2026 Off-season Discussion Thread...

B.A.R.

B.A.R.

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We're heading into the final legs of February and soon March will be here! What does that mean?

Spring football!

Feel free to discuss any spring developments of your favorite school or anything you see discussed to help us prepare for next season.

Hopefully not too much talking injuries but that's unfortunately part of the deal.

Soring practice is also a good time to really dive into how new coaches are doing -- especially offenses (for myself).

Although they have taken away the Spring Portal, don't be surprised when you see player movement this spring. That's been a discussion on our local recruiting boards for a month plus now... The NCAA can't actually enforce these portal periods. They simply have set them up as guidelines. Things could become very interesting in April and May.

Anyways, chat away!
 
Welcome to the new and obvious addition to the MAC...Sacramento State football! $16 million to enter ($6 mil due first year), no revenue sharing for the first five years and required to pay for travel for visiting conference teams. They must be sitting on an oil well no one is aware of.

This is after the Mountain West denied them...and they recently allowed NDSU to make the jump. Seems like Sac St would have been a perfect addition for the newly depleted MWC but when it makes sense, it clearly is a bad idea. Jumping from FCS to FBS and all the financial restrictions are simply astonishing.
 
KJ said:
Welcome to the new and obvious addition to the MAC...Sacramento State football! $16 million to enter ($6 mil due first year), no revenue sharing for the first five years and required to pay for travel for visiting conference teams. They must be sitting on an oil well no one is aware of.

This is after the Mountain West denied them...and they recently allowed NDSU to make the jump. Seems like Sac St would have been a perfect addition for the newly depleted MWC but when it makes sense, it clearly is a bad idea. Jumping from FCS to FBS and all the financial restrictions are simply astonishing.
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A big reason I started this thread was seeing this Sac State news!

Then I totally omitted it haha.
 
CPA-hole said:
PAC-2 denied Sac St too.
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I don't think the PAC wants another football school, just someone for CBB to offset the Zags which, again....why is SMC not already in? And no SMC, gotta go USF or Santa Clara to tap the Bay area market.
 
Based on of what I've read and heard so far this offseason, 15 of the 16 teams in the SEC are stock up. I'll let you guess what one they all think is trending in the wrong direction
 
gps_3 said:
Based on of what I've read and heard so far this offseason, 15 of the 16 teams in the SEC are stock up. I'll let you guess what one they all think is trending in the wrong direction
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Tennessee or dare I say Bama?
 
CPA-hole said:
Me detecting the sarcasm, figured Bama.
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Yep. I'm just being a little thin-skinned. I'm sure we deserve it. But I just find it humorous on some SEC pods I listen to that basically talk up the prospects of the 15 other teams, but to a man, they all think Alabama is trending down. I get that we are compared to a decade ago. But I think there's a pretty decent chance we are better next season than we were this past one. It's probably just everyone being a prisoner of the moment during the portal cycle. Spring practice starts for us today, so I'm excited to hear whatever news I can
 
Utah just announced 3/19 start to spring practice today. Hopefully we have a little more access to the program with DEFCON 3 Kyle gone.
 
Alabama's A Day is today. No TV so I can't watch, but hopefully we'll get some information from those present and not just rely on the beat reporters and coaches
 
B.A.R. said:
What's the reasoning behind this?

This seems very archaic in 2026.
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I’m not exactly sure, but I read somewhere that there’s only 8 or so spring games being televised period. Probably some TV rights deal keeps the teams not on espn from selling it to other vendors. Or it could be the paranoia of the coaches not wanting any film out there
 
gps_3 said:
I’m not exactly sure, but I read somewhere that there’s only 8 or so spring games being televised period. Probably some TV rights deal keeps the teams not on espn from selling it to other vendors. Or it could be the paranoia of the coaches not wanting any film out there
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Interesting
 
@B.A.R. what's the mood for UM fans after the spring game? I saw nothing but it sounds like Underwood didn't impress. If Whit thought Utah fans were harsh he's in for a rude awakening.
 
Two Utes said:
@B.A.R. what's the mood for UM fans after the spring game? I saw nothing but it sounds like Underwood didn't impress. If Whit thought Utah fans were harsh he's in for a rude awakening.
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First quarter was THUD and Bryce was QB for both teams.

I think between his private coach and Koy Detmer they are revamping his footwork and a few other basics during the off-season. This isn't an overnight project and you can see as much yesterday. The footwork simply must be better. The talent is there and the card is as well. But, he lost a year of "coaching" basically without a dedicated QB coach last year to help him along.

I expect he'll be much better by end of fall camp. He looked like he was still trying to get comfortable yesterday. I think he threw the ball 8-9 times and several were deep balls that were overthrown that I saw.

I think that's part of the reason KW didn't want to play him (or a lot of starters) yesterday. Some pressure forced him into it, I believe, reading the tea leaves.

The offense they ran was super simple. That will change, as you know.

Freshman QB Tommy Carr was damm impressive. He was 16-21 for 99 yards and ran for 60+ I believe. I have the stats somewhere. He is so quick/fast. I had no idea about his mobility. Why was he mostly being looked at my MAC QBs? The earlier hyperbole on him is something else -- future team captain etc. His grandpa did win a national championship here as coach (Lloyd Carr) and his brother is a preseason Heisman favorite at Notre Dame.

That family of QBs might deserve its own thread to be honest...

I'll go into the game a bit more later tonight... And the QBs obviously...

I will say, no one has a better 1-2 combo at RB than Michigan. Savion is the real deal and Marshall looked INCREDIBLE.
 
B.A.R. said:
First quarter was THUD and Bryce was QB for both teams.

I think between his private coach and Koy Detmer they are revamping his footwork and a few other basics during the off-season. This isn't an overnight project and you can see as much yesterday. The footwork simply must be better. The talent is there and the card is as well. But, he lost a year of "coaching" basically without a dedicated QB coach last year to help him along.

I expect he'll be much better by end of fall camp. He looked like he was still trying to get comfortable yesterday. I think he threw the ball 8-9 times and several were deep balls that were overthrown that I saw.

I think that's part of the reason KW didn't want to play him (or a lot of starters) yesterday. Some pressure forced him into it, I believe, reading the tea leaves.

The offense they ran was super simple. That will change, as you know.

Freshman QB Tommy Carr was damm impressive. He was 16-21 for 99 yards and ran for 60+ I believe. I have the stats somewhere. He is so quick/fast. I had no idea about his mobility. Why was he mostly being looked at my MAC QBs? The earlier hyperbole on him is something else -- future team captain etc. His grandpa did win a national championship here as coach (Lloyd Carr) and his brother is a preseason Heisman favorite at Notre Dame.

That family of QBs might deserve its own thread to be honest...

I'll go into the game a bit more later tonight... And the QBs obviously...

I will say, no one has a better 1-2 combo at RB than Michigan. Savion is the real deal and Marshall looked INCREDIBLE.
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If they have two dominant backs KW will make sure Beck rides that train as long as he can.
 
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