The Portal, 2025 Style

[Fightingscot82]

I don't know much about Nulph but to an outsider it seems like a bad situation up there. I remember not so long ago Nulph was being touted as an up and coming coach and I remember somebody mentioning that maybe IUP should hire him.

I think he must have good coaching skills. He beat IUP this year and almost came back and beat SRU (national semifinalist).

The coaching search should be in interesting but I think a home run hire is a longshot. The fact that Nulph gave up on it is telling. If you are a Boro player right now, there is no certainty.

Edinboro is capable of making home run hires. In the last 25 years, they've hired Lou Tepper and Justin Lustig who both quickly turned Edinboro into a strong team. Yes, I know Tepper didn't do well at IUP but he was B2B PSAC West Coach of the Year before then. All the others were internal hires and Nulph. Nulph had lots of upside but only emerged after some bigger name targets declined interest.

Other than the specter of the merger, I think Edinboro is more attractive now than it was when Nulph was hired. New field, recently redone locker rooms, etc. The hardest things are that the existing scholarship totals are low for the conference and the coaching salary pool is also low for the conference. Its a great stepping stone opportunity for someone like Mulrooney was a few years ago.

[iupgroundhog]

New coach will unfortunately have the same money problems. He could be a great fundraiser but that won't help Year 1.

A lot of these kids have a year of good film and can elevate from a 5 percent sliver to a much larger scholarship.

I don't know much about Nulph but to an outsider it seems like a bad situation up there. I remember not so long ago Nulph was being touted as an up and coming coach and I remember somebody mentioning that maybe IUP should hire him.

I think he must have good coaching skills. He beat IUP this year and almost came back and beat SRU (national semifinalist).

The coaching search should be in interesting but I think a home run hire is a longshot. The fact that Nulph gave up on it is telling. If you are a Boro player right now, there is no certainty.

[IUPbigINDIANS]

I know the timing isn't great, but if I had any sway with players, I'd tell them to wait out to see who gets the Edinboro job. You enter the portal now, you're walking out. If Edinboro gets a home run hire, they already gave up before knowing the alternative. I liked Nulph but things weren't that great at Edinboro to see him as the lynchpin to their success.

New coach will unfortunately have the same money problems. He could be a great fundraiser but that won't help Year 1.

A lot of these kids have a year of good film and can elevate from a 5 percent sliver to a much larger scholarship.

[Fightingscot82]

I know the timing isn't great, but if I had any sway with players, I'd tell them to wait out to see who gets the Edinboro job. You enter the portal now, you're walking out. If Edinboro gets a home run hire, they already gave up before knowing the alternative. I liked Nulph but things weren't that great at Edinboro to see him as the lynchpin to their success.

[IUPbigINDIANS]

Rashan Murray, Cal, portal



Update: (11) D1 offers in first 24 hours

[shipfbfan1]

Are we talking good D1 or Mercyhurst-tier “D1”? I do get the impression that Mulrooney is more plugged into the portal mentality than some of the other coaches in the league but his biggest portal successes have been grad students like Collier and Romano. I’m curious to see if his salesmanship is enough to get the WR, Young, an FCS look and if not what happens. Does he welcome Young back or tell him to find some other D2 to finish his collegiate career at?

Young is gone. He has almost 2 handful of FCS offers (Youngstown State, Tennessee Tech, Tennessee Martin, Bryant, Murray State, Campbell, Austin Peay, Gardner-Webb & New Hampshire)

[Boro33]

RB's better be able to catch the ball too.

The rbs are ok at catching balls out of the backfield. Saw them vs Slippery Rock this year. They caught a few bubbles and texas routes. They were proficient. But you are right. Powell did a great job of distributing the ball to both wideouts and the rbs!
33 points per game up there this year. Went to national playoffs again. Took a last pass of the game by Tyson to beat them in Shepherdstown a couple years ago.

[Ram040506]

He’d have to hand it off 35 times a game at New Haven.

RB's better be able to catch the ball too.

[cwfenn]

Looks like the QB Powell just got another offer. According to his X New Haven offered over the weekend.

He’d have to hand it off 35 times a game at New Haven.

[Fightingscot82]

As expected there are plenty of Fighting Scots currently available.

Coach Malpica in the portal

[IUPbigINDIANS]

As expected there are plenty of Fighting Scots currently available.

[Ram040506]

Just lost the transfer DE from Delaware that led the team in sacks.

Yea that one is going to sting.

[IUPbigINDIANS]

Wilfredo Diaz, Edinboro

If he's staying in D2 ...

Send him directly to Indiana. Do not pass go. Full ride.

Bring Brayden Dunmire with him.

[Fightingscot82]

Wilfredo Diaz, Edinboro

[Sec10-A-14]

Gannon QB Jayden Whitaker in portal has 6 FCS offers

Gannon RB Jerome Lee GR xfr

Gannon WR Donell Mason

Gannon TE Johnaton Bowden GR xfr

Gannon Daquan Stevenson D-Line

Gannon Charles Calhoun Gr xfr