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2026 Portal QBs

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Elmer Leghorn said:
How do we not have a playable QB on our roster after 4 years of recruiting? You will hit home runs AND strike out by relying on the portal every year. Not a good strategy. Better pray for a miracle
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They didn’t really recruit HS with the intent of getting a playable one.

Took a couple of lower ceiling guys who would maybe turn into game manager backups.

Took a raw high ceiling guy that had 0 floor in hopes that if he hit his ceiling you maybe had something there.

None of the three cost much because the likelihood of them ever becoming anything was reflected in the market price.

And Miami was willing to do that because they planned on paying up to get an established portal guy every year.

And now that looks like it failed.

The real crazy thing is how they didn’t think the miracle of the last two years was cause for concern. It’s like they thought these were legit miracles ordained by god, so nothing had to change in approach, because god would just keep handing out the miracles.
 
mossmadness said:
They didn’t really recruit HS with the intent of getting a playable one.

Took a couple of lower ceiling guys who would maybe turn into game manager backups.

Took a raw high ceiling guy that had 0 floor in hopes that if he hit his ceiling you maybe had something there.

None of the three cost much because the likelihood of them ever becoming anything was reflected in the market price.

And Miami was willing to do that because they planned on paying up to get an established portal guy every year.

And now that looks like it failed.

The real crazy thing is how they didn’t think the miracle of the last two years was cause for concern. It’s like they thought these were legit miracles ordained by god, so nothing had to change in approach, because god would just keep handing out the miracles.
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Well put. You can learn from failures, but you can also learn from successes. Mario did not learn from the past two portal "successes" at QB.
 
Calinative said:
I’d bet we get a backup guy at least pretty soon here
Like Eget or Pennington…
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This is ******* ridiculous. A bunch of grown people having a meltdown over this. Settle down, we’ll get a QB.

Yeah, it might not be who we dreamed two weeks ago, but we will land a starter. Things just didn’t break our way. Our top targets chose other spots, now we’re trying to talk someone out of a good situation to come here. That takes time.

I do think skipping visits during Cotton Bowl week was moronic. And the decision to not upgrade certain rooms with higher talent feels risky to me (LB, S, DT, DE, WR). The QB board just didn’t fall our way, and I don’t think it was about urgency.
 
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Canes Device said:
This is ******* ridiculous. A bunch of grown people having a meltdown over this. Settle down, we’ll get a QB.

Yeah, it might not be who we dreamed two weeks ago, but we will land a starter. Things just didn’t break our way. Our top targets chose other spots, now we’re trying to talk someone out of a good situation to come here. That takes time.

I do think skipping visits during Cotton Bowl week was moronic. And the decision to not upgrade certain rooms with higher talent feels risky to me (LB, S, DT, DE, WR). The QB board just didn’t fall our way, and I don’t think it was about urgency.
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We don't have time.
 
mossmadness said:
They didn’t really recruit HS with the intent of getting a playable one.

Took a couple of lower ceiling guys who would maybe turn into game manager backups.

Took a raw high ceiling guy that had 0 floor in hopes that if he hit his ceiling you maybe had something there.

None of the three cost much because the likelihood of them ever becoming anything was reflected in the market price.

And Miami was willing to do that because they planned on paying up to get an established portal guy every year.

And now that looks like it failed.

The real crazy thing is how they didn’t think the miracle of the last two years was cause for concern. It’s like they thought these were legit miracles ordained by god, so nothing had to change in approach, because god would just keep handing out the miracles.
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I dont think the problem is with the idea of going portal they clearly just flat out suck at closing on QB unless circumstance plays heavily into it like Ward and Beck.
 
Canes Device said:
This is ******* ridiculous. A bunch of grown people having a meltdown over this. Settle down, we’ll get a QB.

Yeah, it might not be who we dreamed two weeks ago, but we will land a starter. Things just didn’t break our way. Our top targets chose other spots, now we’re trying to talk someone out of a good situation to come here. That takes time.

I do think skipping visits during Cotton Bowl week was moronic. And the decision to not upgrade certain rooms with higher talent feels risky to me (LB, S, DT, DE, WR). The QB board just didn’t fall our way, and I don’t think it was about urgency.
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At what point do you trust your high school recruiting?
 
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