$500K in a duffle bag delivered to Muscle Shoals.

The portal is crazy- a Texas TE withdrew 22 minutes after he entered the portal. A record?

I'd say it's exactly the same. Would you want him back, either?

This is the type of kid we need. FCS playoff team. 9-4 record. This kid started as a freshman. Yep, he'll be a great addition to our returnees.

We'll be debating the Sears transfer until the end of time. This makes sense as to why he never acknowledged Bobcat Nation nor his teammates/coaching staff when he left, like virtually every transfer does across the nation. No b***s.

Can't wait to see the roster that shows who we lost and got.








GO BOBCATS

Personally I see this as a shocker and head scratcher. I’d love to be wrong.

It will be nice when the Roster finally catches up. There are a few players in the portal who have yet to be deleted, such as Quinn and Wilburn. In addition to them, it's not clear to me whether all the other players still listed on the roster have eligibility remaining. There are several still on the roster who I thought were done, such as Wiglusz, Watkins, Houston, and Reynolds. I know that there will be more changes to the roster after the spring portal period, but it would be nice for all the players who will definitely not be playing this fall to be gone. That will at least give us a chance to start to get some idea of what the team may look like this fall.

One thing we know is that Ohio still has room for a lot more transfers in, as do most of the teams in the MAC. Ohio currently has 11 more transfers out than in, so they presumably can add about 11 more players from the portal before they are done. The rest of the MAC still needs players, too. Here is what I see so far:
WMU 19 out, 8 in, -11 net
Ohio 18 out, 7 in, -11 net
NIU 13 out, 4 in, -9 net
Akron 18 out, 10 in, -8 net
Buffalo 12 out, 4 in, -8 net
CMU 11 out, 3 in, -8 net
Kent 16 out, 8 in, -7 net
BG 12 out, 5 in, -7 net
Miami 8 out, 2 in, -6 net
Ball State, 10 out, 7 in, -3 net
Toledo 8 out, 5 in, -3 net
EMU 11 out, 10 in, -1 net

He was already a grad student, right? Really, no reason to stuck around a sixth year in this situation…maybe have a D2 pick up a year of grad school or, if not, just enter the workforce. Was he a scholarship player?

He's MSM, not Sports Ad.

It is possible that he just wanted to get on the field more. He can do that at another school like Mike mentioned. Probably at a lower level. No shame in that.

A good kick returner is turning into an oxymoron. Love to know what percentage of kicks are going into the end zone nowadays.

Last year they returned 15 kicks for 273 yards, an average of 18.2 yards. In 2023, they returned 56 kicks for 1115 yards, an average of 19.9 yards. Unfortunately, in 2023, many of those kicks were returned from the endzone, or deep in Ohio territory, and resulted in Ohio starting many drives from inside their 25 yard line. I'd love to see a stat for the average starting position for drives after kickoff. I'm pretty sure that Ohio started drives with significantly better field position in 2023 than they did in 2022.