Agreed but unfortunately is the current state of college football.
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A&M does have endless money and a terrible kicker. Can’t blame him if it is substantial more cash.
I have a number of A&M grads as friends. The fan base is the closest thing to a cult in college football. They are consumed with the kid brother syndrome as it pertains to Texas. Several of my friends are on the Texas pay sites just so 2 or 3 times a year they can go to that site after a Texas loss to watch the meltdown. They have more football traditions both sane and stupid than the law allows.
But I love em and a few years back when there was a little chatter of them going to the Big to again escape Texas. They would have been a fun fit.
Staff is focused on bigger fish …
Don’t like the Indy like above
We should do better with what we’ve got sell wise. Fairly big uptick in competition to go from playing barely any FBS teams in your career to the big ten.
A&M stealing singleton and olano from us would be quite disheartening. We’re still miles away from competing with the big boys in terms of $$.
About Olano — I think Bret mentioned he expects one starter to transfer out, but “will let them play in the bowl game.”
If he Olano goes who is his backup? I don't think we recruited a field goal kicker.
Wish we kept Ethan M.
we would need to find one from the portal .
Olano is one of my favorite players on the team and is arguably the best/one of the best in the B1G/country so that would be disappointing. I thought he'd give the Illini a strong chance to add their first Groza award winner. Hopefully it's not true.
illinidarrin
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What about this QB here? He was only a Sophmore last year. His passing numbers were better over his Freshman year. He also had a 1,000 yards rushing season. I believe he would have 2 years left. If we can't get any of the top 10 QB's, maybe he is one they could target? BTW, On3 site has as a top 100 transfer, so feel pretty good about him as a player. he could actually be considered as a top 10 QB by some.
https://www.espn.com/college-football/player/stats/_/id/5125715/colton-joseph
https://www.espn.com/college-football/player/stats/_/id/5125715/colton-joseph
His OC from Old Dominion was just hired at Memphis. Could see Colton following him there and Memphis has some $ NIL to pay.
Smart ones.
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They got Lucas Osada from UNC last year. Not sure if he's any good but there's atleast one option currently on roster if in fact Olano does leave
Joel Goodson
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if A&M wants to spend silly money on Olano, godspeed, kid
I think it's more that A&M has super silly money and is able to outspend people on position players and kickers
Thank goodness
Having lived in the panhandle or Texas i know these guys literally pump oil dollars faster than they spend it. Some lost games over kickers. These schools with several oil billionaires have an advantage.
I'm no marketing expert...but I think "Land of Lincoln" could really play in today's NIL marketplace.
Just a thought
While true, we're not going to play with the Texas schools, Oregon, Ohio St etc when it comes to money....
It shows just how far this program has come that it's even about the money. By having the type of players that the true elites are even interested in, we're going to have our hearts broke a few times.
Not exactly sure about that POV. Tulane, JMU, North Texas, etc… all have elite players. But they’ll all transfer out as soon as the market opens. It’s what separates those schools from the power conferences.
It’s what plagued Walter’s at Purdue as well. Have to be able to retain your best players, there’s no way around it. And yes, almost a certainty that they'll be pursued by the big boys.
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“Timeout South Carolina”
I could be misinterpreting your comment, but if not, I think you're undervaluing Olano's contributions to the beloved. Watching these bowl games, I just keep thinking how fortunate we are to have him. Or, I guess, how fortunate we were to have had him.
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