AllTimeFU wrote: ↑Thu Jan 04, 2024 10:13 am
I know it was mentioned earlier, but will we get a more clear idea when classes start up here soon?
Also - is there another portal / transfer window later in the year?
Maybe. If we have any transfers that have quietly committed and will start classes next week, then they'll likely be announced once they're enrolled and in class. I'm just guessing though. I haven't seen anything to make me believe we should expect something like that but you never know. There's still plenty of time for how Furman operates. For example, last year Cook was announced at the end of January, Pline in May, and the 3 (2) OL transfers in June. What we have right now is mostly what we're going to have outside of a few guys. With that said, Norman, Cook and Pline were all important pieces last year and only Cook was here for spring practice.
As far as the guys currently in the portal, technically they could wait all the way until fall classes start to choose a school if an offer remained out there that long. So, hopefully we'll know some things once classes get going, but I wouldn't be surprised if that date came and went and we didn't hear anything. The guys we are hoping come back don't really have to be enrolled for the spring semester if they wanted to wait and see. Yes, we want them to be here for spring practice, but I wouldn't turn away Clark or Yates just because they didn't go through spring ball if they wanted to come back in the summer.
Yes, there is a spring portal that opens for 2 weeks in April. I'm not sure how many FCS players entered in that time frame last year, but if I remember correctly there weren't a lot of guys jumping in at that time.