this time, we are not in their position.

And we won't be if we don't buy what we need. Including depth pieces.
12-31-2025, 07:32 AM
KB21

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Originally Posted by StarkVegasSteve

If we would not have pissed off Byron DeVinner all those years ago, Hopkins would not be an issue. He played ball with us even when we were not always great to him. Hopkins has a vendetta against us and no one can really pinpoint the exact issue. And maybe it is a myriad of stuff but we need to either get him back on our side or send some of DeVinner?s people to get that issue handled.

We had an "in" with DeVinner the past two years, but we fired the coach connected to him.
12-31-2025, 08:54 AM
StarkVegasSteve

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Originally Posted by KB21

We had an "in" with DeVinner the past two years, but we fired the coach connected to him.

We still have plenty of older boosters with connections to DeVinner.

We also still have Greg on staff and he knows DeVinner pretty well.
12-31-2025, 09:23 AM
Homedawg

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Originally Posted by HoopsDawg

Sure. Let?s keep doing the same thing and hoping for different results. Also everyone on this board thought Shapen would be out by week 3. No risk, no reward. Give me the 500k LT over the 500k backup.

There's no such thing as a 500k LT. not one that is any good.
12-31-2025, 09:35 AM
StarkVegasSteve

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Originally Posted by Homedawg

There's no such thing as a 500k LT. not one that is any good.

You can still find a very good LT for 500K. An elite one will probably run you a good bit more. The issue is that we need an ELITE LT. I would expect we'll spend 750K-1 million at that position
12-31-2025, 09:50 AM
Brobi-wan

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Originally Posted by HoopsDawg

Proven or not, hes our guy. Surely you understand that.

Yes, but I also watched Simmons drive on UGA and score when Dart was hurt like he had been playing for years. My point is that you can’t count on the true sophomore and just fly by your seat on the rest of the room. We need a backup that can win a game or two. He might have to.
12-31-2025, 10:25 AM
HoopsDawg

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Originally Posted by Homedawg

There's no such thing as a 500k LT. not one that is any good.

I guess I should have said 500k extra on a LT.
12-31-2025, 11:48 AM
StarkVegasSteve

Pete Nakos reporting that we are on Marquis Johnson from Mizzou. He would probably be your Brenen Thompson replacement. Reportedly has run a 4.29 40.
12-31-2025, 11:56 AM
BigDawg81

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Originally Posted by StarkVegasSteve

Pete Nakos reporting that we are on Marquis Johnson from Mizzou. He would probably be your Brenen Thompson replacement. Reportedly has run a 4.29 40.

3rd leading receiver at Mizzou. Coleman was the leading reciever but pretty much doubled the catches to next WR.
12-31-2025, 12:28 PM
HancockCountyDog

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Originally Posted by StarkVegasSteve

Pete Nakos reporting that we are on Marquis Johnson from Mizzou. He would probably be your Brenen Thompson replacement. Reportedly has run a 4.29 40.

Would be a good fit.
12-31-2025, 12:33 PM
Homedawg

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Originally Posted by StarkVegasSteve

You can still find a very good LT for 500K. An elite one will probably run you a good bit more. The issue is that we need an ELITE LT. I would expect we'll spend 750K-1 million at that position

Elite LT are 7 figures. + ..... what do you think we have in steens??? It's more than 750!
12-31-2025, 12:34 PM
Homedawg

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Originally Posted by HoopsDawg

I guess I should have said 500k extra on a LT.

That's fair
12-31-2025, 12:35 PM
HancockCountyDog

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Originally Posted by Homedawg

Elite LT are 7 figures. + ..... what do you think we have in steens??? It's more than 750!

I think some of our fans would be stunned how much some of our players made this year.
12-31-2025, 01:41 PM
StarkVegasSteve

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Originally Posted by Homedawg

Elite LT are 7 figures. + ..... what do you think we have in steens??? It's more than 750!

And we had to overpay for him because it was late in the process. He's wildly overpaid. We're going to have to overpay for some guys this round, but not as much as we had to overpay for Steen.
12-31-2025, 01:42 PM
StarkVegasSteve

Davian Jackson in the portal. Another Bumphis recruit. Not to keep harping on it, but we had a lot of busts at that position under his watch.
12-31-2025, 02:35 PM
Homedawg

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Originally Posted by StarkVegasSteve

And we had to overpay for him because it was late in the process. He's wildly overpaid. We're going to have to overpay for some guys this round, but not as much as we had to overpay for Steen.

