Some thing to consider with the “No other Offer” Commits

AggieUprising50 · Post by **AggieUprising50** » January 10th, 2025, 9:21 pm

(At least when it comes to the guys who come the portal)

I’ve noticed that we as a board are seeing these commits from the transfer portal and see it as equivalent as a high school commit with no other offers, but the fact of the matter is that it’s not.

Kids coming out of high school are getting evaluated and sought after for 1-3 years, going to multiple camps, handful of recruiting trips, etc. Once a player gets an offer, other teams start to look more into him and offer him as well. Point is there’s more time for an athlete to get offers.

Whereas these transfer portal players hit the portal a month ago with hundreds of other athletes. The coaches don’t have time to look into all of them. And unless the player was a starter with good stats, they don’t have the luxury in taking their time when making a commitment. They often take the first offer they get and commit quickly before the scholarship opportunity is gone. So even though they might not have many offers when they commit, it doesn’t mean that they weren’t good enough to get offers from other teams like a kid coming out of high school.

With that, I’m going to trust Bronco and his eye for talent and not get too caught up with the “No Other Offers” distinction. We’re in a new era of college football and the dynamic of putting together a winning roster is changing as well.

browntown · Post by **browntown** » January 10th, 2025, 9:50 pm

AggieUprising50 wrote: ↑
January 10th, 2025, 9:21 pm
(At least when it comes to the guys who come the portal)

I’ve noticed that we as a board are seeing these commits from the transfer portal and see it as equivalent as a high school commit with no other offers, but the fact of the matter is that it’s not.

Kids coming out of high school are getting evaluated and sought after for 1-3 years, going to multiple camps, handful of recruiting trips, etc. Once a player gets an offer, other teams start to look more into him and offer him as well. Point is there’s more time for an athlete to get offers.

Whereas these transfer portal players hit the portal a month ago with hundreds of other athletes. The coaches don’t have time to look into all of them. And unless the player was a starter with good stats, they don’t have the luxury in taking their time when making a commitment. They often take the first offer they get and commit quickly before the scholarship opportunity is gone. So even though they might not have many offers when they commit, it doesn’t mean that they weren’t good enough to get offers from other teams like a kid coming out of high school.

With that, I’m going to trust Bronco and his eye for talent and not get too caught up with the “No Other Offers” distinction. We’re in a new era of college football and the dynamic of putting together a winning roster is changing as well.

This is how I’ve thought of it too. With how fast things move they might get the kids to commit before other schools even reach out.

Although I do share the concern of many that they don’t get other offers, and it makes me wonder how strong the commitment is and if they will stay long term (for those with multiple remaining years at least). But with the landscape of college football I don’t know there are many that stay a while at any place nowadays.

GameFAQSAggie · Post by **GameFAQSAggie** » January 10th, 2025, 9:57 pm

browntown wrote: ↑
January 10th, 2025, 9:50 pm

AggieUprising50 wrote: ↑
January 10th, 2025, 9:21 pm
(At least when it comes to the guys who come the portal)

I’ve noticed that we as a board are seeing these commits from the transfer portal and see it as equivalent as a high school commit with no other offers, but the fact of the matter is that it’s not.

Kids coming out of high school are getting evaluated and sought after for 1-3 years, going to multiple camps, handful of recruiting trips, etc. Once a player gets an offer, other teams start to look more into him and offer him as well. Point is there’s more time for an athlete to get offers.

Whereas these transfer portal players hit the portal a month ago with hundreds of other athletes. The coaches don’t have time to look into all of them. And unless the player was a starter with good stats, they don’t have the luxury in taking their time when making a commitment. They often take the first offer they get and commit quickly before the scholarship opportunity is gone. So even though they might not have many offers when they commit, it doesn’t mean that they weren’t good enough to get offers from other teams like a kid coming out of high school.

With that, I’m going to trust Bronco and his eye for talent and not get too caught up with the “No Other Offers” distinction. We’re in a new era of college football and the dynamic of putting together a winning roster is changing as well.
This is how I’ve thought of it too. With how fast things move they might get the kids to commit before other schools even reach out.

Although I do share the concern of many that they don’t get other offers, and it makes me wonder how strong the commitment is and if they will stay long term (for those with multiple remaining years at least). But with the landscape of college football I don’t know there are many that stay a while at any place nowadays.

A counterpoint is that even if a kid has, say, a few Sun Belt or MAC offers, it could still be a sign they will only stay until they have a P4 offer.

Bullnamed_gus · Post by **Bullnamed_gus** » January 10th, 2025, 10:10 pm

And while weird they’re not posting on their twitter, it doesn’t necessarily mean they didn’t have other offers.

