I know this was a minimum goal but hey I like the progress. Winning is a helluva lot more fun than losing.
Going Bowling!
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It beats the he!! Out of moaning and groaning. Go get that rival!
We’re definitely heading in the right direction. Rome wasn’t built in a day. Satt is laying the foundation and it takes time and patience.
Time and patience are not luxuries in this high pressure, multi billion dollar industry. Nice win last night. Can we play Duke every week?
I think Satterfield has done what he needed to do to have a majority of our fans give him a chance next season.
Getting to a Bowl should help with recruiting and the extra practice time will help.
Getting to a Bowl should help with recruiting and the extra practice time will help.
Next year will be more about results than how they look. Next year is setting up to win games. Losing close games next year won’t fly. A bowl game will help with younger players.
The off-season is going to be big which is impossible to predict. Does Cunningham stay? Can they land some key transfers on defense? Can they limit other key transfers.
The off-season is going to be big which is impossible to predict. Does Cunningham stay? Can they land some key transfers on defense? Can they limit other key transfers.
Thrilled that this young team is going bowling!
The roster transition from 2021 to 2022 is going to be a game of musical chairs for players currently on scholarship. In 2021, the NCAA allowed schools to keep more players on scholarship than the 85 limit. In 2022, everyone has to be back down to 85, even though every school in the FBS has a roster with more than half of the players having been granted an extra year of eligibility.
Most likely, that means nearly every school is going to have (roughly) 10 more players in the transfer portal attempting to leave a team than they will have in the transfer portal looking to join that team.
This is going to provide a lot of off-season drama for fans, most who don’t realize that this crap storm is coming.
The roster transition from 2021 to 2022 is going to be a game of musical chairs for players currently on scholarship. In 2021, the NCAA allowed schools to keep more players on scholarship than the 85 limit. In 2022, everyone has to be back down to 85, even though every school in the FBS has a roster with more than half of the players having been granted an extra year of eligibility.
Most likely, that means nearly every school is going to have (roughly) 10 more players in the transfer portal attempting to leave a team than they will have in the transfer portal looking to join that team.
This is going to provide a lot of off-season drama for fans, most who don’t realize that this crap storm is coming.
Imagine that? Another sh:t storm by the NCAA? I’d say the pressure will be on for them to change their numbers by at least half so the impact will not be so drastic for the STUDENT ATHLETES involved.
Another reason for schools that aren’t your traditional powers to had to have patience the last 2 years. The college landscape has significantly changed in the last 2 years with the pandemic, NIL and free agency.
This is another reason why I believe this staff is right for Louisville. They really do get it. It will be a roller coaster of an off season. They will have the opportunity to add key players that make this roster better. It will be another point of evaluation. They have proven they can find the right fits in the portal.
This is another reason why I believe this staff is right for Louisville. They really do get it. It will be a roller coaster of an off season. They will have the opportunity to add key players that make this roster better. It will be another point of evaluation. They have proven they can find the right fits in the portal.
Yes, I think the NCAA did a poor job with this transition. They should have done the math and gradually reduced scholarships back to 85 as the players with the extra year of eligibility finished their careers…. something like: 100 in 2021, 95 in 2022, 90 in 23 and back to 85 in 2024. That wouldn’t have been perfect, but it would have struck a nice balance between the extremes of getting down to 85 immediately versus being allowed to stay above the 85 limit until all scholarship players from 2020 exhausted their eligibility.
I think so too, as I had low expectations for this group.
But I do think next week and the bowl game is important for 1 big reason, Malik Cunningham. If we just look like crap and don’t look like we can help him out then he may consider a transfer or even the draft.
Say what you want about it never happening, but he’s given us 4 years and been through a bunch of crap. If he sees a bad loss next week and thinks this bad roster kept him from Heisman talk, you never know where he might go because there could be one team to convince him he’s the missing link for a playoff berth.
Malik would be foolish to transfer. The worst thing he could do is go to another system that he may not grasp quickly or fit his skills. This system fits him perfectly.
NFL is an option. However the reason he is never talked about is he doesn’t have a NFL arm. All the Lamar comparisons are Ok but Lamar arm is the biggest difference. It is not even close. He is 23 so he needs to explore that option.
It will be really interesting to watch the roster movement. This offense, if it stays in tact, could be 2016 good with a really good line. Skill players are there as well.
If the defense can take the next step and they win 9-10 games he will be in the Heisman talk. He will put up crazy numbers.
NFL is an option. However the reason he is never talked about is he doesn’t have a NFL arm. All the Lamar comparisons are Ok but Lamar arm is the biggest difference. It is not even close. He is 23 so he needs to explore that option.
It will be really interesting to watch the roster movement. This offense, if it stays in tact, could be 2016 good with a really good line. Skill players are there as well.
If the defense can take the next step and they win 9-10 games he will be in the Heisman talk. He will put up crazy numbers.
Are you kidding. You don’t think Malik could step into the QB situation at Oklahoma to name one team?
Why gamble when you don’t have to. With the pieces Louisville has coming back why would he want to start all over with a new system, coaches, and teammates. IMO QB transferring for 1 year is extremely risky.
Has a successful starter ever does this in his senior year?
Has a successful starter ever does this in his senior year?
Russell Wilson and Cam Newton are two that come to mind. Kyler Murray and Gardner Minshew are two others.
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Hopefully Malik looks at Kenny Pickett as an example. Dude comes back, leads team to ACC Championship and significantly raised his draft profile.
I don’t see transferring when you’re the starter in a system that is tailored for you. He is familiar with the players he is playing with and the coaching staff. He is the starter and has been for 3 years. What he needs to do is work on his passing and his physical stature. It is funny how some of our fans think it would be best for our starting quarterback to transfer I don’t get that.
Russell is the closest example he was a 3 year starter.. It was more complicated in that he was wanting to play baseball too. Which the NC State staff didn’t like. Cam was in trouble at Florida. Kyler Murray left because he wasn’t starting. Minshew left East Carolina after he split time with another QB.
It would be an usual move.
While Malik is very talented, I’m not sure what future he has in the NFL. So, keeping long term financial stability in mind, while he’s making nice NIL coin here, he could go to a high profile blue blood and rake in the dough. The transfer portal is one thing. It has changed things. NIL, however, is a massive game changer. That being said, if he returns, the Cards should be, on paper, pretty good. Just need to see what happens with the coaching and transfer/declares for NFL carousel.
It’s not just starting. First, does Malik graduate this spring.
The grad transfer has changed the college landscape. I’m not saying he will or he should but there always seems to be the same 5-6 teams that are always in the conversation for the CFP. If one of those teams needs a QB with experience and you have dreams of a NC, you have to weigh that against whether this team has a chance of an ACC title, something that hasn’t happened yet.
The grad transfer has changed the college landscape. I’m not saying he will or he should but there always seems to be the same 5-6 teams that are always in the conversation for the CFP. If one of those teams needs a QB with experience and you have dreams of a NC, you have to weigh that against whether this team has a chance of an ACC title, something that hasn’t happened yet.
First I heard of this. I just figured they would phase it out by years as you said in your other post. That worked out well for the seniors that wanted to come back but not for the underclassmen. There will be a lot of kids without teams to play for.
The NCAA didn't think that out very well. But then again, what else is new.
It will even out and work itself out.
Once players/teams see how the portal works, you'll see less and less kids transfer as they learn how hard it is to find the right home.
