(12-08-2021, 07:33 PM)Spiny_Norman Wrote: ASU already has 3 transfer commitments.
TE from Penn State
LB from Mississippi State
S from Illinois
ASU has already lost six players to the transfer portal, including a 4-star RB, 4-star EDGE and 4-star CB. Plus they are under investigation for a recruiting scandal.
Double yikes!
So let's take a closer look at who is coming in via the transfer portal to ASU:
Messiah Swinson, TE from Missouri. Last year, for Missouri, he had 5 receptions for 46 yds, 0 TDs. Maybe he's a great blocker. But it's ironic to me that Messiah is playing for the Devils.
Rodney Groce, Jr., LB from Mississippi State. I don't think he played as a freshman. He was a 3-star coming out of HS.
Derrick Smith, S from Miami and then Illinois. Played in 15 games with four starts in the last two seasons. In 2021 had 17 total tackles, 10 unassisted. No interceptions, no passes defended.
To be fair, a lot can and will happen between now and September 2022--there are rumors that ASU might lose its offensive coordinator to Auburn--but I say, at the moment, ASU is indeed a special case, as it gets a triple yikes!
If there's one thing people have learned in Berkeley, it's that you can't put "Cal football" and "Rose Bowl" in the same sentence. The words just don't fit. You'd be better off linking "covered wagons" with "Mars travel." (Bruce Jenkins, Cal '70, SF Chronicle, Nov. 11, 2017)