IUFB 2024/25 Portalstravaganza

[Josh]

2 hours ago, Hovadipo said:

This kid was a Heisman dark horse coming into the season. Great athlete. Would be a LOT of fun. 

"Once he enters the portal" lol.  What the hell kind of tampering is going on in college football?!

[Hovadipo]

1 minute ago, Stuhoo said:

“Mendoza brothers” sounds fierce.

If you haven’t seen the clip of Fernando on the field after they came back and beat Stanford a few weeks ago, it’s worth finding. 

[Home Jersey]

7 minutes ago, Hovadipo said:

If you haven’t seen the clip of Fernando on the field after they came back and beat Stanford a few weeks ago, it’s worth finding. 

An all timer: 

 

[CSP]

On 12/2/2024 at 10:31 AM, Lebowski said:

I'm waiting on the All-conference announcements. Once those drop, I'll have a wish list. Regardless, front 5 and front 7 need to be addressed for depth.

For example, someone like Red Murdock, LB out of Buffalo, will more than likely be an all-conference. He's a SO from VA. I wouldn't be surprised if he's caught the eye of Coach Haines. 

Eric O'Neil and Khairi Manns out of JMU are other names to keep an eye on. 

Those two are in the portal? 

[Lebowski]

28 minutes ago, Certified Sunshine Pumper said:

Those two are in the portal? 

Unknown. I was just looking at the JMU players because of the history of the coaching staff.  

[MemphisHoosier]

1 hour ago, Lebowski said:

Unknown. I was just looking at the JMU players because of the history of the coaching staff.  

One consideration with O'Neil & Manns, it looks like they both transferred in for the '24 campaign - not sure how much overlap they had with CCC and Staff.

https://www.espn.com/college-football/player/stats/_/id/4892218/eric-oneill

https://www.espn.com/college-football/player/stats/_/id/4427876/khairi-manns

[Hovadipo]

Tanner Koziol is in. Paging @Certified Sunshine Pumper

Edit: had my page wrong...paging @Lebowski

[8bucks]

8 minutes ago, Hovadipo said:

Tanner Koziol is in. Paging @Certified Sunshine Pumper

His numbers suggest he should be a very high priority for teams right?

[CSP]

13 minutes ago, Hovadipo said:

Tanner Koziol is in. Paging @Certified Sunshine Pumper

are we following yet!?!

[Hovadipo]

Just now, Certified Sunshine Pumper said:

are we following yet!?!

Shanahan is all up in it.

[Stuhoo]

1 minute ago, Hovadipo said:

Shanahan is all up in it.

Seems like a pretty optimal fit for both IU and the player.

[CSP]

32 minutes ago, Hovadipo said:

Tanner Koziol is in. Paging @Certified Sunshine Pumper

Edit: had my page wrong...paging @Lebowski

are we attractive to TEs? Horton didn't have many catches. 

[Hovadipo]

12 minutes ago, Certified Sunshine Pumper said:

are we attractive to TEs? Horton didn't have many catches. 

Depends on the kid I suppose. Horton didn't have a ton of targets, but was absolutely critical to our offense. But it's a good point.

[CSP]

2 minutes ago, Hovadipo said:

Depends on the kid I suppose. Horton didn't have a ton of targets, but was absolutely critical to our offense. But it's a good point.

undoubtedly. Good football player

[Stuhoo]

32 minutes ago, Certified Sunshine Pumper said:

are we attractive to TEs? Horton didn't have many catches. 

He did at JMU with a different QB and in a different year

[CSP]

1 minute ago, Stuhoo said:

He did at JMU with a different QB and in a different year

Horton? Most he had at JMU was 27 or were you saying Cignetti has had TEs with more catches before? 

[Stuhoo]

5 minutes ago, Certified Sunshine Pumper said:

Horton? Most he had at JMU was 27 or were you saying Cignetti has had TEs with more catches before? 

Horton. With a more mobile QB and the different scheme that accompanied, in his junior year at JMU Horton had about 30% more catches (27 vs 20), about 50% more yards (275 vs 182) and 50% more TDs (6 vs 4).

Not gaudy numbers, but Horton isn't exactly the prototype rangy/WR speed TE. He's an elite blocking machine that has the ability to catch a pass. Koziol is a fast, rangy TE that can block. 

We can sell the spot with no problem IMO.

[Hovadipo]

Just saw that Koziol's cousin is Logan Justus, who kicked at IU when Allen was here.

[Hovadipo]

Is this the year of App State kids?

[Stuhoo]

10 minutes ago, Hovadipo said:

Just saw that Koziol's cousin is Logan Justus, who kicked at IU when Allen was here.

So Koziol replaces Tyler Warren at Penn State?