***Official portal tracker thread***

[12191987]

Why you must be a fun guy holding grudges from 25 years ago just because they are a fan now of that team. Yikes

And this is coming from me who was almost to the point of throwing my TV out the living room window. It affects me none today.

You see it manifest in all sorts of other ways too (NIL donations, premium subscriptions, etc).

Some people like @NoCreativity are really engaged, passionate fans and some people really can take it or leave it.

To be clear @Cyclonesrule91 I’m not judging you for your lack of dedication as a fan. For all I know you’re caring for a sick grandmother and Cyclone fandom isn’t really a priority. That’s OK too.

 

[GP4ISU]

Bump.

I'm sure this is happening in Ames over the last couple weeks.

Yep. Only step missing is “agent tells him he is worth 750k.”

 

[GP4ISU]

You guys actually think a player leaving for more money is being “run off by the coach?” No, he is transferring for more money.

I doubt there any successful Big 12 players that can’t fit into Rodgers scheme, especially given our bare bones roster.

“Run off” and “chasing more money” are two different things.

Rogers.

 

[BigLame]

It seems like we're doing best at retaining defensive linemen

Huge! Seemed the most twitchy of those who had snaps this past season.
Now just to solidify the trenches, especially on the OL (obviously).

 

[GP4ISU]

Jimmy Rogers might know what he’s doing. Who would have guessed it.

“I didn’t come here to lose.”

 

[heitclone]

It's becoming obvious that the lb losses in the portal were intentional and calculated. We simply won't need as many of them and many didn't fit the new scheme. The DL is obviously a priority.

 

[Big Daddy Kang]

Jimmy Rogers might know what he’s doing. Who would have guessed it.

He does have some experience doing this!

 

[GraniteStateClone]

and then you have this poor kid . . . Merry Christmas

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Why would anybody ever buy a player's jersey again?

 

[cyfan92]

If Zay Robinson doesn't go to PSU, I would love to get him back in Ames!

 

[12191987]

and then you have this poor kid . . . Merry Christmas

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This kid is a real Cyclone.

 

[heitclone]

Ngoyi sticking around.

 

[qwerty]

This is a couple of days old already

 

[Cyclonepride]

Huge! Seemed the most twitchy of those who had snaps this past season.
Now just to solidify the trenches, especially on the OL (obviously).

I agree, if we are going to have a successful start to the Rogers era, it will be due to the lines on both sides of the ball.

 

[qwerty]

Why would anybody ever buy a player's jersey again?

I just ordered a Rylan Barnes shirt off of his commitment. Hopefully, that is a safe purchase.

 

[SolterraCyclone]

Ngoyi sticking around.

Props to that kid. He must love ISU. Chose us over hometown Nebraska who went after him hard. Stayed during a position switch. And now stayed during a coaching change. Rahshon Clark esque

 

[Newell]

In order to stabilize the sport there should be no portal until after the bowl games and any player who refuses to play in the bowl game should be off the team and barred from workout facilities.

 

[Dandy]

SIAP but his dad works for the Lions with our new OC.

 

[Die4Cy]

In order to stabilize the sport there should be no portal until after the bowl games and any player who refuses to play in the bowl game should be off the team and barred from workout facilities.

Would it really be terrible to move the portal window back to early spring and effectively bar players from moving before the end of spring semester? Grant in aid for scholarship players runs through the end of spring semester already, just hold them to it. Make coaches moving before January 1 subject to an NCAA penalty. Even if they know where they are going. Just eliminate the chaos that ruins the end of the season the way it did ours. It is just incredibly short sighted trying to cram the entire portal period into two weeks. Many more players would find homes if there were time.

 

[CycloneVet]

We need to make it pretty special somehow for these kids sticking around.

 

[CycloneVet]

Would it really be terrible to move the portal window back to early spring and effectively bar players from moving before the start of spring semester? Grant in aid for scholarship players runs through the end of spring semester already, just hold them to it. Make coaches moving before January 1 subject to an NCAA penalty. Even if they know where they are going. Just eliminate the chaos that ruins the end of the season the way it did ours.

The hope for me since members of the government are chirping is at least a little regulation. The genie is already out of the bottle for most of it but damn this **** is absolutely crazy