It's not even remotely the same. What's happening with NIL is on a scale not even remotely close to a few coaches seeking greener pastures.

Probably LSU poaching again. They love f******* with Mizzou and are going to make it an annual thing.

The entire system should be pro-player and enable players to maximize their earning potential. For decades the system was designed in a way that ****ed over players. I think the bigger issue is the transfer windows.

Coaches all the time back out of agreements to be coordinators to go to a bigger school or leave a HC job after 1-2 years.

Look at Arnett when he was the DC at Miss St., everything Bobby Petrino’s done, Todd Grantham, etc.

I have a larger issue with shit coaches getting paid absurd amounts for being bad at their job when they are fired.

I've never argued with the basic idea of the NIL.

The issue is the NIL COMBINED with the free transfer windows.

It's just too much.

Yeah, the transfer windows are absurd. I think it’s wrong that some guys can basically peace out weeks before the season starts and go play elsewhere.

Portal should be open at the end of December to the second week of January and then again from sometime in mid-May to early June.

I just feel like any 'commitment' should be 2 years.

If you sign an LOI - you have 2 years in that program then you can transfer. Once you transfer, you have 2 years with THAT program.

This amount of movement isn't good for the sport.

Right. You're talking about dozens of coaches though. We are talking about hundreds, if not thousands, of players.

Also, the flip side of the coach argument is that there's an equal amount of coaches every year that are fired before their contracts are up. There's simply no analog for the players. They're the only ones that have leverage.

Yep it should absolutely be 2 year minimums.

Ugh. That stinks.

Just classify them as employees and have them sign contracts as such. Each contract includes a one-year non-compete clause, which serves the purpose of the old rule where they had to sit. Base salary is equivalent to room and board plus tuition, with bonuses paid from the NIL fund for whatever they can negotiate.

Nwaneri is an interesting case. Maybe his entire intention was to utilize the NIL law to get a bag while still in high school, then leave to his preferred school after year one.

Sounds like Mizzou is trying to make a play, but you do have to wonder why he couldn't crack the two deep rotation for a team who lacked impact rushers.

Your first paragraph is what I had in mind.

I'm thinking they didn't wanna lose the redshirt. I'm assuming this is a complete shock to them.

Well, step one of your plan is complete. Kevin Coleman has entered the portal.

Moss visited Mizzou, first, and it went well, too. Get those two things locked up (sounds positive with Coleman), and the passing game has the trigger man and the weapons to be effective.

2025 schedule released. 6 straight home games to start the season. 8 total home games


8/30 - Central Arkansas

9/6 - Kansas

9/13 - Louisiana

9/20 - South Carolina

9/27 - Umass

10/11 - Alabama

10/18 at Auburn

10/25 - at Vanderbilt

11/8 - Texas A&M

11/15 - Mississippi State

11/22 - Oklahoma

11/27 - at Arkansas

Oklahoma is a road game.

But that's a 10-2 type schedule with playoff possibilities if they can get QB position figured out.

Trying to remain optimistic about the QB position. Moss would be ideal, Mendoza I could probably talk myself into, Browne not so much.

If he schedules more visits after he leaves Louisville (believe he was there yesterday and is there today before heading home), that's not a great sign.

Sounds like everything went as well the 2 days he was at Mizzou as it could have gone.

The portal is crazier than ever. Arkansas, Mississippi State, and Florida State are seeing massive numbers of players hit the portal.

As of Wednesday evening, Arkansas has 25 outgoing players in the portal, per 247Sports.

Mississippi State has 23 players, including quarterback Michael Van Buren Jr., who started eight games in 2024.

Another Power 4 school with a lot of transfers is UCF, which has seen 22 players enter since Gus Malzahn moved on to Florida State and Scott Frost returned as head coach.

Is Horn an afterthought at this point? I honestly just don't know much about his injury rehab as well as what the coaches think of him or how they project him moving fwd. I do know he got a short leash before the injury and maybe they saw enough to know he's not their guy?

Because I have to imagine if we're convincing someone like Moss to come here that it comes with the assurance that the offense belongs to him, right?

Because of the new 105 roster limit

Tommy John recovery is different for football QBs than a pitcher, but he is both of those things. I'm not sure what his timeline looks like or whether he would be available for Spring Ball.

I don't think he's an afterthought, but he's also not something to pin your hopes/program's fate on. He'll get to compete with whoever they bring in.

2 crystal balls on 247 saying Coleman to Mizzou now.

One of those is my source...

Gabe or Sean? Can you give any inside info lol. As in how they are so sure so quickly?

Sounding like Nwaneri to Nebraska

I was reading that he was a "no contact" or whatever and it was always gonna be Nebraska, so your scummy ass school was probably tampering with him and had something worked out from the get go.

