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HookedonGriz said:
A huge thing I’ve noticed with the majority of these transfers is they have 2 to 3 or even 4 seasons left. It’s not like we’re just trying to grab a whole bunch of seniors.
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Yup, i posted yesterday in the new Griz 2 deep thread that I think 28 of the 46 new faces will b here at least 3 years…if they don’t transfer again. I think only 10 are RSr. It’s definitely not as big a deal as some are making.
 
HookedonGriz said:
Check out the size of some of the FBS transfer classes that they have brought in and come back to me. You’re acting like is this really huge random crazy one off number there are plenty of big boy programs that have done the same exact thing over the last couple years.
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Who has brought in 30 transfers without a coaching change?
 
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PTGrizzly said:
Who has brought in 30 transfers without a coaching change?
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Who has haste replace all D starters and all starting receivers?

Some teams bring in 30 transfers. Look at Colorado. 16 of 50 teams in this link did. I didn’t cull out coach change schools. https://247sports.com/season/2025-football/transferteamrankings/

Alabama posted 27 transfers yesterday, not 30. If they all showed up.

Do you ever do any research before you spout off?
 
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PTGrizzly said:
Again, I’m not saying to eschew the portal. This isn’t an either/or situation.

My point is that NDSU, SDSU, USD, and MSU are all very good FCS teams whose recruiting priority is to get good HS players and develop them. They supplement with the portal.

My fear is that teams that prioritize filling a roster with transfer players rather than HS recruits will see more problems than not. All I’m saying is that adding 30 transfers is a sign of how the coaches view the returning talent on the team, and it’s clearly not very good. I’d just rather see 30 HS recruits and 17 transfers than the opposite, that’s all.
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This isn't 1995, 2005 or 2015. The transfer portal is here, we have had to adapt to it, and as Minnesota said, a team doesn't have to only recruit high-school kids or only recruit the portal, a team can do both successfully, and we have !!!

When we played in The 2024 FCS game, we had Clif @ QB, Riley @ starting OLB, and Hayden Harris @ DE, all from the portal, and we had Jr. @ WR, Trevyn @ CB, and Casey @OT, all high- school recruits.

The fact is a good, hopefully great team this year like UM can do both, and we have !!! Some years we might have more HS recruits, some years, more portal transfers. Coach Hauck, Coach and Recruiting Coodinator Green 💚 and the rest of our staff deserve a lot of credit to rapidly adapting to this new recruiting environment in the transfer portal era !!!

Go GRIZ !!!
 
billingsgriz said:
This isn't 1995, 2005 or 2015. The transfer portal is here, we have had to adapt to it, and as Minnesota said, a team doesn't have to only recruit high-school kids or only recruit the portal, a team can do both successfully, and we have !!!

When we played in The 2024 FCS game, we had Clif @ QB, Riley @ starting OLB, and Hayden Harris @ DE, all from the portal, and we had Jr. @ WR, Trevyn @ CB, and Casey @OT, all high- school recruits.

The fact is a good, hopefully great team this year like UM can do both, and we have !!! Some years we might have more HS recruits, some years, more portal transfers. Coach Hauck, Coach and Recruiting Coodinator Green 💚 and the rest of our staff deserve a lot of credit to rapidly adapting to this new recruiting environment in the transfer portal era !!!

Go GRIZ !!!
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I fully agree with you. You are spot on.
 
mthoopsfan said:
Who has has r

Who has haste replace all D starters and all starting receivers?

Some teams bring in 30 transfers. Look at Colorado. 16 of 50 teams in this link did. I didn’t cull out coach change schools. https://247sports.com/season/2025-football/transferteamrankings/

Alabama posted 27 transfers yesterday, not 30. If they all showed up.

Do you ever do any research before you spout off?
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Your link has Alabama at 12 transfers, not 27.

I think replacing starters is something that’s happened for all of college football. Now, obviously, with the transfer portal and roster limits you’re going to see more transfers than normal, but all I'm saying is that IDEALLY you’re replacing the majority of those starters with HS recruits.

I really hope it works, but the rest of the top FCS schools are prioritizing HS recruiting, and it makes a guy wonder. I’m not saying whether I’m right or wrong, just stating a personal preference.
 
PTGrizzly said:
Your link has Alabama at 12 transfers, not 27.

I think replacing starters is something that’s happened for all of college football. Now, obviously, with the transfer portal and roster limits you’re going to see more transfers than normal, but all I'm saying is that IDEALLY you’re replacing the majority of those starters with HS recruits.

I really hope it works, but the rest of the top FCS schools are prioritizing HS recruiting, and it makes a guy wonder. I’m not saying whether I’m right or wrong, just stating a personal preference.
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That link also has Montana at 13 transfers, which is obviously wrong.

