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CDM Era: Transfer Portal and Recruits Thread

dcut03
One thing is clear, If Friel prioritized playing time, he would have transferred years ago.
He was an Arroyo recruit added late before the season. He stuck around after being recruited over by both Arroyo and Odom. After being Freshman of the year, I am sure he had opportunities to play elsewhere. But he stayed. Which you have to respect.
From multiple interviews, it seemed like he is well respected in the locker room. The players love him. To his credit, it looks like he has slimmed down and is a bit more athletic.
I think he can run the spread, and may be more equipped to do so vs the Go Go. But you don't go out and sign Coleandra if you think that Friel is "the guy".
We all know, more than any other fan base, that you need multiple options at QB any given year. It has still been since Omar Clayton that we have had the same guy start every game.
I think we likely try to hold on to Ochoa, and get a 4th guy, weather it is another Freshman, or a transfer.
I can easily see Friel by our #2 though before we start next season though. I can also see him 3rd or 4th.
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WarthogRebel
Mojo702 said:
This is the oddest crap I've seen you guys talk about, and there have been plenty over the years. Colandrea isn't being brought in to be the backup. I'm pretty sure he'll beat out Friel. Friel's decision-making leaves a lot to be desired.
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"Friel's decision-making leaves a lot to be desired."

Impossible to tell from what we know. Perhaps he likes the University. He has a girlfriend. He understands he'll never start anywhere and is O.K. with it. Chance to start a Masters degree that isn't available elsewhere. Has a family nearby. And on and on.
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Bullmastiff 1
Mojo702 said:
This is the oddest crap I've seen you guys talk about, and there have been plenty over the years. Colandrea isn't being brought in to be the backup. I'm pretty sure he'll beat out Friel. Friel's decision-making leaves a lot to be desired.
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This is the oddest crap you've seen posted?

With Scrub and Trip here?
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Anyone else pulling for Boise next week?

dcut03
Boston Rebel 2 said:
Yeah PSU didn’t say to themselves hey let’s allow Boise to drive down the field and get within a field goal at the start of the 4th quarter. Boise actually had more yards but they couldn’t seal the deal with two missed FG’s and a TD called back. That called back TD they stopped them three and out and drove down for a FG. At that point it should have been a tied game but they made too many mistakes. PSU clearly better but it wasn’t a blowout name your score as some are saying. That was the SMU game.
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Boise definitely weathered the initial storm and then outplayed PSU for a good chunk of that game. They were moving the ball and limiting PSU to short drives. They just kept shooting themselves in the foot and couldn't convert when they needed to.
Penn State was the better team, that is for sure, but it was a competitive game.
It felt a lot like the Peach bowl. Similar lopsided start, with it changing momentum. except ASU was converting drives, converting 4th downs, and able to finally start punching it in, Boise couldn't quite get there.
That with ASU nearly pulling off the upset, and Oregon getting boatraced, I don't think there is enough evidence to totally change the rules because obviously the current format is broken.
Those "poor" teams that had to play that first round with big homefield advantages that all won their games and used that momentum for the quarterfinals, did just fine.
I still like rewarding conference champions, with giving superconferences that small disadvantage for chasing the money of the Big 2.
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Mojo702 said:
This is the oddest crap I've seen you guys talk about, and there have been plenty over the years. Colandrea isn't being brought in to be the backup. I'm pretty sure he'll beat out Friel. Friel's decision-making leaves a lot to be desired.
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Watch your language young fella. Colandrea will back up to Friel and he is going to like it.
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Bullmastiff 1
Boston Rebel 2 said:
And that Bama loss to Oklahoma was ugly as hell on top of the Vandy loss. SEC has taken a small step back still the top conference but not the level of Bama or Georgia in the past.
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I keep thinking the portal is going to kill G5 schools. I think the P4 thought it would kill G5 schools.

Sure G5 schools are getting hit hard in the sense. that elite dudes are getting poached.

But on the flipside the P4s can't stockpile guys anymore. Dudes don't want to sit on the bench for two or three years and wait their turn. So a lot of those guys are landing at G5 schools looking for playing time.

Not an exact example but how crazy is it that McCord won 11 games? At Ohio State and transferred out to play at Syracuse...

UNLV benefitted with guys like Catalon and Grimes and Ricky White.

But more to your point put ASU in the SEC this year. They probably get hit with one maybe two more losses finishing 8-4. But the SEC would want you to believe they would struggle to hit .500 which is nonsense.
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Boston Rebel 2
Bullmastiff 1 said:
That Michigan defense is elite.

But that offense looked like they were using the playbook from Remember the Titans.

SEC is the deepest conference in terms of talent but they aren't head and shoulders above everyone else like they want to believe.

A fun game to play with SEC fans is ask them if Vanderbilt was a quality win or a bad loss. Can't be both. Vanderbilt beat Bama but lost to Ga Southern.

Sure there's some canabalism in the SEC but I think you saw that in the BIG12.

Look at all the 7-5 and 8-4 teams in that conference.

BYU, ASU, CU, KSU and ISU all ranked in the top 25 at some point.
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And that Bama loss to Oklahoma was ugly as hell on top of the Vandy loss. SEC has taken a small step back still the top conference but not the level of Bama or Georgia in the past.
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Bullmastiff 1
Boston Rebel 2 said:
Exactly I just hear guys like Lane Kiffin and certain announcers use blowouts to justify keeping schools like SMU out and Alabama in meanwhile Bama couldn’t even beat a mediocre Michigan team.
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That Michigan defense is elite.

But that offense looked like they were using the playbook from Remember the Titans.

