Football Transfer Portal Thread

[HoopsDawg]

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.

[Todd4State]

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

[Cowbell]

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.

[HoopsDawg]

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.

[HoopsDawg]

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.

[Brobi-wan]

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.

[HoopsDawg]

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.

[Todd4State]

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.

[Todd4State]

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.

[KB21]

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.

[StarkVegasSteve]

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.

[Homedawg]

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.

[StarkVegasSteve]

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

[Brobi-wan]

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.

[HoopsDawg]

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.

[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.

[BigDawg81]

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.

[HancockCountyDog]

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.

[Homedawg]

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!

[Homedawg]

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

That's fair