Dan Lanning landed some dynamite transfers -- RB Hughes (Tulane), LG Pregnon (USC), LT World (Nevada), S Thieneman (Purdue) -- but I'm surprised he didn't aim for MORE transfers. Oregon only returns ~6 '24 starters. Going to be VERY reliant on newbies & youngsters. Upside's still massive, though. - ThreadSky

espnbillc.bsky.social • 19 days ago

Dan Lanning landed some dynamite transfers -- RB Hughes (Tulane), LG Pregnon (USC), LT World (Nevada), S Thieneman (Purdue) -- but I'm surprised he didn't aim for MORE transfers. Oregon only returns ~6 '24 starters. Going to be VERY reliant on newbies & youngsters. Upside's still massive, though.

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espnbillc.bsky.social•19 days ago

Going through this roster process, I ended up slightly lower on UGA, Ohio St and Oregon than I anticipated ... and slightly higher on Penn State. Still don't trust the WR corps, but it won't be worse, and I love the lines and DBs. Allar makes me nervous, but he's more proven than most '25 QBs.

espnbillc.bsky.social•18 days ago

When I tell you that Purdue returns only 5 starters from last year's team, I need you to understand that I mean 5 guys who started ANY game. RB Devin Mockobee started all 12, four other guys started 15 combined, and that's it. Absolute gut job for Barry Odom (who gutted UNLV ~similarly, actually).

lrdimdiscouragd.bsky.social•18 days ago

Addition by subtraction

espnbillc.bsky.social•18 days ago

Per SP+, Rutgers had its best team since 2011 and now returns its QB, most of the OL and 2 stud LBs. Intriguing. DL and DB needed rebuilds (7 combined starters gone, 7 transfers in), but we could see our first top-40 RU squad since 2009.

Also, if you search for Rutgers GIFs, you get this:

espnbillc.bsky.social•18 days ago

SDSU collapsed in 2023, and Sean Lewis couldn't do a single thing to arrest the slide last year. Now he'll have at least 8 new offensive starters. Still quite a few mid-3-star (or better) recruits on the roster, and maybe culture will take hold in year 2, but more of a rebuild than expected there.

espnbillc.bsky.social•18 days ago

Man oh man, the food chain is just vicious these days. Sam Houston had a great defense last year, lost head coach KC Keeler, then lost all 16 defenders who had at least 250 snaps. (Some of them were graduates instead of transfers, but still.) Offense returns 6 starters, at least.

espnbillc.bsky.social•18 days ago

S Carolina is so confusing -- O underachieved vs SP+ by 14+ pts 3x and overachieved by 30+ 3x. Sellers has a new-ish OL & RB/TE, and the far more reliable D lost 7 starters. Feels like top-10 is overrating them, but I mean ... if Sellers is more consistent and Stewart has a solid supporting cast...

thegaragepeople.bsky.social•18 days ago

ruscoop.bsky.social•17 days ago

Ian Strong is so good.

baryherd.bsky.social•19 days ago

Following this entire thread last few days, finally realized it's alphabetical.

gshelor.bsky.social•19 days ago

“LT World”, here for all of your left tackle needs. Located conveniently at the Steamtown mall

backroll23.bsky.social•19 days ago

Ducks have been recruiting well for last few years. Staff obviously likes what they see in practice and thinks the youngsters are ready for the primetime

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