cowboycwr said:

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So now that we have him signs I wonder if any of the people in this thread that didn't want him, were sure he wasn't coming here, didn't think he was an upgrade, etc. think any differently now. Especially since it seems his coming here has impacted the decisions of a few other players to come here.

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I will say this. My concern was that we would get a big splash talented QB, but not have the money to get him a supporting cast. He could be the genetically engineered creation of Peyton Manning and RG3, but if his OL and the DL is on the level of Midway's he is going to get killed.

I was fine with getting him if it didn't sacrifice getting a solid supporting cast around him. We will have to wait and see I guess.

What a huge mess

Duke is suing QB Darian Mensah, who entered the transfer portal last Friday, claiming that he breached a multiyear NIL contract that ends on Dec. 31, 2026, per @Sportico.

The school seeks an injunction and restraining order in Durham County (N.C.) Superior Court to effectively… pic.twitter.com/onbvktCl9Y

— Yahoo Sports (@YahooSports) January 20, 2026

Nothing sad about it to me. This is just as enforceable legally and morally as any contract. Only reason schools haven't been enforcing is bad PR, not a lack of legal merit in the claims. Same with tampering which is tortious interference. It is all coming, along with enforcement of Hoouse settlement terms. Lots of busy lawyers in coming years.

Darian Mensah and Duke have agreed to a settlement of their dispute that will clear the way for the quarterback to transfer to another school, his agency announced Tuesday.

Mensah is expected to transfer to Miami now that his dispute with Duke has been resolved, sources tell… pic.twitter.com/g2S1Urm2M7

— ESPN (@espn) January 27, 2026

boognish_bear said:

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Darian Mensah and Duke have agreed to a settlement of their dispute that will clear the way for the quarterback to transfer to another school, his agency announced Tuesday.

Mensah is expected to transfer to Miami now that his dispute with Duke has been resolved, sources tell… pic.twitter.com/g2S1Urm2M7

— ESPN (@espn) January 27, 2026

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As much as I wish Duke had fought, it's like having a partner who wants out. Gotta let her go.

Mitch Blood Green said:

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boognish_bear said:

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Darian Mensah and Duke have agreed to a settlement of their dispute that will clear the way for the quarterback to transfer to another school, his agency announced Tuesday.

Mensah is expected to transfer to Miami now that his dispute with Duke has been resolved, sources tell… pic.twitter.com/g2S1Urm2M7

— ESPN (@espn) January 27, 2026

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As much as I wish Duke had fought, it's like having a partner who wants out. Gotta let her go.

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I agree. You don't want a player that won't be focused/doesn't want to be there but contracts need to be enforced.

cowboycwr said:

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Mitch Blood Green said:

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boognish_bear said:

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Darian Mensah and Duke have agreed to a settlement of their dispute that will clear the way for the quarterback to transfer to another school, his agency announced Tuesday.

Mensah is expected to transfer to Miami now that his dispute with Duke has been resolved, sources tell… pic.twitter.com/g2S1Urm2M7

— ESPN (@espn) January 27, 2026

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As much as I wish Duke had fought, it's like having a partner who wants out. Gotta let her go.

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I agree. You don't want a player that won't be focused/doesn't want to be there but contracts need to be enforced.

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This is what sucks. Miami is willing to pay the player and Duke to take the payout.

In dating, you can let the woman go and then date her mom. Not available in college football. The NCAA needs to make tampering a death penalty offense.

Cowboy, I'll never forget that time at the tailgate you said to me "smell my finger!" And I said what is that? And you said "my exes momma"

RightRevBear said:

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I wish Duke would have fought it. A school needs to stand up and take it to court to stop this crap from happening. Every time a settlement happens it tells players that want to leave after signing a contract that they can.

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I agree with you. I'll place this blame on the NCAA. The institutions should suffer if they tamper. In this case, Miami was willing to pay Duke a buyout fee and pay Mensah. If the NCAA made tampering a significant punishable offense, then there would be no way to tamper via contracts.

