OT: OSU (NTOSU) QB Chiles in portal, receiving ballz to MSU
December 4th, 2023 at 12:37 PM ^
this. he's gonna be running for his life
December 4th, 2023 at 12:44 PM ^
Yeah, their OL was already crap and then like half of them entered the portal. Impact OL portal guys aren't going to end up in EL without major $$$ inducement.
December 4th, 2023 at 3:20 PM ^
And they are even needing to rebuild their failed NIL fund from scratch.
December 4th, 2023 at 12:34 PM ^
Makes sense now why the other QBs bounced.
December 4th, 2023 at 12:34 PM ^
I think they made a good hire. We'll see how it works, but a guy who builds to success at Oregon State, which has more disadvantages, has a good chance to do so at MSU.
gobluem says "MSU is coming out of this season in a much better place," which is true, but you'd almost have to try hard not to do so, given what a crater the program became this year. Tough break being in a division with three top-ten teams, two of which are frontline national title contenders, but they still got absolutely embarrassed by all of them.
Now that they're out of the divisional structure and have a real coach, they can do better. And with the expanded playoff, teams in the B1G and SEC actually have a legitimate shot at a playoff berth if they build right, because third-place teams will make playoffs occasionally. That's an open door.
December 4th, 2023 at 12:38 PM ^
Absolutely true. MSU had an 8-year albatross fly away from around their neck due to some ill-advised handwringing. That alone will be worth it for Sparty to handle this one down season, which might have been just as bad had they not lost the one-handed bandit.
December 4th, 2023 at 12:50 PM ^
And with the expanded playoff, teams in the B1G and SEC actually have a legitimate shot at a playoff berth if they build right, because third-place teams will make playoffs occasionally.
A third place team may regularly get in the playoff, but getting into that three spot just got much harder with the addition of the 4 PAC schools and the elimination of divisions.
Assuming Michigan & OSU continue at their level, a school like MSU will have to fight through USC, PSU, Washington, Oregon, Wisconsin, Iowa & potentially Nebraska (Rhule's first year was okay) to get to #3. That is a very long distance between #3 and #8/9.
December 4th, 2023 at 12:41 PM ^
I’m really worried about this. Wait—can he also block for himself, throw to himself, and then play defense? If not, then I retract my worry.
December 4th, 2023 at 12:41 PM ^
This sucks for Oregon State. They were a rising program building a fun culture. They are just finishing a renovation on their stadium. Now, they are struggling through zero fault of their own. (Disclaimer- I have a kid who goes there.)
December 4th, 2023 at 12:41 PM ^
I mean the "no QBs on roster LOLZ" was never going to be an actual problem in the portal era. It probably would have been worse for them if any of those guys they had this year actually stuck around.
December 4th, 2023 at 12:49 PM ^
Leavitt definitely has potential to be good, but he obviously had no desire to stick around given that Smith never offered him despite playing about 80 miles away from Corvallis.
December 4th, 2023 at 12:45 PM ^
Damn, was really hoping he'd stay put.
December 4th, 2023 at 12:47 PM ^
This guy might be pretty good, and MSU got a really good head coach, but let's be realistic: they are several years away from even just being competitive in a revamped Big Ten. Much less being good enough to compete for actually winning it. MSU has a decimated roster and its going to take them quite a while to build up a level of depth necessary to compete.
They're probably going to be a disaster for at least a year, maybe two, before they start noticing tangible improvement.
December 4th, 2023 at 1:00 PM ^
Michigan being pretty damn good right now doesnt really help msu either.
Remember how many recruits Michigan lost to msu during rich rod/hoke/dantonio days?
Msu won't be a threat until Michigan drops off.
December 4th, 2023 at 12:49 PM ^
He looked really good. Smith played him 3rd series either every game or every half can't remember and he showed out. Unfortunately for Chiles they still have *that* OL but guy is mobile. Not much to throw to either unless they find someone in the portal.
December 4th, 2023 at 12:59 PM ^
Wasn't he in a timeshare with DJ U? When I watched them play this year I can't say I was super impressed with either QB... though I think I mostly caught them in their losses so maybe that's the issue.
December 4th, 2023 at 1:03 PM ^
Hope he can play LG, LT, C, RG, and RT.. and CB.. and WR... and RB.
Pound them into the dirt annually - it wont last forever.
December 4th, 2023 at 1:24 PM ^
A note that there are three OSUs in the FBS, so "NTOSU" still doesn't fully narrow it down. Could still be Oklahoma State or Oregon State.
December 4th, 2023 at 1:30 PM ^
I wonder if Leavitt will head to Oregon State then. He clearly wanted to go there as miffed as he was by the old coach refusing to offer him
December 4th, 2023 at 3:50 PM ^
Uh, that’s a low bar and will be awful again next year.
December 4th, 2023 at 5:35 PM ^
Dillon Gabriel from Oklahoma just entered. This is ridiculous! Teams are poaching players from other teams to enter the portal by using NIL. I have no proof of it, but when the starting quarterback of a top 15 team that was almost in the top 5 earlier in the season transfers knowing he will be the automatic starter next year, then you know he was poached to enter the portal by others.