Petras last year was sort of out of no where. He ended up being solid.

Maybe some of them didn’t have other offers.

There have been players who just left/portaled that everyone of the bronco haters have been up in arms that bronco lost them, that were no star no offer guys before coming here.

Hoot · Post by **Hoot** » January 10th, 2025, 10:37 pm

I’m skeptical but trusting the process this year. I’ll make my judgements once the players take the field in the fall.

TrueAG · Post by **TrueAG** » January 10th, 2025, 11:40 pm

We all know Bronco is playing 3d chess.

dyedblue · Post by **dyedblue** » January 11th, 2025, 6:46 am

I could care less who has offered transfers. I simply look at who we are bringing in and compare them to who left. There’s stats on a lot of these guys.

Example: We gave the boot to a talented young running back and replaced him with a kid that played 5 years and has 150 years rushing on 40 carries the past two years on a team that had major injuries at that position. Effect: Major step back and cause for concern.

Could be a hidden gem, we’ll have to wait and see but I’m expressing massive concerns with the recruits we’re bringing in. Heart and character matter, but they’re the glue not the foundation for a program. They might be fun to play twister with on a recruiting trip, but you can’t win without talent and we bled that out during the portal. We couldn’t even get a single 1 of the prized transfers from New Mexico or San Jose. Not one, while we’ve got kids pushed out of the program being snatched yup by Oklahoma State, Duke, Utah, BYU, etc.

It’s going to be a long offseason, but we’d better crush the spring signings if we even want to get back to where we were last year.

Bullnamed_gus · Post by **Bullnamed_gus** » January 11th, 2025, 8:01 am

dyedblue wrote: ↑
January 11th, 2025, 6:46 am
I could care less who has offered transfers. I simply look at who we are bringing in and compare them to who left. There’s stats on a lot of these guys.

Example: We gave the boot to a talented young running back and replaced him with a kid that played 5 years and has 150 years rushing on 40 carries the past two years on a team that had major injuries at that position. Effect: Major step back and cause for concern.

Could be a hidden gem, we’ll have to wait and see but I’m expressing massive concerns with the recruits we’re bringing in. Heart and character matter, but they’re the glue not the foundation for a program. They might be fun to play twister with on a recruiting trip, but you can’t win without talent and we bled that out during the portal. We couldn’t even get a single 1 of the prized transfers from New Mexico or San Jose. Not one, while we’ve got kids pushed out of the program being snatched yup by Oklahoma State, Duke, Utah, BYU, etc.

It’s going to be a long offseason, but we’d better crush the spring signings if we even want to get back to where we were last year.

Did we give Herschel turner the boot? Or did he transfer because we fired Anderson and the staff wasn’t retained?

Post by **aggies22** » January 11th, 2025, 8:06 am

Bullnamed_gus wrote: ↑
January 11th, 2025, 8:01 am

dyedblue wrote: ↑
January 11th, 2025, 6:46 am
I could care less who has offered transfers. I simply look at who we are bringing in and compare them to who left. There’s stats on a lot of these guys.

Example: We gave the boot to a talented young running back and replaced him with a kid that played 5 years and has 150 years rushing on 40 carries the past two years on a team that had major injuries at that position. Effect: Major step back and cause for concern.

Could be a hidden gem, we’ll have to wait and see but I’m expressing massive concerns with the recruits we’re bringing in. Heart and character matter, but they’re the glue not the foundation for a program. They might be fun to play twister with on a recruiting trip, but you can’t win without talent and we bled that out during the portal. We couldn’t even get a single 1 of the prized transfers from New Mexico or San Jose. Not one, while we’ve got kids pushed out of the program being snatched yup by Oklahoma State, Duke, Utah, BYU, etc.

It’s going to be a long offseason, but we’d better crush the spring signings if we even want to get back to where we were last year.

Did we give Herschel turner the boot? Or did he transfer because we fired Anderson and the staff wasn’t retained?

I've been told that Turner didn't really care for Logan.

gomretat · Post by **gomretat** » January 11th, 2025, 8:19 am

There are lots of ways to explain what is happening. I hope the optimistic spin is correct. I don't care enough to look it up but it seems to me that in the past we brought in a number of players from the portal who had other offers. May mean nothing but it makes me feel better. And add me to the list of those confused about the good players who left that from all I hear we made no attempt to recruit them back into the fold. IMO that is job number one of an a new coaching staff. There are plenty of examples of finding diamonds in the rough but there are lots more examples where it does not pan out. All we can do at this point is trust the process but that doesn't mean we have to feel great about it.

dyedblue · Post by **dyedblue** » January 11th, 2025, 11:34 am

He may not have liked Logan, but he had no future in Logan either.

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