Battrayal

or fletcher!

and 3 first rounders for lacy lol

ill give brown + a first round pick for mark fletcher

whats are the odds he ends up back at wisco????

Livingstone and Barnes did not offer to take pay cuts. they both wanted way more than their current deal and we said no thanks, thinking we could replace their production for less. We will see if they can

Looks like we are bringing in wendell gregory, another young edge who is good

my new plan. cant get too caught up in the weeds

IMO the move would be to take 10 stud freshmen who are likely to play year 1/2 and 10 cheaper dev guys (Jett type) and then supplement with 20 from the portal each year. Still need a core of recruits, but those need to be guys ready to play year 1 or 2 or cheap enough to be the depth. Then if their asks go up and wont see PT, let em walk and replace em. This is pretty much what Oregon does rn I believe Totally sucks, and I hate this new world, but until we even get enforcable contracts (let alone collective bargaining), you have to tighten up the core

yeah especially if the Demond williams situation ends up with him freely being allowed to leave. If you cant enforce a contract the player willingly signed, then man this is going to get ugly real fast

I'd have to imagine a lot of these guys seeking way more money then they are worth will start to have their asking prices come down over time. The big name people who can demand whatever are setting the market, and the depth pieces will then fall in line behind. for every bo barnes that we have, there is a bo barnes from another team who will realize he wont get that money and sign for what we think is reasonable over time.

yeah I always wondered about the crazy numbers for some of the recruits. Like why pay the 1.5M for a #1 at a position who wont see the field that year... It should be like okay you get 100k year one, then 1M once you start type of thing.. so yeah if its just paying them a ton to get them in the door, that sets the floor of their pay. so if they dont immediately start or are ready to be a top guy year two, its not a good deal for the school to pay so much to have someone sit. Somethings gotta change, this new world is kinda terrible

Did yall get blasters or the hobby box? i got 2 blasters and one hobby but wondering if I should've gone all hobby..

if he did sign for the same amount as what we offered, which is what OTF is saying they are hearing at this point, then all these people whining that we let him and that he bleeds orange are just wrong. That's why the immediate jumping to conclusions about very small bits of news are getting extremely tiring. Point is, there are no key targets on our board that we have brought in that have signed elsewhere to this point. Its one thing to feel good or bad about the bits of info we do get, but tying them into a certain conclusion that something is definitely one way or the other is just unnecessary to this point. Why can't we just be somewhere in the middle until things are actually set in stone?

Man did he get that buccal fat removal? Face is looking hollow

I read somewhere that the issue with Woodyard was grades/Academics. Is that the case?

"The Manning family should fork out a bag to protect him" Actually on second thought, giving the Michigan guys a bag from them could be almost as valuable as insurance.

Dude went to the high school next to me. Was a Lax 5 star recruit and at one point committed to Army (iirc? one of the service academies). then he went to a boarding school Jr/Sr year and bulked up and swapped to football. Super athletic kid and huge

Chicago represent. Seen some other Bears fans around this part (and far too many packers ones too...)

I remember waking everyone up in the house screaming while watching on my tube tv in my room.. "HES GOT IT" Legendary

losing swain was a dagger.. tough loss

Not sure how you are seeing his post as him being forced out. I’d imagine not getting the money you think you deserve would be out of your control i can ask for a raise, but whether or not my company gives it to me is out of my control. And I’d do the same as Parker if they said no. Doesn’t mean either are wrong or bad

He redshirted this year since they were so loaded. would be a flier type rather than a known entity. he'll likely be looking for a full time starting role but may be worth checking in

We did well last year with a guy who couldnt see the field at OSU due to all of their talent (Kanu). Any way we take a shot on this dude (in addition to woodyard/Barnes etc)

This kicker from Illinois has been clutch this year. could be a good option 2x all big ten kicker. would have to fight OSU for him probably

Coleman also tries to play hero ball instead of going out of bounds and fumbled the game away vs alabama.. so hes prone to game losing plays as well. Not like hes perfect. I think all of us would love coleman in a vacuum, in a no cost world or in an unlimited resources world. The pushback you are getting on coleman is purely due to WR seeming like a want (WR/DB) rather than a need (RB, OL, LB). so if they can make both work without sacrificing needs for wants, go for it. Just seems like we are being primed for a "you can't get everything" world, despite some taking "All in" to be an unlimited funds.