The Portal, 2025 Style

[Fightingscot82]

Wilson Gonzalez, Millersville
Kyle Keckler, Lock Haven
Asa Mayo, Shepherd
Amir Muhammad, Millersville
Jahmari Nelson, Shepherd
LJ Samuels, Clarion
Richard Scott, Lock Haven
Oscar Uduma, Seton Hill

Half of the Ivy League is in the portal.

[Ship69]

I didn't mean to hijack your number. Just don't think the world needs another level of small school football. D2, mid D2 and D3 or D4... I still think too many play football anyway.

I don't think any more would be playing. It would just be allocated differently. I think football will struggle long-term anyway. It's getting hard for small high schools to field an adequate roster, especially with so many trying to field soccer teams as well. The large numbers required for football, combined with Title IX, actually mean fewer opportunities for men who play sports other than football. Most colleges now sponsor more women's sports teams than men. We have women's volleyball, lacrosse, and tennis at Ship without any men's teams. Tennis and golf are probably two of the cheapest sports to sponsor (players usually already have their own equipment) and can actually be played for almost a lifetime, the number of teams in college has shrunk. Given the low number of high-level men's gymnastics programs in the U.S., I though the men's third-place finish at the Olympics was probably as miraculous or moreso than the women winning gold.

[WarriorVoice]

Cary Moyer mentioned this little wrench in the dreams of portalites: FBS rosters drop to 105 next year. Less chances to move up the ladder...

[IUPbigINDIANS]

Cary Moyer mentioned this little wrench in the dreams of portalites: FBS rosters drop to 105 next year. Less chances to move up the ladder...

Correct. It also means they will take less high school players. So, overall, the D2 quality should go up.

[Ram040506]

Correct. It also means they will take less high school players. So, overall, the D2 quality should go up.

Right, yea I was viewing that as a long term positive overall. Is it 105 scholarship players or are they still 85 with walkons to that point?

[Fightingscot82]

Right, yea I was viewing that as a long term positive overall. Is it 105 scholarship players or are they still 85 with walkons to that point?

Kind of. Roster limit goes down from 128 to 105 and the scholarship cap goes up to 105.

This will help FCS and D2 in recruiting because this effectively ends walking on. Basically its scholarship roster spot or NARP. Can't tell you how many times I've seen kids turn down what is most likely free college at a PSAC school only to chase D1 dreams by walking on at a MAC school, which also means out of state tuition because they're all publics.

[RamPride]

Lek Powell in Portal, read those leaves..

[ShipAlum]

Would like to see Lek come to Ship. I realize he has not received good reviews on this platform.

[Rams Fan]

Lek Powell in Portal, read those leaves..

Guessing probably two portal qb’s coming in, he saw he’s not the answer, and probably not a qb answer on the roster that is ready

[Ram040506]

Questing pribably two portal qb’s coming in, he saw he’s not the answer, and probably not a qb answer on the roster that is ready

Ezra might be the only qb on the roster at the moment.

[WarriorVoice]

Would like to see Lek come to Ship. I realize he has not received good reviews on this platform.

Here's come the Lek to Ship Hype Train!!!

[TheBigCat2192]

Kind of. Roster limit goes down from 128 to 105 and the scholarship cap goes up to 105.

This will help FCS and D2 in recruiting because this effectively ends walking on. Basically its scholarship roster spot or NARP. Can't tell you how many times I've seen kids turn down what is most likely free college at a PSAC school only to chase D1 dreams by walking on at a MAC school, which also means out of state tuition because they're all publics.

I’m not sure we’ll see as huge a flood of D2 drop-downs as some are predicting. Not every FBS school has been at the 128 player limit and it’s not clear that all the G5 schools (or even some of the lesser P4 schools) are going to be spending up to the new scholarship cap. Don’t get me wrong, I do think we’ll see some good players trickle down from walk-on status at FBS/FCS programs and maybe even some FCS depth player cuts but the numbers I’ve seen people throwing around on here, mostly in the general thread, seem too optimistic.

[Ship69]

Would like to see Lek come to Ship. I realize he has not received good reviews on this platform.

Would like to see some good o-linemen and receivers come in to to Ship to help out our QBs. My main hope now is that they can keep most of this year's recruiting class on campus so they can build something.

[Fightingscot82]

I’m not sure we’ll see as huge a flood of D2 drop-downs as some are predicting. Not every FBS school has been at the 128 player limit and it’s not clear that all the G5 schools (or even some of the lesser P4 schools) are going to be spending up to the new scholarship cap. Don’t get me wrong, I do think we’ll see some good players trickle down from walk-on status at FBS/FCS programs and maybe even some FCS depth player cuts but the numbers I’ve seen people throwing around on here, mostly in the general thread, seem too optimistic.

Yeah I don't think we'll see drop downs but we'll gain those high school kids who were on the margin and took a flyer on FBS walk on

[Ram040506]

Would like to see Lek come to Ship. I realize he has not received good reviews on this platform.

Lek lost his confidence, he's got ability. I think he can be a winning qb as long as the rest of the offense around him is in good shape. He is not a program lifter, as in he isn't going to make a ton of off scripted plays that would make a sportscenter highlight. And that is ok, there aren't many of those guys walking around anyway.

Good luck to him!