PP: Gophers biggest loss to the Buckeyes might have been tackle Phillip Daniels in the transfer portal

[BleedGopher]

Per Greder:

But Daniels, a Cincinnati native and cousin to Buckeyes great Paris Johnson, went home — with a name, image and likeness (NIL) offer that was too rich for the Gophers’ pocketbook. Daniels ended up being the Gophers’ only significant loss to the transfer portal last year, but it was a big one and has had a domino effect.

Gophers’ offensive line issues tied to Ohio State in more ways than one

UMN’s biggest loss to the Buckeyes this season might have been tackle Phillip Daniels in the transfer portal.

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Go Gophers!!

 

[GopherTheJugular]

Yeah, I think the issue is that tOSU obviously had a recruiting miss at RT and instead of having to live with that, which might be someone our DE might have had more success against, they got to go out and get an upgrade.

Recruiting misses were a great way for teams to upset the helmet schools, and now they are nullified.

 

[Panthadad2]

PFF scores for OSU starting O Line.
75.5 C Hinzman
72.8 G Montgomery
56.3 G Tshabola
79.2 T Siereveld
65.0 T Daniels


PFF scores for Gopher starting O Line.
65.2 C Beers
51.5 G Marshall
66.1 G Johnson
72.7 T Roy
65.1 T Ray (via portal)
*70.9 G Nelson

I hate the precedent of losing a young OL to a blue blood conference competitor, they take a lot of investment in development, but did it really matter that much in the end?

 

[gopherphil]

IMO they committed a recruiting violation.

 

[MaxyJR1]

It would allow for

Roy, Johnson, Beers, Ray, Daniels potentially. It had nothing to do with outcome, but would have likely helped in other games this season

 

[SeaBee_Gopher]

It would allow for

Roy, Johnson, Beers, Ray, Daniels potentially. It had nothing to do with outcome, but would have likely helped in other games this season

Right, it allows you to have one more talented lineman to add into the mix and sit the guy struggling the most. I find it hard to believe he wouldn't have helped. It is comforting to see he hasn't been a world beater!

 

[WHB Brewer]

NIL or not, we shouldn't be surprised when a guy from Ohio wants to transfer home and seizes that opportunity.

are we going to tell Jaxon Howard to go back to LSU?

 

[MaxyJR1]

NIL or not, we shouldn't be surprised when a guy from Ohio wants to transfer home and seizes that opportunity.

are we going to tell Jaxon Howard to go back to LSU?

Speaking of Jaxon Howard, if you have the opportunity to listen the Home Grown segment with Mike Grim from last week, it is excellent.

 

[Gopher1968]

IMO they committed a recruiting violation.

There are recruiting violations in today's NIL era ???