As I look at this landscape, reigning it in doesn't seem that hard. Fix the football calendar. Open and close the portal after the last game is played. End tampering of players under contract. **** the SEC. All easy.

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RightRevBear said:

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I wish Duke would have fought it. A school needs to stand up and take it to court to stop this crap from happening. Every time a settlement happens it tells players that want to leave after signing a contract that they can.

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I agree with you. I'll place this blame on the NCAA. The institutions should suffer if they tamper. In this case, Miami was willing to pay Duke a buyout fee and pay Mensah. If the NCAA made tampering a significant punishable offense, then there would be no way to tamper via contracts.

As I look at this landscape, reigning it in doesn't seem that hard. Fix the football calendar. Open and close the portal after the last game is played. End tampering of players under contract. **** the SEC. All easy.

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My solution would be to open the portal at the end of the spring. You have to worry about disrupting the academic schedule if you wait until after the championship.

RightRevBear said:

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Mitch Blood Green said:

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RightRevBear said:

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I wish Duke would have fought it. A school needs to stand up and take it to court to stop this crap from happening. Every time a settlement happens it tells players that want to leave after signing a contract that they can.

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I agree with you. I'll place this blame on the NCAA. The institutions should suffer if they tamper. In this case, Miami was willing to pay Duke a buyout fee and pay Mensah. If the NCAA made tampering a significant punishable offense, then there would be no way to tamper via contracts.

As I look at this landscape, reigning it in doesn't seem that hard. Fix the football calendar. Open and close the portal after the last game is played. End tampering of players under contract. **** the SEC. All easy.

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My solution would be to open the portal at the end of the spring. You have to worry about disrupting the academic schedule if you wait until after the championship.

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no. The portal has to open, and ideally should be closed, be before the start of Spring Camp. Too many plans are laid during Spring Camp to capsize them with massive roster turnover.

RightRevBear said:

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RightRevBear said:

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I wish Duke would have fought it. A school needs to stand up and take it to court to stop this crap from happening. Every time a settlement happens it tells players that want to leave after signing a contract that they can.

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I agree with you. I'll place this blame on the NCAA. The institutions should suffer if they tamper. In this case, Miami was willing to pay Duke a buyout fee and pay Mensah. If the NCAA made tampering a significant punishable offense, then there would be no way to tamper via contracts.

As I look at this landscape, reigning it in doesn't seem that hard. Fix the football calendar. Open and close the portal after the last game is played. End tampering of players under contract. **** the SEC. All easy.

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My solution would be to open the portal at the end of the spring. You have to worry about disrupting the academic schedule if you wait until after the championship.

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The NCAA is toothless. They are pretty much the equivalent of an HOA that loses in court over somebody's trash cans being out an extra day. From that day forward homeowners that want to build ... whatever ... tell em to piss off or get sued again.

RightRevBear said:

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I wish Duke would have fought it. A school needs to stand up and take it to court to stop this crap from happening. Every time a settlement happens it tells players that want to leave after signing a contract that they can.

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If Duke received what they reasonably should have received to be made whole, and I assume they did and hence the settlement, then they did all the could and there was no point of further litigation to end up at the same point.

Well...we are up there with some big spending schools (other than Ok St) at this one position

boognish_bear said:

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Well...we are up there with some big spending schools (other than Ok St) at this one position

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Baylor appearance on this list, you just LOVE to see it.

The tidal wave of good transfers after hid signing has been impressive.

I agree

Out of these 10, DJ has the highest upside. I'm not sure you can seriously debate that. Whether he reaches that potential is of course to be seen. Is sure as heck gives me something to look forward to watch this season though, particularly with our newly revamped WR core. We have the potential to have more successful deep balls than we've had since Seth.

There really isnt much point of taking a lot of younger qbs. If theyre good they will just leave after a year if they dont play. May as well just buy a good qb in the portal every year.

Hopefully, we can keep Lagway one more year. Would be great for continuity, and maybe he can help us recruit a good haul next year in the portal.

