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"'I'm a hometown kid and [Jonathan Smith] didn't offer me,' Leavitt told Spartans Illustrated publisher David Harns, who reports Leavitt met with Smith today and brought up what happened during his recruitment. 'There are some hard feelings there,' Leavitt told Harns. 'I felt slighted by that. Why would they like me now when they didn't like me before?'"
REPORT: Michigan State QB Sam Leavitt 'done' with Spartans after Jonathan Smith hire
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Yes on literally every single one in this thread. They are all better than what Nebraska currently has.
I will be very surprised if we land an “elite” portal QB. We’re not in a situation most of those guys are looking for. Our best bet is to get a guy who got beat out at his previous school…. IF I was a betting man, I would bet Chubba is our starter next fall.
Maybe the kid that’s leaving Michigan st would like a little revenge or I’m going to a better place
Up to the minute portal QBs list:
Joey Yellen - Hawaii
Brendan Sorsby - Indiana
Dexter Williams - Indiana
Spencer Petras - Iowa
Will Howard - Kansas State
Jake Rubley - Kansas State
Hank Bachmeier - Louisiana Tech
Tyler Van Dyke - Miami
Katin Houser - Michigan State
Will Rogers - Missisippi State
Tedros Gleaton - Navy
Gavin Rupp - Rutgers
Max Johnson - Texas A&M
Tyler Shough - Texas Tech
Nate Johnson - Utah
Ken Seals - Vanderbilt
Joey Yellen - Hawaii
Brendan Sorsby - Indiana
Dexter Williams - Indiana
Spencer Petras - Iowa
Will Howard - Kansas State
Jake Rubley - Kansas State
Hank Bachmeier - Louisiana Tech
Tyler Van Dyke - Miami
Katin Houser - Michigan State
Will Rogers - Missisippi State
Tedros Gleaton - Navy
Gavin Rupp - Rutgers
Max Johnson - Texas A&M
Tyler Shough - Texas Tech
Nate Johnson - Utah
Ken Seals - Vanderbilt
While it would be nice to get one, we don't need an elite portal QB. But I believe we need at least one competent portal QB. Isn't Purdy having groin surgery any day now? Seems he is always injured somehow. IMHO the room would be better with another guy to compete with Purdy and step in if he gets hurt again. Purdy or a portal guy need to hold the reigns until Kaelin gets up to speed. Would also be nice if Woche and/or Longval could make a move.
...and I wish my fingernails were Reese's flavor, but we can't all get what we want, Bill.
Sluka looks like a better passing and running version of HH. Completion % above 60 his senior year. 4:1 TD to INT ratio. FCS and only has 1 year left is downside.
I would think they are looking for someone that has 2 to 3 years of eligibility left just for stability’s sake. They might be able to get this kid a little cheaper though to free up money on WR, OT or RB. This is going to be interesting to see how all this plays out.
I was thinking the same conspiracy. Is Sims “done” with football, and decided to take the Nebraska NIL gravy train for “one last wild ride” before he sells insurance the rest of his life?
Well I hope you don't bet too much on that, you would be better off burning your money
This is the crux of the matter regarding 'NIL Market Value' vs. what they're actually getting paid...
Arch Manning being worth $3.whatever Million, vs what he's been paid thus far for some cleanup work last week are probably very different.... these are odds against their probable PT and performance over time. I'm guessing. Maybe straight-up AI-generated drivel... but maybe it's super accurate. Who knows. It's an imperfect metric, but there it is. Win some, lose some, but Championship-caliber teams take these risks. All of them do. If we wanna compete, we're gonna need to take some RISKS on unproven Talent.
Proven Talent is the same way. This guy @ Holy Cross stats will change measurably once he competes against bigger, more talented schools, obviously... seems like a really good pick for a backup QB on paper and compete against the guy with elite talent on paper who we're paying more? Think we need more than one this offseason, either way. One injury and we're back to incompetence.
This also makes our selection of Sims last year all the more confusing. He sucked before, was moving to a more competitive conference.... odds were he was gonna suck even more. Didn't let us down.
Woche is NOT an option. He’s not an NAIA QB. I agree that we should try to get a portal QB but I’m very skeptical that we’ll land the kind of guy people think we can get. Even IF we do get a guy, you’ve got the whole learning curve to deal with.
Purdy has shown the ability to run our offense without getting practice reps. He’s a capable QB if he can stay healthy. The guy has the tools you can only hope to get in a portal QB. You better hope he doesn’t leave.
I've got nothing against Purdy and I thought he was easily our most productive QB and put in a difficult position and performed admirably. I'd like him to stay and compete, he would make a decent backup QB. However there is ZERO chance they don't bring in a QB that is better than him. I've been on record after seeing HH and Sims perform in a few games that Nebraska will dip into the portal for 2 QB's.
You lost me at zero chance of them bringing in a QB better than him. We are not an attractive spot right now for a top QB. That’s the problem. IF we get a talented guy it will be somebody who is destined to be second team next fall at his existing school. I firmly believe that when healthy Purdy w could start for a lot of P5 programs.
I think we need to retain both Purdy and Haarberg if for no other reason than their knowledge of the offense. Starting completely over in that room would be a problem IMO.
Healthy purdy has already started for 2 P5 teams.
He’s never won a single game for either in 4 years.
He can’t handle it.
The hot tub business might suit him.
You’re so predictable. So will you at least admit you didn’t know what the hell you were talking about when you said he had a noodle arm and couldn’t run?
I never said he couldn’t run. Its the only way he moved the ball last year.
And he’s had a noodle arm until this year. I’m glad it looked better.
The results, however? Those were the same.
Maybe by year 7 in college he’ll finally produce that first W
Not facing the media like a man was telling
Never once said he couldn’t run
Said a lot he couldn’t throw or win
He’s not a leader and wouldn’t be missed if he quit
I’m not going to waste my time going back through your posts to find it. You’ve proven you don’t know what the hell you’re talking about. Back to the ignore bin.