Talked to a well connected person in Missouri politics last night. He said Mizzou had 2 big recruits locked up, just waiting to announce. One is getting Burdens old house in CoMo along with brand new car for sure. Couldn't remember the names.

Coleman and ?

Coleman is evidently on Campus today. That seems like a done deal.

Hold my bawls

I hope that he never develops and ends up sucking. He must have gone for the NIL money because he sure didn't go to s better school when he decided to be a cornholer.

Sounds like I may need to reach out to Jake Peters.

LMAO You're probably going to have a bad time if you're going to take every athlete transferring out of Mizzou personally like this. Especially given the fact that the In State NIL laws incentivize committing to Mizzou to get $ ASAP, even if that's not where they intend to play a majority of their college career.

They’re not so sure, but when a kid announces they’re entering the portal and immediately schedules a single visit and it’s a player they almost got before (and would have had he and Burden not hated each other) and that player happens to play the #1 position for them in the portal and they’re from St. Louis…

Re: Nwawieri, had he performed like they were paying him to perform, I think he’d still be at Mizzou.

One thing with the portal is that if you’re playing a freshman like a star and they don’t instantly impact and get on the field, it’s a tough call to decide if you keep paying them at that level.

If they’re a QB and you still think they can be The Guy, you keep it up, probably. If they’re a DE who got surpassed by two lesser-ranked dudes in their class…

Maybe but it sounds like him & Mozee are very close.

On another note Mikaki Gbayor visited MU. Pretty solid player

If what Mozee wanted for Nwawieri was what he based his decisions on, he would have spent the past season at Oklahoma.

Well, Aiden Glover won't be competing for the starting spot. He entered the portal today.

Coleman is official

Here is an article with links to stories concerning Mizzou transfer portal activity.

https://247sports.com/college/missou...tes-241053916/

Miller Moss to Louisville per Thamel….

Of course. What other options are there in the portal?

This ****in sucks.

I can’t handle a season of Pyne in the SEC, just can’t do it. Here’s to a solid plan B and Horn’s health.

Mendoza from Cal but I don’t see Mizzou having any shot at him….

The Moss thing is…..interesting. By all accounts and rumors, Mizzou was offering a far more attractive NIL package.

It's the Drinkwitz QB curse, he will never have one.

My theory is all the QB recruits see how he has handled the QB position, they're afraid they will get buried on the depth chart so they don't want to sign up with Drink. His loyalty to Cook hurts Mizzou again.

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Got bodied by Jeff freakin Brohm….

Can’t make this up.

I used to think the wokes were crazy for thinking men could menstruate.

Then I started reading your posts and realized they were right.

Why else would he turn down a better package then? Drink has quite the QB rep now.

Drinkwitz's inability to solve the QB position may end up being his Achilles heel.

Cook's play cost them a playoff spot this year, and he keeps finishing second with every portal QB while missing on his recruits.

Miller Moss wasn't it my guy

I don’t think Fernando Mendoza is going to happen. Would guess Georgia for him. Also not sure he’s any different than Brady Cook.

Looking around the portal, there are still some interesting options.

Preston Stone from SMu is one of them. Malik Murphy improved a lot after leaving Texas for Duke. He’s a good athlete whose passing stepped forward.

A name in seeing less of but am interested in is Florida International QB Keyone Jenkins. He’s left handed and small (6-0/195), but he can sling it and is a running threat.

Kewan Lacy to the portal….

That ****ing sucks.

Aaaaaaand Lacy commits to Ole Miss.

Awesome.

I'm not worried about losing a RB that barely played.

Y'all see Dabo Swinney had his first ever transfer portal acquisition?

WR Tristan Smith from Southeast Missouri

Pretty crazy his first transfer portal player is from SEMO.

SEMO was his only offer out of HS. He was a 0 star recruit in high school and has 0 stars as a transfer.

For some reason he's classified as a JR, but just had his first year in college. He had 76 rec, 934 yds, and 6 TDs.

Congrats Dabo!

John Mateer entered the portal and instantly became #1 QB and #1 player in the portal. Seen a rumor that Mizzou has reached out, but I doubt they'd pull this off. Power Mizzou thinks we're going after Fernando Mendoza from Cal.

Just hope we can bring in one good QB to compete.

Also Missouri got Josiah Trotter to commit. Won the Big 12 Defensive Freshmen Of The Year. He has 3 years of eligibility and is the son of Jeremiah Trotter.

I think he's got a chance to be really good for us.

Trotter was a big add. Love the LBs they got.

Mateer is following his OC to Oklahoma, it seems.

Hes going to OU they just hired his OC

Yeah I know, but it'd be really cool if he didn't lol.

Mizzou has Ahmad Hardy, No. 4 RB in portal, visiting Wednesday. Freshmen from Louisiana-Monroe who rushed for 1351 yds and 13 TDs this year.