SEC is the deepest conference in terms of talent but they aren't head and shoulders above everyone else like they want to believe.

A fun game to play with SEC fans is ask them if Vanderbilt was a quality win or a bad loss. Can't be both. Vanderbilt beat Bama but lost to Ga Southern.

Sure there's some canabalism in the SEC but I think you saw that in the BIG12.

Look at all the 7-5 and 8-4 teams in that conference.

BYU, ASU, CU, KSU and ISU all ranked in the top 25 at some point.
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CDM Era: Transfer Portal and Recruits Thread

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Bullmastiff 1 said:
I trust Mullen's evaluation on QBs.

What I do like with Friel coming back is you have a guy who does have reps. Is by all accounts a selfless teammate. It reduces the need to go out hunting for multiple QBs in the portal.

I still don't think they are done at that position and expect another guy in the portal.
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Agree, I'd much rather them be able to spend NIL money on WRs and defensive studs than more backup QBs...
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Bullmastiff 1
Masked_rebel said:
I think we're all saying the same thing... Cam likely isnt going to start... except I can see the guy who turned a career HS backup into a Heisman trophy candidate and NFL draft pick developing a 5th yr Senior QB like Friel into a viable spread QB and if he decides Cam is the starter, I trust his judgement on that subject more than anything else...
Heck, this thread or the other probably has an equal amount of posts where people say Colandrea isn't the answer or impressive at QB either...
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I trust Mullen's evaluation on QBs.

What I do like with Friel coming back is you have a guy who does have reps. Is by all accounts a selfless teammate. It reduces the need to go out hunting for multiple QBs in the portal.

I still don't think they are done at that position and expect another guy in the portal.
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I think we're all saying the same thing... Cam likely isnt going to start... except I can see the guy who turned a career HS backup into a Heisman trophy candidate and NFL draft pick developing a 5th yr Senior QB like Friel into a viable spread QB and if he decides Cam is the starter, I trust his judgement on that subject more than anything else...
Heck, this thread or the other probably has an equal amount of posts where people say Colandrea isn't the answer or impressive at QB either...
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CDM Era: Transfer Portal and Recruits Thread

Bullmastiff 1
j. spilotro said:
I like having Friel on the team. As a backup. If he’s starting for Mullen next year, I don’t think we would have a good year. Could be wrong on that, just doesn’t feel right to me though.
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That's what Im saying. We brought in a two year starter at a P4 school to back up a guy that hasn't seen the field at UNLV in three years?

Maybe he's grown. Figured it or whatever, but he has one season under center as a starter years ago and was recruited over every year since. (I forgot about Harrison Bailey as well).

If he wins the job that's fine. But there isn't much tape that you can point to and say 'he's the guy that can win you a conference title'.
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Bullmastiff 1
TimothyC3 said:
It’s all over the net:

Core principles of the Go-Go Offense​

The option
At its heart, the Go-Go Offense is first and foremost built around the triple option. As a former wide receiver though, Marion wanted to retain a little more balance. “Really I wanted to run triple option but I didn’t want to lose any cool pass plays”.
Where the Go-Go differs from the traditional triple option is that their standard formations have the quarterback working from shotgun, rather than under center. They then have freedom to change up the positioning of the running backs.
Contrary to what you might think, Marion is adamant that teams do not require a mobile quarterback to run the option. UNLV’s starting quarterback in 2023 was Jayden Maiava, who ran a 5.24 40-yard dash coming out of high school. Marion says that simply the threat of the option is enough to create favourable situations for the offense.
One of the ways that the Go-Go really likes to attack offenses with the triple option is using the sidecar formation. This has the quarterback lined up in shotgun, with both backs lined up to the same side. You can see just how effective it is in the cutup below.
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Yes the run game has elements of the option. It also has zone read elements. It has some zone blocking elements.

You might want to read further down where it clearly states 'Marion is adamant the offense does not require mobile QBs to run the option'

So saying he didn't fit the offense simply doesn't hold any water. Maiava is hardly fleet of foot or mobile. Yet he was able to run the offense.

Freshman Maiava was given the nod over the more experienced Friel. Then Friel was recruited over not once but twice the following year with Sluka and Hajj.

There is more evidence of Friel simply not being the guy than there is of him being held back by this offense or any other he's played in. (Brumfield/Justin Rogers/Harrison Bailey Arroyo's offense).
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dcut03
TimothyC3 said:
Where did I say “pure” triple option? The Go-Go is a triple option run attack ran out of the shot gun. I
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TimothyC3 said:
It’s all over the net:

Core principles of the Go-Go Offense​

The option
At its heart, the Go-Go Offense is first and foremost built around the triple option. As a former wide receiver though, Marion wanted to retain a little more balance. “Really I wanted to run triple option but I didn’t want to lose any cool pass plays”.
Where the Go-Go differs from the traditional triple option is that their standard formations have the quarterback working from shotgun, rather than under center.
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Basically right here. I don't think the Go-Go is "built around the triple option". I think it is a spread/read option that often, not always, incorporates a third option with it's runs. Most run plays have very little triple option built in, but most of the run plays have at least a read option look.
A real triple option is built off the dive. We had no such thing. The reads come more personnel and pre snap looks, not what the end does after the snap like a read option.
Shotgun? Sure. But again besides I'm some of the off balanced looks, again it it is more similar to a tradional spread option than what most people think about a triple option.
I think our offense was limited because we struggld to establish the inside run. Any type of option attack, read or triple, is predicated on establishing a threat for the inside run. We did better at end of games, but by in large, our run game was heavily built around thr QBs scrambling or running to the outside.
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