Also why is it "ideal" to replace starters with high schoolers? If you can get better talent immediately through the portal, why would you not do that? What exactly makes high schoolers better in your mind apart from some abstract idea that that's the way it "should be"? "That's the way NDSU does, so it must be better"?

Can we develop high school talent as well as NDSU does? If not, are you saying we should just do it anyways? You've (correctly, IMO) identified that we were lacking talent, but seem to be extremely critical of the fact that we're trying to fix that.

IMO, we're picking the path that will make our 2025 team better right now. You seem to suggest that we should forgo that and concentrate on making our 2027 team better, instead, or that our staff invent a time machine and go back to 2021 and fix it. If you're not trying to say that, then I don't know what you're complaining about here, other than "we should be NDSU, and we're not, so that's unacceptable".
 
mthoopsfan said:
Who has has r

Who has haste replace all D starters and all starting receivers?

Some teams bring in 30 transfers. Look at Colorado. 16 of 50 teams in this link did. I didn’t cull out coach change schools. https://247sports.com/season/2025-football/transferteamrankings/

Alabama posted 27 transfers yesterday, not 30. If they all showed up.

Do you ever do any research before you spout off?
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Thank you for positing this list for me. Saved me some work. As I stated, there are A LOT of FBS teams who have brought in anywhere from 25-40 transfers. It isn’t unheard of like PT was making it sound. It’s a rather common trend anymore.
 
PTGrizzly said:
Your link has Alabama at 12 transfers, not 27.

I think replacing starters is something that’s happened for all of college football. Now, obviously, with the transfer portal and roster limits you’re going to see more transfers than normal, but all I'm saying is that IDEALLY you’re replacing the majority of those starters with HS recruits.

I really hope it works, but the rest of the top FCS schools are prioritizing HS recruiting, and it makes a guy wonder. I’m not saying whether I’m right or wrong, just stating a personal preference.
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Alabama is a Griz poster. Not a school.

Feel free to find any team that had to replace all D starters.

I don't agree that it's best to replace starters with high school recruits. You replace with the best you can find, on team, new frosh, Portal, JC, NAIA, whatever.

You are wrong about all top FCS schools using mainly high school players. Do some research. I just read that Sac St has gotten 50: "Sac State football signs 50 via transfer portal, most in nation. Who’s coming? By Joe Davidson May 2, 2025"

SS is ranked 12 preseason.

I didn't do much looking.
 
There have been so many changes so fast in the rules of college football recruiting and remuneration, ie NIL, that it's hard to determine exactly what the future is going to hold. For years NDSU had advantages that many other universities did not have in the form of full cost of attendance. Some of that is being equalized in the form of NIL, but not completely because as other schools are able to offer NIL to their best players, schools like NDSU can do the same, concurrently raising the stakes until there is an arms race of sorts happening amongst the top players and universities. It's easy to look at the situation and make a blanket statement such as, "Montana needs to focus on recruiting high school players like NDSU does" however it's a simplistic statement and does not take into account numerous variables that the casual observer might not even be able to articulate. Will NDSU continue their dominance in this new era of the portal and free-flowing money via NIL? Maybe, Maybe not. They have managed to remain the juggernaut that they have always been, and they may do it mostly through high school recruiting, but they still have advantages that UM does not have. And my own humble opinion is that the Griz coaches are doing everything they can to get the best talent available whether that be through high school recruiting or through the portal. I didn't like the portal or NIL at first, (still not sure I like them) but you have to play the hand you're dealt. And I think our coaches are doing that.
 
mthoopsfan said:
Alabama is a Griz poster. Not a school.

Feel free to find any team that had to replace all D starters.

I don't agree that it's best to replace starters with high school recruits. You replace with the best you can find, on team, new frosh, Portal, JC, NAIA, whatever.

You are wrong about all top FCS schools using mainly high school players. Do some research. I just read that Sac St has gotten 50: "Sac State football signs 50 via transfer portal, most in nation. Who’s coming? By Joe Davidson May 2, 2025"

SS is ranked 12 preseason.

I didn't do much looking.
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I don’t know anybody that thinks Sac State is a top FCS school, but if that’s what you wanna call them, fine. They’re moving up anyways.
 
SoCal Surfer said:
Not me either. To me get the talent for anywhere.
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Yep, if we recruit only Montana high school kids and high school kids from out of state, we will--in at least some of our toughest games--be bringing a knife to a gun fight !!!

And as we have found out, the high school kids we do recruit and develop into stars can and have on occasion--Brian Buschini, Samori Toure--entered the transfer portal for " greener pastures," leaving us high and dry !!!

There is a lot of truth to the old proverb, " Don't put all of your eggs in one basket !!! "
 
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