Also have Army transfer Kanye Udoh visiting Wednesday. Had 1117 rush yards and 10 TDs this year.

Would be awesome to get Hardy, but Udoh would be a nice consolation prize.

how are the military schools in terms of this transfer portal bs? are players no longer required to serve? or can they just transfer whenever they want?

So, Mizzou has added 5 transfers so far. Lost about that many as well.

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The Missouri Tigers added to their defensive end room Tuesday, acquiring Langden Kitchen out of Northwest Missouri State.

Kitchen chose Missouri after visiting Wisconsin, Iowa and Kansas.


Defensive end became one of the biggest needs for Missouri in the portal, with freshmen Williams Nwaneri and Jaylen Brown entering the transfer portal after one season with the Tigers. Nwaneri (a former five-star prospect) went to Nebraska while Brown (a four-star) stayed in the SEC, going to South Carolina.

Additionally, Missouri is set to lose valuable depth with expiring eligibility for both Joe Moore III and team captain Johnny Walker Jr.

Kitchen is a product of Westran High School, less than an hour drive away from the University of Missouri campus.

In two seasons with Northwest Missouri State, Kitchen recorded 30 tackles, including 10.5 for a loss along with 5.5 sacks. Kitches, 6-foot-7 and 270 pounds, comes to the Tigers with two years of elligiblity remaining.

Kitchen is Missouri's fifth addition through the transfer portal, and fourth to the defensive side of the ball. Missouri has also added Mississippi State wide receiver Kevin Coleman, Northern Illinois safety Santana Banner, Nebraska linebacker Mikai Gbayor and West Virginia linebacker Josiah Trotter.

Oh you guys ended up getting Gbayor? Solid pick up.

As far as QBs I don't know who all is in the portal or what they are ranked someone mentioned Maalik Murphy earlier. That's a guy I wanted last year when he was in the portal still young had a good season last year pretty athletic

"Acquiring"

So. ****ing. Gross.

Could be written with AI help. It does crap like that

Mizzou got a damn good RB. Ahmad Hardy, 247's 4th ranked RB. 1351 yds and 13 TDs as a true freshmen. He has 3 years of eligibility. Really excited for this one. We just need a QB in the worst way.

Missouri has Beau Pribula visiting. He's been the back up at Penn State for Allar and has been decent in limited action. Kid can run like hell too.

Crutchfield in the portal. Ole Miss bagmen must have called.

Chuck Hicks opting out of the bowl game is one of the most hilarious things I've ever read. How was that no-talent, walking-personal-foul assclown a captain?

I can't remember a single play he made that wasn't a penalty. He had the self-control of Jon Favreau's character in The Replacements coupled with the athleticism of Jon Favreau.

Uuuuuugh

That was our best long-term prospect at WR and a guy we really needed to see develop this season.

Damn. I thought he might be the best WR on the roster.

If you want to make sure a decently-talented kid NEVER again commits to a military school, give them additional requirements that follow them no matter where they transfer.

I don't believe your service requirement 'triggers' until after your Sophomore year. My memory is that is when you have to make the call, whether you play sports or not.

So if you're a Sophomore and you drop out or just switch schools, I don't believe you have signed a service commitment. But if you're a Junior, presumptively you have. And if you try to transfer out, your service requirement is still going to follow you. You can try to defer it (I believe a lot of athletes in up in the reserves as well), but you don't get to just transfer out and pretend it didn't happen.

Well shit Murphy to bum ass Oregon State hard to believe your collective couldn't have bought him

I don't think Mizzou was interested for some reason.

Missouri added another experienced lineman to its group for 2025 on Friday.

The Tigers received the commitment of Wake Forest transfer Keagen Trost, who visited the program Thursday. Trost, a 6-foot-4, 305-pound lineman, started 11 games this past season for the Demon Deacons. He joined Michigan transfer Dominick Giudice as the Tigers' second offensive line addition.

Trost will join Missouri with one year of eligibility, following his redshirt junior season. Prior to Wake Forest, the Kankakee (Ill.) High product spent four seasons at Indiana State and one season at Michigan State.

Missouri got the help in the secondary it's been looking for.

The Tigers got the commitment of Virginia Tech sophomore safety Mose Phillips III on Thursday, supplementing a room that returns Daylan Carnell and Marvin Burks Jr. as returning starters and Santana Banner as another transfer from Northern Illinois.

Phillips, a true sophomore, will have two years of eligibility remaining.

In his true freshman season, the 6-foot-2, 193--pound defensive back played in 13 games and started two, recording 27 tackles and one forced fumble. Then as a sophomore, he started 11-of-12 games, recording 65 tackles with 3.5 for loss and one sack.

That dude yall got from Michigan is pretty solid wanted him