We weren't the only team to offer what we paid him. And we knew he wasn't elite but his previous stop he was good. 500 k won't sniff a good one. Not one who has been good at least. Might steal a guy that ends up good.
12-31-2025, 02:40 PM
StarkVegasSteve

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Originally Posted by Homedawg

We weren't the only team to offer what we paid him. And we knew he wasn't elite but his previous stop he was good. 500 k won't sniff a good one. Not one who has been good at least. Might steal a guy that ends up good.

500K-750K will get you a really good OL at any other position besides LT. As I said though, LT is probably going to start around 750K for a good one. Elite will approach and probably exceed 7 figures.

On Steen, everyone was having to overpay because it was the spring portal and you were having to tamper people into the portal.
12-31-2025, 04:18 PM
HoopsDawg

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Originally Posted by HancockCountyDog

I think some of our fans would be stunned how much some of our players made this year.

Well, we have over 15 million of revenue share that we have to spend on football. Thats a good chunk of change if you focus that money on your top 30 guys.
12-31-2025, 05:22 PM
BigDawg81

Are we in on Chris Barnes from Wake Forest
12-31-2025, 08:43 PM
CaptainObvious

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Originally Posted by BigDawg81

Are we in on Chris Barnes from Wake Forest

That would be cool. He could just ride the plane back to the golden triangle.
12-31-2025, 11:38 PM
Todd4State

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Originally Posted by HoopsDawg

Well, we have over 15 million of revenue share that we have to spend on football. Thats a good chunk of change if you focus that money on your top 30 guys.

That is extremely helpful. Then the question is how much do we have on top of that.
01-01-2026, 03:43 PM
Pancho

tomorrow is the day...........
01-01-2026, 04:47 PM
BigDawg81

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Originally Posted by Pancho

tomorrow is the day...........

Looking at a commitment or two tomorrow?
01-02-2026, 07:22 AM
BigDawg81

The portal is officially open. Let’s have a day!
01-02-2026, 08:59 AM
StarkVegasSteve

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Originally Posted by BigDawg81

Looking at a commitment or two tomorrow?

I expect we have 3 by the end of the weekend.
01-02-2026, 09:11 AM
StarkVegasSteve

Visitors confirmed so far for this weekend:

Temple DE Khalil Poteat
Michigan St S Justin Denson Jr
UNT DL Joshua Pierce
Houston Christian CB Tyran Chappell
Florida DL Tarvorise Brown
LSU OL DJ Chester (this one may not be this weekend though)
01-02-2026, 09:30 AM
Pancho

good start to the portal extravaganza
01-02-2026, 11:05 AM
HancockCountyDog

I really like the Chester visit news - exactly the type of player we need to be targeting in the portal.

The rest of the guys listed, massive meh. I mean, exactly the opposite of the type of guys i want to be wasting time and resources on.
01-02-2026, 11:08 AM
StarkVegasSteve

Veguer Jean-Jemau (LT from Tennessee St) will be visiting on Sunday. 6'7 290. He is scheduled to go to OK State the next day.
01-02-2026, 11:11 AM
StarkVegasSteve

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Originally Posted by HancockCountyDog

I really like the Chester visit news - exactly the type of player we need to be targeting in the portal.

The rest of the guys listed, massive meh. I mean, exactly the opposite of the type of guys i want to be wasting time and resources on.

I'm actually the exact opposite. I actually like the kid from Houston Christian, if he's looked at as a 3rd CB(which I believe he is). I'm not high at all on Chester. His PFF was terrible this year.
01-02-2026, 11:11 AM
DEDawg

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Originally Posted by HancockCountyDog

I really like the Chester visit news - exactly the type of player we need to be targeting in the portal.

The rest of the guys listed, massive meh. I mean, exactly the opposite of the type of guys i want to be wasting time and resources on.

Yeah, very underwhelming list. Not going to jump the gun here, but if that's the kind of players were in on shows me we aren't serious and don't have the money. It's early though
01-02-2026, 11:13 AM
StarkVegasSteve

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Originally Posted by DEDawg

Yeah, very underwhelming list. Not going to jump the gun here, but if that's the kind of players were in on shows me we aren't serious and don't have the money. It's early though

We're bringing these kids in now because we can close them while the staff is still in Charlotte or just getting back. The real work starts Sunday for us.

We also are bringing in Jayson Jenkins, FSU DL, for a visit at some point in the next 5-7 days. This is an Arnett connection. I would expect us on more than a few FSU guys.

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