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Posted: 4/23/2025 7:09 AM
RufusCat09 wrote:expand_more
A few new names to add to the portal

Joseph Habinowski - OL
Andrew Erby - OL
Beau Blankenship - TE (Marshall Transfer)
Habinowski hurts.
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Posted: 4/23/2025 1:53 PM
Bobcat1998 wrote:expand_more
A few new names to add to the portal

Joseph Habinowski - OL
Andrew Erby - OL
Beau Blankenship - TE (Marshall Transfer)
Habinowski hurts.
With the new 105 rule coming out. Teams are allowed to cut players/tell them to enter the portal because they likely won’t make the roster when fall comes around. I think that was the case for these players and possibly a couple more of the guys that hit the portal with no playing time. This also allows us to cut players to get more players in the portal/high school.
Last Edited: 4/23/2025 5:10:12 PM by Rollbobbies01
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Posted: 4/23/2025 3:45 PM
Rollbobbies01 wrote:expand_more
A few new names to add to the portal

Joseph Habinowski - OL
Andrew Erby - OL
Beau Blankenship - TE (Marshall Transfer)
Habinowski hurts.
With the new 105 rule coming out. Teams are allowed to cute players/tell them to enter the portal because they likely won’t make the roster when fall comes around. I think that was the case for these players and possibly a couple more of the guys that hit the portal with no playing time. This also allows us to cut players to get more players in the portal/high school.
Makes sense. I'm sure a lot of tough and honest conversations occuring between players and coaches.
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Posted: 4/23/2025 5:43 PM
Portal Update (as of 4/23)

Transfers Out: 22
P4: 3
G5: 7
Lower: 2
TBD: 10

Power 4
Bradley Weaver (DE) --> Rutgers
Jacob Dennison (OL) --> Wake Forest
Cam Rice (DL) --> Maryland

Group of 5
CJ Doggette (DL) --> Florida Atlantic
Rickey Hunt (RB) --> Tulsa
Austin Brawley (S) --> New Mexico
Stellan Bowman (LB) --> Charlotte
Parker Startz (LB) --> Charlotte
Colby Garfield (LS) --> Charlotte
Gianni Spetic (K) --> Memphis

Lower Level
Bryce Butler (TE) --> Towson (FCS)
Maverick Ohle (DL) --> North Central College (D-III)

TBD
Bralen Henderson (DL) --> TBD (Likely P4) (Offers: Utah, Wake Forest, Georgia Tech, Pitt, Washington State, Cal, Vandy, WKU, UConn, Toledo, Miami(oh), UTEP)
Shay Taylor (LB) --> TBD (Likely P4) (Offers: West Virginia, Wake Forest, Virginia Tech, Charlotte, JMU, FAU, Ark State, Texas State, UConn, MTSU)
Kadin Schmitz (LB) --> TBD (Likely G5) (Offers: Charlotte, Bowling Green, Eastern Michigan, UNLV)
Joseph Habinowski (OL) --> TBD
Reise Collier (LB) --> TBD
Matthew Stuewe (WR) --> TBD
Andrew Erby (OL) --> TBD
Beau Blankenship (TE) --> TBD
Sinn Brennan (DE) --> TBD
Xander Karagosian (S) --> TBD
Last Edited: 4/23/2025 5:54:31 PM by RufusCat09
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Posted: 4/24/2025 12:49 PM
Ricky Hunt Jr. back in the portal.
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Posted: 4/24/2025 3:01 PM
How many end up in Charlotte?
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Posted: 4/26/2025 2:02 PM
Shay Taylor tweeted that he had an offer from Penn State as well and he was in charlotte yesterday
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Posted: 4/28/2025 9:48 AM
With each arrival and departure, it gets harder to get enthusiastic about the state of College Football, and more clear that it needs to be spun off into a professional league. That way you can have negotiations between a set of owners, and a players union. Only then can a set of rules be created that will be enforceable. Until then, it seems that the chaos will only increase.
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Posted: 4/28/2025 10:14 AM
L.C. wrote:expand_more
With each arrival and departure, it gets harder to get enthusiastic about the state of College Football, and more clear that it needs to be spun off into a professional league. That way you can have negotiations between a set of owners, and a players union. Only then can a set of rules be created that will be enforceable. Until then, it seems that the chaos will only increase.
Amen to what you say. Not sure the chaos will end soon, but it’s not conducive to being a big fan right now.
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Posted: 4/28/2025 11:37 AM
It seems to me that, in granting NIL money to a player, they can/should sign binding contract that a player agrees to play for a set minimum period of time in exchange for the NIL money, and which includes a liquidated damages clause if the player leaves prematurely. That's similar to what coaching contracts look like; why can't the same thing be done with players?
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Posted: 4/28/2025 2:14 PM
Kadin Schmitz has committed to Charolette
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Posted: 4/28/2025 2:21 PM
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Kadin Schmitz has committed to Charolette
Not a huge loss as far as I can see.
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Posted: 4/28/2025 4:01 PM
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Kadin Schmitz has committed to Charolette
Not a huge loss as far as I can see.
I may have missed someone but I think he would have been our top returning tackler and sack leader from last year. Not good to me
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Posted: 4/28/2025 4:20 PM
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Kadin Schmitz has committed to Charolette
Not a huge loss as far as I can see.
I may have missed someone but I think he would have been our top returning tackler and sack leader from last year. Not good to me
Most of the damage has already been done to the defense due to the portal / graduation. Defense has a lot to prove this upcoming season.

