Transfer Portal 2024-25

[mbenecke]

Hasn’t even completed 50% of his passes in 2 seasons.

Stanford fans aren't exactly upset to see him leave. Feels like a reclamation project. Between he and Anderson have a feeling the offense will look very different in 2025.

SL is the coach still...I'm thinking it won't look that different

I thnk Kitna will get a chance

He'd be the first non-transfer QB to start for BG since Loeffler took over.

This fall is year 7 of the Loeffler era.

[Globetrotter]

Hasn’t even completed 50% of his passes in 2 seasons.

Stanford fans aren't exactly upset to see him leave. Feels like a reclamation project. Between he and Anderson have a feeling the offense will look very different in 2025.

SL is the coach still...I'm thinking it won't look that different

I thnk Kitna will get a chance

He'd be the first non-transfer QB to start for BG since Loeffler took over.

This fall is year 7 of the Loeffler era.

Didnt Anderson get a start this year?

[mbenecke]

Hasn’t even completed 50% of his passes in 2 seasons.

Stanford fans aren't exactly upset to see him leave. Feels like a reclamation project. Between he and Anderson have a feeling the offense will look very different in 2025.

SL is the coach still...I'm thinking it won't look that different

I thnk Kitna will get a chance

He'd be the first non-transfer QB to start for BG since Loeffler took over.

This fall is year 7 of the Loeffler era.

Didnt Anderson get a start this year?

I'll clarify and mention that I meant "start" as in operating as the season-long starter, not starting a single standalone game. I know Grant Loy obviously got some starts as a high school guy (who later transffered out to Auburn). I know Cam Orth also has gotten at least some run as the starter against Mississippi State and then Michigan the past 2 years before this season.

But when I think of the Loeffler era, I think of primarily transfer guys under center. That's always who it has been in the QB battles out of camp, even if guys end up coming in later.

2019 - Darius Wade (remember that name/story?)
2020-2022 - Matt McDonald
2023-2024 - Connor Bazelak

It never worked out for guys like Owen Bainbridge, Tucker Melton, Riley Keller, etc. Super weird, because those guys were solid recruits.

That said, I expect the starting QB next year will be Lucian Anderson (breaking this trend) unless they roll with Justin Lamson.

[bghkyfan74]

Hasn’t even completed 50% of his passes in 2 seasons.

Stanford fans aren't exactly upset to see him leave. Feels like a reclamation project. Between he and Anderson have a feeling the offense will look very different in 2025.

SL is the coach still...I'm thinking it won't look that different

I thnk Kitna will get a chance

He'd be the first non-transfer QB to start for BG since Loeffler took over.

This fall is year 7 of the Loeffler era.

Didnt Anderson get a start this year?

I'll clarify and mention that I meant "start" as in operating as the season-long starter, not starting a single standalone game. I know Grant Loy obviously got some starts as a high school guy (who later transffered out to Auburn). I know Cam Orth also has gotten at least some run as the starter against Mississippi State and then Michigan the past 2 years before this season.

But when I think of the Loeffler era, I think of primarily transfer guys under center. That's always who it has been in the QB battles out of camp, even if guys end up coming in later.

2019 - Darius Wade (remember that name/story?)
2020-2022 - Matt McDonald
2023-2024 - Connor Bazelak

It never worked out for guys like Owen Bainbridge, Tucker Melton, Riley Keller, etc. Super weird, because those guys were solid recruits.

That said, I expect the starting QB next year will be Lucian Anderson (breaking this trend) unless they roll with Justin Lamson.

I would argue that it will be Kitna or Lamson. Anderson never really looked like he belonged when he was in there. Is there any chance that Anderson could make the move to WR if Kitna/Lamson are 1 and 2? This team will struggle, but will be 3-9 at best with Anderson under center.

[Beaker]

Anderson has got to get a lot more accurate with his passing in the offseason if he's going to have any chance at being a successful QB. And I mean a whole lot.

I remember watching Josh Harris' early series under center his freshman year and thinking this dude can't throw it in the ocean and belongs at RB instead of QB. Obviously, he got better by leaps and bounds. Asking Anderson to be the next Josh Harris is not exactly reasonable, but hoping he makes the same kind of improvement that Harris did by his 2nd year.

[BillyLP]

I think Anderson has the tools to be the next great BG QB. It's not crazy to think that with another offseason of training he will get to the point where he's the guy here. I also think the offense still has more skill than we're assuming. There is going to be some real talent at the skill positions. My main concern is the OL, but with someone as mobile as Anderson back there, it becomes less of a worry.

[BillyLP]

Nice commitment from the portal today in Arlis Boardingham, a 6'3" 245lbs tight end transfer from the University of Florida. Had about 400 yards receiving and 6 tds in his two years there and has two years of eligibility remaining. I have to think it's a pretty easy sell to TEs now with Q Morris having staying power in the NFL and Fannin as a consensus All-American.

[Falconfreak90]

I've never been in with the "We need to bail on FBS and go to FCS" crowd, but I'm there now. The way the "haves" have engineered this system to feed all the talent to them is ridiculous. Only the super rich programs can truly compete. It has ruined the game for me. I watched the FCS semi finals and it was great - so much more entertaining. It's still about the football for the players instead of being about the money, although those programs are also feeling the effects of being raided by FBS programs that throw NIL money at their best players, so it's not possible to entirely get away from it. That said, we are trying to stay in an arms race by only having access to sticks and rocks when the competition has guided missles.

My dad has been saying for years the MAC should go to FCS. I always said nah...now, I'm with him. It is impossible for mid majors. College football is dead at the FBS level.

[footballguy51]

NIL has gotten out of control. Apparently Ohio State is something like 10 million in the hole from giving out too much money.

[mbenecke]

NIL has gotten out of control. Apparently Ohio State is something like 10 million in the hole from giving out too much money.

Not quite how that works. The school’s aren’t directly making payments to players, currently. They operated on a deficit this year as a department because of a number of things, including that they have the most sports in a single department in the country, but football was more than profitable. It’s just that they put so much money into non-revenue sports that they don’t have a balanced budget, because those sports don’t bring in money. You’ll probably see them (and most schools) start to cut Olympic sports as a result of revenue sharing beginning. Another big item is that they had $18M less in ticket revenue vs. the previous year, because they only had 6 home games instead of 8 the previous year. Their CFP revenue from their games against Tennessee, Oregon, Texas, and Notre Dame on their way to winning the national title will count towards FY 2025. But their overly-reported NIL bill comes from outside that budget.

[JCFalcon08]

Commitment from JoJo Johnson, a CB from Indiana University.

[JohnFloyd4Life]

With everything they’ve lost I thought they’d be terrible next year but with the transfers they’ve gotten I’m optimistic we can get another .500ish Scot Loeffler season.

[JCFalcon08]

I agree, I’m not counting out another decent year. The biggest question for me is at QB.

[Flipper]

With everything they’ve lost I thought they’d be terrible next year but with the transfers they’ve gotten I’m optimistic we can get another .500ish Scot Loeffler season.

The department can take to social media to celebrate another 3rd place finish

[bghkyfan74]

Hearing through the grapevine that Cam Orth plans to transfer to Charlotte.