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There really isnt much point of taking a lot of younger qbs. If theyre good they will just leave after a year if they dont play. May as well just buy a good qb in the portal every year.

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Pay a good backup. QB's get hurt. Dj has an injury history plus 28 TD's, 25 INTs in 2 years.

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muddybrazos said:

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There really isnt much point of taking a lot of younger qbs. If theyre good they will just leave after a year if they dont play. May as well just buy a good qb in the portal every year.

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Pay a good backup. QB's get hurt. Dj has an injury history plus 28 TD's, 25 INTs in 2 years.

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I agree but Dj was also thrown right into the fire and was the only hope to save his coaches job. He definitely regressed his soph year but was playing hurt. I think we see a much better version of him this fall.

Glad Lagway is locked down

Sources: The NCAA has denied Ole Miss’ appeal for Trinidad Chambliss’ sixth-year waiver. The NCAA athletics eligibility subcommittee denied the waiver, which was for a medical redshirt, and the school has been informed. pic.twitter.com/LWjK0jfc2u

— Pete Thamel (@PeteThamel) February 5, 2026

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muddybrazos said:

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There really isnt much point of taking a lot of younger qbs. If theyre good they will just leave after a year if they dont play. May as well just buy a good qb in the portal every year.

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Pay a good backup. QB's get hurt. Dj has an injury history plus 28 TD's, 25 INTs in 2 years.

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I agree but Dj was also thrown right into the fire and was the only hope to save his coaches job. He definitely regressed his soph year but was playing hurt. I think we see a much better version of him this fall.

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I agree. It seems like DJ's best football is ahead of him at Baylor.

Our offensive system is fine, but I think taking basically an entire new class of transfers and underclassman with no game experience and expecting them to form a cohesive unit in one off-season with the current coaching staff is a tall order. Also, the loss of Pendergrass was downplayed big time going into 2025, and I feel the same way about Bryson Washington. When healthy, he was a really good running back.

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Our offensive system is fine, but I think taking basically an entire new class of transfers and underclassman with no game experience and expecting them to form a cohesive unit in one off-season with the current coaching staff is a tall order. Also, the loss of Pendergrass was downplayed big time going into 2025, and I feel the same way about Bryson Washington. When healthy, he was a really good running back.

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Forming a cohesive unit each year is the biggest challenge in college football now that most programs are losing a third of their players every year to the portal. At least it's not a problem that we alone will be dealing with..

Ole Miss has filed a reconsideration to the NCAA over the denial of Trinidad Chambliss’ eligibility waiver and appeal, per @RossDellenger.

Ole Miss’ reconsideration is expected to focus on evidence over Chambliss’ 2022 season at Ferris State, where he believes he was entitled… pic.twitter.com/hpXx5XB2VH

— Yahoo Sports (@YahooSports) February 9, 2026

I would continue to bring in a good crop of HS kids to grow into some positions - after their sophomore year - you sign them to 2 -3 year contracts (for those you want to keep). You continue to use the portal to lock down those with 2 years of eligibility - QB, RB, WR, OL, DL, LB and DB...You get in a yoy situation that you always have deep talent on both sides of the ball with a lot of experience and you'd have a good year for overlapping of that talent. Mix in the original HS kids you signed who you've kept in the program (3 star sort of guys) to fill in for injuries, etc.

You only sign 1 year deals in extreme situations - when you have a big hole to fill and no availability with current roster.

Additional Revenue Ideas for the Players:

1. You put up a huge tent in the parking lot area to sell SIGNED player gear, football, mini helmets, etc. People will buy more if the item is right there available to see/touch and take home afterwards

2. You have pre-game "meet your player" tickets you can purchase. Go down on the field, get a few minutes with the player to talk, sign some **** and take some pictures. Sell tickets ahead of time.

Sure I can think of some other ideas - I just think Baylor does not do a good job making player interactions available like they could.....maybe if a player is making $100K it doesn't matter them....don't know...