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G5 move to spring football

An interesting proposal. G5 considering moving to play spring football instead of competing with P4 for television audience. Actually not a bad idea but would it create a situation where their best players would then try to switch to P4 schools in the fall?

Cats at 5.5

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The transfer portal has closed and UNL has 98 scholarship players. They will pay the tuition for 13 players through NIL so they technically count as walk-ons. Seems like huge advantage.

Here is the WildcatReport official tracker for Northwestern's transfers in and out in the 2023-24 transfer portal windows.

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Some terrific information here. Interesting to see how we compete with our peers.

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Our recruits are 128 and 143

Here is our quick breakdown of Dorsey's decision and where Northwestern's Class of 2025 stands.

Here is our quick breakdown of Dorsey's decision and where Northwestern's Class of 2025 stands.

Gill and Sully together again.

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Why didn't Mark Gronowski follow Zach Luhan if ZL is so good?

QB Mark Wright (in trasnfer portal) doesn't seem to be as good a passer as MG but he will help us win some games and seems to be a good fit for Zach Luhan offense.

I'd like to see 1 backup RB, another OL and LB, 1 CB and 1 Safety from the portal.

@lou v has the story on Cooper Lovelace, the enthusiastic transfer from USC with a long career in college football and close family ties to Northwestern.

...that USC grad transfer OL Cooper Lovelace will commit to Northwestern. He should pop tomorrow.

For more on Lovelace, see the other thread we have on the board:

I just wrapped up a call with Braden Blueitt, who said he will be announcing his commitment later tonight. We'll have the quick breakdown story after his announcement, and then the interview will run tomorrow morning.

A key takeaway: he said NU is taking two wide receivers, him and Dube Enongene. A key impetus for his commitment was knowing that allotment and that Enongene had committed to the first slot. Said he didn't feel he could leave Northwestern in good conscience with an offer on the table for someone else to pick up.

Armon Binns' work for this cycle seems to be done.

Colton Gumino from Hersey will be visiting Northwestern next weekend on January 27 with his family. The Wildcats signed his lead receiver last year, Carson Grove, to their Class of 2024.


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I talked to three-star wide receiver Braden Blueitt about his official visit and why he committed to Northwestern.

Saw an article in 247Sports ranking (by number of departures) the 68 power conference schools. We have had 12 departures. Only 2 schools have had less portal departures, Oklahoma State with 10 and Nebraska with the lowest number (8). 26 schools have 25 or more departures. Colorado leads the list with 41 with Michigan State and Alabama tied for 2nd with 39!

A lot of departures came after the recent spring practices, so there is plenty of talent in the portal. Of course with our enrollment standards, most the 3900 kids that enter the portal are not available for our staff but I am sure there should be some of those that can help our needs.

Kudos to Braun for retaining most of our roster even with the overhaul of most of the coaches. Hopefully they can land some experience OL to give our offense a chance.

Second commit of the day!

I talked to three-star wide receiver Braden Blueitt about his official visit and why he committed to Northwestern.

There has been speculation about how much money individual players are receiving from NIL. I’m curious what disclosures about these payments may be considered public, especially for the state schools. Are NIL payments considered salaries that may be subjects to federal, state and local tax consequences? I don’t see how taxes don’t come into play when NIL payments are made. Normally there is transparency regarding state employee salaries- that’s how we know about the salaries of coaches at state schools and that many coaches are at the top of the list in many state employee salaries. Could NIL also include bonuses and performance incentives like coaches have included in their contracts? Are NIL agreements essentially legal contracts with players. It’s a Brave New World under NIL- and a pretty dark one at that.

No. 1 is on the board.

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@lou v has the long list of this weekend’s official visitors.