FOOTBALL RECRUITING THURSDAY PORTAL NOTES (aka The Antechamber)
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Based on your in-depth analysis…or?
How was the Miami Dline this year?
If the D line isn’t occupying blockers, LB will look slow. Same if the scheme has them making too many decisions.
If Baker’s first hand experience is that he’s a take, I’ll trust it.
I’m not necessarily saying sour grapes specifically against Flagg…more that they have sour grapes that Miami wasn’t as good as they expected to be & they are looking for people to blame. Flagg looked fine to me in the brief couple of times I saw him. Speed is important at LB, but not as important as other factors.
Who available would you take over Pounders in the transfer portal, besides Green. There aren't home run guys along the OL in the transfer portal. Pounders right now is listed as a top OL transfer.
To be fair, there aren't a whole lot of options in the portal for OT.
Same folks were also trashing Baker, too.
Now, the adage that good players make good coaches applies, but Baker’s had two defenses be successful in different ways. Sure, there was continuity there, but he was also playing all new DE’s and backup LBers most of the year.
i like the 2 they brought in last year, both played well as the got more comfortable..and the frosh..coaches must like them
i never thought mizzou could compete nil..thank you to whomever is giving all this $$$$…this person should get a spot on the wall
Hicks at 10 tfl (4.7 yards per) and multiple sacks and multiple ff. If we were bringing in guys for a visit with those stats you would be excited. Another year in the system and as the guy and I think he will put up monster numbers. Newsome is a stud too. One roughish game against Florida aside these guys played amazing with their opportunities
This. Throw most, if not all that Wingo money at Green. Don't think anyone on this board would be disappointed.
People truly do not know what they are missing out on with this site
Miami is never as good as expected yet they will be picked for the preseason top 25 next year like always. It's an annual tradition along with putting Notre Dame in the top 15.
Notre Dame finished the season ranked top 15
On name brand basis only. Their team was not that great.
I think it would be smart. Right now Walker is the only guy that’s established at DE. Moore and Firestone look like decent reserves, but never flashed outside of a play or two. Obviously Nwaneri will play, but can you count on him to be an impact starter Day 1? Would be ideal to have a rotation of 4-5 guys at end like you had at DT the past two years.
Miami had a good defense this season led by true freshman star Ruben Bain. Unfortunately for them they put all their eggs in the Tyler Van Dyke basket this offseason (and they has to pay up as Bama and others wanted him). TVD rewarded them with absolute abysmal QB play despite the fact that they had a strong running game. TVD played well against Texas A and M and then just hit a mental block. Cost them several games. I imagine they hit on a big portal QB this off season and will be a top 25 team next season. They have a really good offensive line.
Their coach costed them a game as well, didn't he?
Drinkwitz breaks down Mizzou's 'balanced' schedule
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Hicks was in position to make more tackles, but to me he just didn't wrap very good. He wanted to throw a shoulder and forearm at people, and at this level it doesn't work well. If he tackles better, I would like him more. Charleston got a lot better tackling this year than last imo
I hope Flagg is great. If nothing else he should be solid depth. The kid has a ton of experience. I was really impressed with how both Hicks and Newsome looked at times. I would say Both Hicks and Newsome look to have good speed for the position.
He may end up being a depth piece in the end, but look at how much our offensive line improved from last year. I like our chances of turning this guy into a real player by the start of next year. I know that Kirby and Baker get all the recognition for being great and rightfully so, but Brandon Jones may be the most underrated and underappreciated member of the staff. He's as responsible for Schrader's huge year this year as anybody outside of Cody himself. If we're taking Pounders, I'm guessing they can mold him into a player by the start of the season.
They're usually back by the first week in January or so, sometimes sooner. The deadline to declare for the draft is Jan 15
No doubt they have talent. They do every year. It's just annoying how some teams get inflated ratings and attention due to their name. With the talent in South Florida they should be a top ten team every year.
@GabeD great info and well organized format which helps me keep up with the moving parts.
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Newson is certainly a speed based LB that will probably get better after having a year to adjust to the level of play after coming from juco.
Flagg is a slower guy, but excels getting into his gaps when DL do their jobs and absorb blockers.
I'd assume they'd be complimenting each other and rotating to extend more than playing next to each other
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I agree. To me, Newsome really impressed in the Florida and Arkansas games. Excited to see what he does next season.
Thanks Gabe! Excellent update! MIZLet's do this again.
