2025-26 #PortalSZN Thread

[Carm]

I’m fine with the Raiola and the drama associated with him being gone.

But I find some humor in people thinking he’s not good enough to be QB here while one of the top programs in the nation wanted him.

You have to have a fit.

If DR has elite OTs and elite WRs, and a breakaway threat at RB, he would be deadly

He was never going to be deadly here.

 

[kctitans]

A tradition like non-other… trashing your players as they enter the portal.

So much so Dr Pepper made a commercial about it😀

 

[NorthWillRiseAgain]

I think Raiola has good qb skills, but our team build was not for him.

I’m not even 100% Oregon is the correct build for him.

 

[Jim14510]

So now we're bitching about the o-linemen that we got in the portal? For fucks sake, it is very RSS potatoey around here lately. Alot of things to bitch about but the portal haul at OL isn't one of them.

It's gotten bad enough that a fair amount of our fan base is looking for the negative. You can find positive or negative in anything.

 

[RedSavage]

I think Raiola has good qb skills, but our team build was not for him.

I’m not even 100% Oregon is the correct build for him.

It's better than us. He will do better there than he ever did here. To what degree remains to be seen but I have a feeling we will all be shaking our damn heads watching him play there

 

[cwessel76]

View attachment 65658The Blackest of them all

 

[BorWhiskey]

Miami came in with a big late offer as well.

Just quoting this to hammer the message home.

 

[JerryBones5]

Just quoting this to hammer the message home.

us

 

[Kaladin]

Assuming we find an upperclassman RB in the portal, we go could into 2026 with a starting offense made up entirely of upperclassman.

Much different story on defense.

Position	Name	Year	Name	Year
QB	Colandrea	Senior	Lateef	Sophomore
RB	Mozee	Sophomore	Nelson	RS Sophomore
TE	Lindenmeyer	RS Senior	Nelson	Junior
WR	Hunter	RS Junior	Clark	RS Sophomore
WR	Barney	Junior	Smith	RS Sophomore
WR	Gilmer	Junior	Mills	Sophomore
LT	Pritchett	RS Senior	Brix	RS Sophomore
LG	Paul Mubenga	RS Junior
C	Evans	RS Senior
RG	Black	Senior	Knaak	RS Senior
RT	Babalade	RS Junior
DE	Nwaneri	RS Sophomore	Lenhardt	Senior
	Jones	RS Senior	Pietrzak	Sophomore
NT/DT	Van Poppel	RS Junior	Andy Burburjia	Sophomore
	Whittington	Sophomore
Jack	Rogers	RS Junior	McGahee	RS Sophomore
WLB	Chambliss	RS Junior	Merrit	Sophomore
MLB	Foster	Junior	Shaver	Junior
LCB	Jones	RS Sophomore
SS	Rhett	RS Junior
FS	McDougle	Senior	Guthrie	RS Sophomore
RCB	Marshall	Senior
NB	Conn	Senior

 

[Tonkasker]

Assuming we find an upperclassman RB in the portal, we go could into 2026 with a starting offense made up entirely of upperclassman.

Much different story on defense.

Position	Name	Year	Name	Year
QB	Colandrea	Senior	Lateef	Sophomore
RB	Mozee	Sophomore	Nelson	RS Sophomore
TE	Lindenmeyer	RS Senior	Nelson	Junior
WR	Hunter	RS Junior	Clark	RS Sophomore
WR	Barney	Junior	Smith	RS Sophomore
WR	Gilmer	Junior	Mills	Sophomore
LT	Pritchett	RS Senior	Brix	RS Sophomore
LG	Paul Mubenga	RS Junior
C	Evans	RS Senior
RG	Black	Senior	Knaak	RS Senior
RT	Babalade	RS Junior
DE	Nwaneri	RS Sophomore	Lenhardt	Senior
	Jones	RS Senior	Pietrzak	Sophomore
NT/DT	Van Poppel	RS Junior	Andy Burburjia	Sophomore
	Whittington	Sophomore
Jack	Rogers	RS Junior	McGahee	RS Sophomore
WLB	Chambliss	RS Junior	Merrit	Sophomore
MLB	Foster	Junior	Shaver	Junior
LCB	Jones	RS Sophomore
SS	Rhett	RS Junior
FS	McDougle	Senior	Guthrie	RS Sophomore
RCB	Marshall	Senior
NB	Conn	Senior

I don't love that defense

 

[Fargo Husker]

I don't love that defense

That secondary in particular seems problematic.

 

[Kaladin]

That secondary in particular seems problematic.

Jones and Marshall at CB, with McDougle at FS. Plenty of experiene at those 3 spots.

Our nickel might be our 5* DB recruit.

The SS spot is definitely open. Rhett didn't do much in the bowl game. Guthrie has a lot of experience at FS and could move over.

 

[Herbie]

2 deep oline so far?

LT — Elijah Pritchett 6’6 325 / Grant Brix 6’6 315
LG — Paul Mubenga 6’5 317 / Henry Lutovsky 6’6 320
C — Justin Evans 6’2 315 / Jake Peters 6’3 320
RG — Brendan Black 6’4 320 / Tyler Knaak 6’6 325
RT — Tree Babalade 6’5 330 / Preston Tuama 6’4 325

Looks good and beefy on paper. Would t say no to 1-2 more depth pieces

 

[Baron Winnebago]

Yeah maybe I'm an idiot but I feel a lot better about the secondary than the line. Donovan Jones and Andrew Marshall are the answers at CB and if you have two high level coverage guys it goes a long ways to being a good defense.

Now they might have to cover for 18 seconds a drop back which is less than ideal

 

[...TrueColors...]

Yeah maybe I'm an idiot but I feel a lot better about the secondary than the line. Donovan Jones and Andrew Marshall are the answers at CB and if you have two high level coverage guys it goes a long ways to being a good defense.

Now they might have to cover for 18 seconds a drop back which is less than ideal

Add Odom in there for this years class to DB

 

[rsmacke]

Yeah maybe I'm an idiot but I feel a lot better about the secondary than the line. Donovan Jones and Andrew Marshall are the answers at CB and if you have two high level coverage guys it goes a long ways to being a good defense.

Now they might have to cover for 18 seconds a drop back which is less than ideal

Is Donovan Jones a high level cover guy or is he an average cover guy.

 

[huskin1]

Add Odom in there for this years class to DB

Really hoping he can find a spot in the rotation right away, would be a great sign.

 

[ChocaEgg]

Is Donovan Jones a high level cover guy or is he an average cover guy.

OR

Is he a slightly below-average cover guy?

 

[Baron Winnebago]

Is Donovan Jones a high level cover guy or is he an average cover guy.

I believe high level. He's also probably the best run support CB I've seen in a while

 

[rsmacke]

I believe high level. He's also probably the best run support CB I've seen in a while

I agree on the tackling I disagree on coverage.

He makes some good PBUs after being out of position but he also seems to get absolutely cooked on slants, hopefully fixable. I don’t mind him as our 3rd corner as I think Odom will be better.