[Mick]

Can we read anything into Stanford's portal-acceptance policies after taking transfers from Nevada and Fresno State?  Both fine schools, full stop, but in '23 for example Stanford had transfers from Princeton, Harvard and Penn...   I'd love to see these new guys excel in the classroom just to derail the idea that only kids from snobby schools can succeed at Stanford....  Some people are born gifted, God bless 'em, but the great majority of kids at prestigious schools are more nurture than nature, as best I can tell anyway...

I would assume that Ruffins is an undergrad transfer given he's completed two years at Nevada.  Neal would appear to be either a grad transfer or a postbaccalaureate as he's completed four years at Fresno State

A good friend of mine was a rising star at Andersen. He was a Fresno State undergrad and a recruited baseball player. Marquess recruited him as well, but FSU was much cheaper than Stanford, which his family couldn't really afford. He's been extremely successful since. You can find talent (academic and athletic) all over the place if you look hard enough.

[Mick]

Can we read anything into Stanford's portal-acceptance policies after taking transfers from Nevada and Fresno State?  Both fine schools, full stop, but in '23 for example Stanford had transfers from Princeton, Harvard and Penn...   I'd love to see these new guys excel in the classroom just to derail the idea that only kids from snobby schools can succeed at Stanford....  Some people are born gifted, God bless 'em, but the great majority of kids at prestigious schools are more nurture than nature, as best I can tell anyway...

I would assume that Ruffins is an undergrad transfer given he's completed two years at Nevada.  Neal would appear to be either a grad transfer or a postbaccalaureate as he's completed four years at Fresno State

A good friend of mine was a rising star at Andersen. He was a Fresno State undergrad and a recruited baseball player. Marquess recruited him as well, but FSU was much cheaper than Stanford, which his family couldn't really afford. He's been extremely successful since. You can find talent (academic and athletic) all over the place if you look hard enough.