All depends who the qb is
It was a typo. I meant to say NIL. OSU brough their NIL in house and word on the street is that everything goes through Bjork.
This is my concern I guess. I don’t want to see ND in a position where they have to let players go because they can’t compete in the current market. We will also have current roster players seeking more.
The roster payrolls are going to go up every year from this year going forward, it’s going to be a constant battle……no different than running any company.
Hopefully we'll never be dependent on the portal as much as other teams. Recruiting/developing the core of your team is still the way, IMO, and doable if you have a good coaching staff and culture and are willing to invest in retention. Then fill in the gaps with the portal.
We have a lot of numbers. That’s doesn’t mean we have elite talent. Knapp, Lambert and Jagusah all have the potential to be elite, or at least championship caliber. If we have those 3 returning in 2027, you wouldn’t want to try to add 1 or 2 elite portal transfers, and instead go with Otting or Absher? Nothing against those guys, they are solid. But certainly a big step below those other 3. Looking at our overall roster, OL has the least amount of elite prospects on it out of any positional group. Maybe Black or Augustine step up, and we switch some positions around accordingly. But there is definitely a drop off in talent.
It's also probably the hardest position to hire from the portal, and the one where playing together for years means the most.
The ‘27 season is 21 months away. I’m sure the guys in that room have the ability to develop quite a bit between now and then. Have some faith in the staff as well as the players.
McKeogh and Nichols could be ready by 27.
Like, Black alone is a huge miss if he doesn’t become a quality starter.
Gonna go out on a limb and guess that you broke your vow in 2016...
Where the hell did you come up with this? The OL has the least amount of elite prospects on it out of all position groups? Says you? Says some ranking system?
I'm not concerned about retaining players. MF has already said that taking care of the current roster is priority 1. ND has shown this year that they are willing to be competitive.
Maybe you can explain how you'd do it since you seem to be putting some posters on blast.
Absher, Black, Craig, Otting, Lambert, Knapp, Jagusah. There is an elite starting unit in there.
Settle down there tough guy. We are having a civilized debate. I disagree with you. Our OL is by far the weakest talent positional group on the team, and it’s not particularly close. That doesn’t mean I don’t think it’s good. It’s just not nearly at the level of any other positional group yet. If we want to win championships, it needs to be. Do you not remember this year consistently being unable to pickup 1st downs on 3rd and 2 or 3rd and 1? With the likes of Love and Price, the top 2 RBs in college? And that was WITH Craig and Schrauth (and Wagner), who are 100 times better than Absher and Otting? And that wasn’t even against top teams. But sure, our OL is stellar.
Knapp is at LT when a lot of folks on IE thinks he would be a better guard. That could be true, but he's playing LT because Rudolph thinks this is better than Knapp at guard and someone else at LT. Once healthy, we may see Jagusha at LT and Knapp at guard.
Also, the "studs" we recruit need to step up. If they don't it could mean 1) evaluations aren't accurate or 2) they are not being coached up. If either of those are the case, MF needs to change something
That was my biggest gripe with BK, his "Studs" never seem to pan out, especially at the skill positions. Everyone from Greg Bryant/Folston to Phil and even on the defensive side with with the likes of Max Redfield. It was unreal, how he rarely seem to hit on the guys we all got so excited about.