What we've lost so far...

Total Tackles - 8 of Top 10 (Leake, Johnson, Taylor, Walker-Burgess, Parodie, McNaboe, Weaver, Brawley)

Total Sacks - 8 of Top 10 (Weaver, Walker-Burgess, McNaboe, Schmitz, Taylor, Rice, Doggette, Henderson)
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Posted: 4/28/2025 5:01 PM
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Kadin Schmitz has committed to Charolette
Not a huge loss as far as I can see.
I may have missed someone but I think he would have been our top returning tackler and sack leader from last year. Not good to me
I guess our analysis of his contributions last year are vastly different. You are probably right as you are a better analyst than I am.
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Posted: 4/28/2025 6:06 PM
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Posted: 4/28/2025 6:16 PM
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The power 4 offers must of been backup opportunities for Shay or he really just wanted to stay with Schmitz and Faanes. Makes you feel for a guy like Stellan who left Ohio to go to Charolette with Faanes to probably start because the other two guys decided to stay just for them to come in the next portal window. Could’ve started here or there but will likely be the back up to Shay and same goes for Parker Startz.
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Posted: 4/28/2025 6:35 PM
Rollbobbies01 wrote:expand_more
Shay Taylor to Charlotte.

https://x.com/Shay_Taylor5/status/1916969886070325712?t=K...
The power 4 offers must of been backup opportunities for Shay or he really just wanted to stay with Schmitz and Faanes. Makes you feel for a guy like Stellan who left Ohio to go to Charolette with Faanes to probably start because the other two guys decided to stay just for them to come in the next portal window. Could’ve started here or there but will likely be the back up to Shay and same goes for Parker Startz.
Schmitz to Charlotte...sure, ok that makes sense but Taylor as well? He had plenty of P4 offers even the bottom level P4 teams where i thought he could see plenty of playing time. I guess it speaks to the relationship with Faanes and Albin.
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Posted: 4/28/2025 6:51 PM
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Shay Taylor to Charlotte.

https://x.com/Shay_Taylor5/status/1916969886070325712?t=K...
The power 4 offers must of been backup opportunities for Shay or he really just wanted to stay with Schmitz and Faanes. Makes you feel for a guy like Stellan who left Ohio to go to Charolette with Faanes to probably start because the other two guys decided to stay just for them to come in the next portal window. Could’ve started here or there but will likely be the back up to Shay and same goes for Parker Startz.
Schmitz to Charlotte...sure, ok that makes sense but Taylor as well? He had plenty of P4 offers even the bottom level P4 teams where i thought he could see plenty of playing time. I guess it speaks to the relationship with Faanes and Albin.
I think you’re right, but many on here always think it just about the money.
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Posted: 4/28/2025 6:54 PM
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Kadin Schmitz has committed to Charolette
Not a huge loss as far as I can see.
I may have missed someone but I think he would have been our top returning tackler and sack leader from last year. Not good to me
I guess our analysis of his contributions last year are vastly different. You are probably right as you are a better analyst than I am.
I’m not saying the numbers are outstanding for him, but it’s all we got with the folks who were left. Lots of opportunities for the new guys and the guys down the depth chart last year.
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Posted: 4/28/2025 7:00 PM
Not many guys left of starter quality. This must have been the plan all along. Same tactics they complained about they just pulled.
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Posted: 4/28/2025 7:44 PM
Weird how both leave at the same time and commit at the same time…
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Posted: 4/28/2025 8:09 PM
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Weird how both leave at the same time and commit at the same time…
It's almost like they are best friends or something...
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Posted: 4/28/2025 8:21 PM
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Schmitz to Charlotte...sure, ok that makes sense but Taylor as well? He had plenty of P4 offers even the bottom level P4 teams where i thought he could see plenty of playing time. I guess it speaks to the relationship with Faanes and Albin.

Taylor to Charlotte especially makes no sense, given that their starter at MLB from last year, who was their leading tackler, returns.
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Posted: 4/28/2025 8:40 PM
RufusCat09 wrote:expand_more
Weird how both leave at the same time and commit at the same time…
It's almost like they are best friends or something...
Hmm possibly. But wonder why Shay said he wasn’t leaving and then all of a sudden decided to enter the portal.
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