Quick recap, here are the four transfers we've already told you guys are arriving some time today
Really getting a sense that Mizzou has more of a shot in this one than I ever would have thought at the beginning. Won't be easy. But he's a definite priority. A source told me last night that Eli Drinkwitz visited him in Florida (and conducted his ESPN interview while there). He'll be in town some time today until some time Saturday when he will go to Colorado.
Has been pretty much impossible to find any information on Smith. Confident he's coming to town today and that Mizzou is making him a priority but that's all I've got right now.
Offers from all over. Not sure what other visits have occurred or will occur.
Missouri was on him quickly when he entered the portal. Colorado, Maryland, Utah State, Baylor, Texas Tech, SMU and Memphis have all reached out. He will get here today and stay the first half of Friday. He'll then head to Colorado.
There will be two more transfers on more traditional weekend visits (Saturday and Sunday)
Kennard has NFL physical tools as a pass rusher. He had 54 tackles, 6 sacks and two forced fumbles for Georgia Tech this year. He visited Florida State last weekend. He was expected to visit South Carolina midweek, but a source told me that the Gamecocks are bowing out of this one due to the NIL situation (the price tag won't be cheap and from what my source said, South Carolina has other priorities in the portal). He told our Florida State site a decision could come "within a week or so."
Flagg was coached by Blake Baker at Miami. He's one of the first names we heard in the portal. There hasn't been much info on him out there. Just a gut feeling here, but if we had to put one of the transfers on commit watch, Flagg would probably top the list. Flagg had 48 tackles, 7 TFL and three QB hurries for the Canes last season.
As of now, those are the transfers we are expecting in town. Zion Young was planning to make a trip but we are told a family situation has caused him to reschedule. After this weekend, we enter a dead period until January 3 (that means no in-person recruiting contacts). Between January 3 and January 7 there is a quiet period for transfers looking to enroll at semester which means in-person contact is allowed only on campus. So that will be another visit weekend. Makylan Pounders is currently scheduled to visit during that period. Young could reschedule to that weekend, but he visited Mizzou out of high school so a Zoom call might be enough for him this time around depending on how quickly he's wanting to wrap things up.
Obviously this weekend is defensive-line heavy with four of the six (plus Young) playing there. If things go well this weekend, it's possible Mizzou has its defensive line taken care of out of this group. Flagg is a linebacker and the priority at that position (Mizzou could take another one but I don't think it needs to).
The Tigers will likely take two offensive linemen in the portal. Strickland would be one. The other would obviously be Cayden Green. Thus far, Green has not officially entered the portal. The news that he would broke Tuesday afternoon. It generally takes 48-72 hours for all the paperwork to be processed. So depending on when he actually did that paperwork with OU compliance (assuming he did), we could see news today or tomorrow that he's officially in the portal. If we haven't seen that news by the end of the day Monday, then you start to wonder, but not until then. And given all the reports and reaction out of Oklahoma, it's very, very difficult to see a reconciliation with the Sooners. So the activity on that front won't really start going until we see Green's name officially in the portal. But as soon as you do see that, buckle up. As we've said since the start, Colorado, Oregon and Nebraska will be the competition. It's not a done deal anywhere, but Missouri is going to be right there.
Beyond that group, running back is the only place we know Missouri will take another transfer. But we don't anticipate immediate action there. We think this is a place Mizzou will be patient and see who else enters the portal after bowl games are played. There could be names that haven't hit the portal yet that would heavily interest the Tigers. As far as players currently in the portal, we're keeping an eye on Nathaniel Noel from Appalachian State, Joquavious Marks from Mississippi State (visiting Washington this weekend) and Jay Harris from Northwest Missouri State, who was named a Division II all-American yesterday.
All of that would get Mizzou right around ten transfers. Then you'd really be in a situation where you're just playing the market as opposed to looking for a specific player or position. If someone enters the portal you can't turn away, you go after him. If there are surprises on your roster (whether that's transfers out or guys who are on the fence leaving for the NFL), you might add another. The positions to watch would be wide receiver (Theo Wease has a decision to make), safety (Joseph Charleston is up in the air, we do not expect Jaylon Carlies to return) and cornerback (we've said all along Mizzou would take at least one and could take two).
We'll keep you up to date throughout the day and we'll have plenty more (including high school visitors) in The Chamber tomorrow.
More misspelled name next year: Triston Newson or Williams Nwaneri?
Tristan Newsome for sure
I'm sure that will be addressed in the Chamber tomorrow
