New offer on Dartmouth grad transfer DL Ejike Adele

I think Harper for a season is what we are likely to see, but one of the younger guys winning the job would certainly be exciting. I just liked seeing the mobility that Harper and Rasor showed in back up time.

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Hiring Vick seems like it would be a desperate swing for the fences on name recognition alone. I'm not saying it's impossible for him to be a good coach, but I'm not sure I would want to hire a guy with no coaching experience to SUPPOSEDLY be leading a team into the FBS.

I imagine we might see some guys from the classes between Plough as OC and HC choose to move on. In this day and age it's pretty unheard of to not have any guys transferring out. I just hope we can get some trench guys coming in to bolster things. Not that we had a ton of places that we struggled this year, but I would say that OL play and pressuring the QB were a few of those places along with DB coverage.

Bunch of Vandals hitting the portal

Another realization that I had was that unless we land more commitments in February or bring in transfers our WR room is going to have only 2 guys that eclipse the 6' mark: Laviel Pickett (6'4) and Cole Owens (6'0). Not that the 6' mark is the determinant of being an effective receiver, but our room is definitely on the smaller end and you want to have some diversity in size for different roles on the field.

We're bound to lose Coombs soon. I don't know if it will be this offseason or not, but it will be soon. I think it will also be interesting to see Plough's hiring process play out. Hawkins became notorious for promoting from within. It worked sometimes and other times it very much so did not. Does Plough go the same route or does he do a more expansive search for candidates?

I don't know why there's so many mistakes on the roster in terms of eligibility. It wouldnt take someone long at all to double check that stuff.

You're probably right. I just went off the current roster, but I know that it's filled with mistakes.

The only player that I know for sure that's already in the portal is WR Robbie Mascheroni. I know Plough has stated that he wants to recruit guys that want to be at Davis so hopefully we don't become a program that is a constant in and out.

Over the year we've talked about the post Miles Hastings + Lan Larison era, but I don't think we've discussed how much we're losing at WR. Tompkins, Hutton, Davis was a large part of our receiving production along with Larison. Gbatu is the only WR we're returning who put up notable stats. Dobbins got some play time as well.

I don't think that qualifying for FBS post season would likely be an issue anyway

1. QBs on/will be on roster as of now - Grant Harper (Sr), David Rasor (Jr), Damon Wrighster (RFr), Caden Pinnick (RFr), Treynor Cleeland (Fr), Axel Eason (Fr), Xzavior Guess (Fr), Tyus Miller (Fr)

I think Grant Harper probably has the inside lane due to experience, but I'd be excited if one of the younger guys managed to win the job. No matter who ends up taking snaps we will certainly have a new wrinkle in the offense of QB mobility. Every single guy listed above is SIGNIFICANTLY more mobile than Miles. In this day and age of college football your QB has to be able to run the ball at least in a pinch.

2. RBs on/will be on roster as of now - Michael Ingrassia (Sr), Darian Leon-Guerrero (Sr), Jordan Fisher (Jr), Kai Acia (Jr), Carter Vargas (RFr), Aden Jackson (Fr)

I don't think that we're going to have a bell cow next season like we did this season with Lan. I think we're going to get a mix of Fisher and Vargas if I had to guess. Two VERY different runners.

3. We have to work on the trenches and punting in the transfer portal. There are more guys than ever available so it would be nice to bring in some guys with experience. Especially if we end up having a young QB we will need an offensive line that's actually able to protect.

4. We're losing a ton of talent on defense at all 3 levels. Do we have the horses on the roster to not see much of a drop off? I'm not so sure about that.

I don't think so, but I didn't think we were gonna turn the ball over 6 times today so who knows.

I'll be pulling for MSU. Big Sky team and it would be nice for a team outside of the Dakotas to win.

Sad way for the season to end.

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USD TD... That just about does it