Good point - along those same lines I was trying to think of other players we have lost in transfer (portal or otherwise) who went on to bigger things. Can anybody come up with some names? Bucky Irving I guess but that’s all I can think of.
Can you list more than 8 first round WRs they've put out in the last 5 years?
I might need to adjust my sarcasm setting.
Someone above named the guy ... it was farther back than I thought.
He was a swinging gate on our OL this year.
No, I'm just joking. It's hard to read sarcasm online and nearly impossible to flag it on a forum like this where we are bombarded with the hottest of hot takes.
The moments did happen with him. The pick at the end of the game against USC as a freshman and the pick six to kind of single-handedly win a game this year two easy examples. He faltered a bit this year Cal being the easiest example and just didn’t seem to be having that much fun here.
/s is a common way to flag sarcasm fyi.
That is 100% fair. To me it felt like there was too many times where he was in the vicinity of making the play but couldn't quite get his hands on it, or come down with it which overshadowed the good.
This is why I think it will be Ohio State. They want a ton of versatile players all over the field (safeties who can cover, play the run, blitz). It's a similar defense to the Vikings now or the Patriots a few years ago. It's not really traditional safety.
I guess I'm not as convinced as everyone else that he can transfer to OSU and start. I think his all B1G picks this year were based off of his Freshman season and reputation. If Ohio State is interested I'm sure he'll get more $ and play for a contender both. Ohio State of course has a talented freshman that could fill Down's spot also so we'll see.
You're not wrong, but for me, it comes down to principle. I’ve put two kids through the U, and they graduated debt-free. I’m not going to pay for some other guy's kid who’s mostly here to play a game - and, as we're currently seeing, has a high chance of leaving anyway.
I was beating the drum this year for John Nestor to play safety in 2026 if we could shore up our corner position. He's the same size as Koi and is an excellent tackler. Kerry Brown is excellent at the other spot. If we pick up a good corner in the portal, is this all worth it from a money perspective? Aidan Gousby moves from safety to the other corner spot. He's built more like a corner than safety anyway (thinner and quicker) and would be a very good tackling corner. John Nestor is probably a bargain vs. Koi. Put the savings from safety into a good corner since they are worth more than safeties anyway.
This is the correct attitude, in my opinion. I share it.
I agree completely. Safety isn't a premium position unless you're just lights out and Koi wasn't. He wasn't enough of a difference maker on offense to make up the difference. We had other more important places to put the money. Teams only have so much to spend. It's just not the same amount for all teams at this point, more like major league baseball than football. They need to put it in the right places - QB, DE, OL, and because this is college football, running back.
Sorry guys, my fault. I shouldn't have said he had a shitty attitude and considered himself above the team
It sucks, but fuck him and his mercenary ass. I hope he ends up as a backup wherever he lands and the rest of his career is a repeated array of muffled punts at the five yard line and shitty arm tackles.
Ski U Mah, Go Gophers, and Fuck Off Koi Perich.
The on field product hasn’t changed, and outside of the S-tier programs, there is much more parity. Guess it just depends on how you define watchable.
Time will tell. The U has shown an ability to produce NFL talent
I'd rather have Koi stay for sure, at the same time I was frustrated by some of his play. Couple wrap ups in the Northwestern game rather than throwing a shoulder would have won the game ...
He has a lot of talent, but definitely some things to clean up. Will that happen in one year with a new program? I guess we'll see. I will miss his chase down tackles from behind.
