***Official portal tracker thread***

[IcyB]

Gonna make me delete my earlier take, lol

I thought the same thing, but I'll take any OSU WR.. they clearly know what they're doing with WR

 

[BigLame]

Probably depends on the social media following of the player. If you've got millions of followers the FMV is going to be different than if you've got 10k. There is a fairly well-established market for impressions/social media reach. I am under no naive impression that boundaries won't be pushed here, but I do think it's more complicated than "FMV = what one company/person is willing to pay".

Casey's is bigger than Culver's, right?

 

[clonehenge]

Anthony Palano committing to Boston College. That’s a big bummer. Believe he followed Rogers from SDSU to WSU. Figured he was an auto Clone commit. Would’ve been a great anchor at LB over the next couple years.

Well shoot, I talked to a family friend the other night and they said Anthony was having conversations with the coaching staff about coming to ISU...I thought for sure he was going to.

 

[NATEizKING]

 

[Cyinthenorth]

Black kid, right? So, not Holy Cross Iowa.

Blunt but fair

 

[MTCyclone43]

I was told nobody likes Jimmy tho

Auburn OL is a major get according to BB. It looks like this coaching staff can close the deal. Great things are happening with Cyclone football! And then add this dude.

 

[rochclone]

If we are to believe the December 5 Premium Board Crashout, MC didn't believe he should be held to a rev share budget and wanted to be free to hit up ISU donors for his own purposes despite a looming budget hole threatening the entire department those donors had not stepped in to fill.

Some may think giving the football coach full extra-budgetary autonomy over player spending was worthwhile, but it's easy to see that hunger for more never goes away and it ultimately cannibalizes other important programs, including men's basketball.

It was time.

Football wasn’t going to cannibalize basketball. Coaches want to be able to compete at the highest level. That’s isn’t going to change with Rogers or T.J. They will also want more, which is why we need to fill the deficit with a gambling tax or student fees.

 

[NATEizKING]

 

[fsanford]

Is any starting Big 12 QB not transferring? What's the deal with the guy from ASU? I thought they had a nice size NIL fund?

He will get 4-5 million from LSU. ASU cannot afford that.

To get Kiffin you know LSU got some big money ponied up for players.

Must be money in Alligators

 

[cyfan92]

Best OL recruit in program history??

 

[Cyinthenorth]

CJR: “I didn’t come here to lose.”

Hot take: Iowa State will be better in 2026 than they were in 2025

 

[deadeyededric]

Are we looking at any other QB's in the portal?

 

[fsanford]

Hot take: Iowa State will be better in 2026 than they were in 2025

I think they start out slow, gotta a lot of new pieces to put together

Defensively have no doubt they will be really solid

But offensively gonna be a work in progress

 

[nhclone]

Are we looking at any other QB's in the portal?

There was talk that Jaxon Potter could come from WSU. Seems unlikely to me since he got benched at WSU this year, but maybe the fact they left that entire offensive staff behind could help.

 

[RagingCloner]

Hot take: Iowa State will be better in 2026 than they were in 2025

Im keeping this opinion close to my chest, but i also kind of wonder that as well

 

[xboxfever]

Anthony Palano committing to Boston College. That’s a big bummer. Believe he followed Rogers from SDSU to WSU. Figured he was an auto Clone commit. Would’ve been a great anchor at LB over the next couple years.

Damn. I really wanted him. He stood out in a great way in the little I watched of their bowl game. Kid was super quick, and made some great plays. I’m extremely disappointed we didn’t get him.

 

[isucy86]

Well shoot, I talked to a family friend the other night and they said Anthony was having conversations with the coaching staff about coming to ISU...I thought for sure he was going to.

We took Smith & Exline right off the bat, so they were priorities at the LB position.

Add that to Goodwin, Barnes & Willich only so many players needed in a 2 LB set.

If we get Schlimgen that's a solid group of 6. Plus Esser & Kalsbeck who are HS commits

 

[awd4cy]

Football wasn’t going to cannibalize basketball. Coaches want to be able to compete at the highest level. That’s isn’t going to change with Rogers or T.J. They will also want more, which is why we need to fill the deficit with a gambling tax or student fees.

Yeah… no

 

[cyfanatic]

Im keeping this opinion close to my chest, but i also kind of wonder that as well

Nothing wrong with having high hopes and a positive outlook...but really all we know for sure at this point about next season is the schedule!

 

[trajanJ]

Best OL recruit in program history??

His HS rating maybe, but his rating dropped from 91 HS to 85 as a transfer.