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[coloradocat]

Ouch.
Getting thin

Jackson was never going to be a starter here. Good for him to get a shot at Mines.

I feel like we shouldn't be disappointed about any player transferring down. If he can read the writing on the wall so should we.

[wbtfg]

Ouch.
Getting thin

Jackson was never going to be a starter here. Good for him to get a shot at Mines.

Also, i think he was announced as one of the 9 seniors at the last home game. This is a good opportunity for jackson to see the field.

[catatac]

Sorry to see him go, but he should get a good degree there. Hopefully he found what he was looking for. He'll always be a National Champion, and had HUGE play to make that happen. Best wishes to Jhase.

Ugh. UCLA? They're not very good. I really hope they are paying him at least 100K. WIshing Jhase the best and will never forget the blocked FG.

UCLA is one of the best universities in the world. Maybe he’s considering his education to be important?

I highly doubt that, but I could be wrong. I feel like he is 100% committed to the path he feels is the absolute best path to $$ playing football in college and the NFL. Not a knock on him whatsoever, it's just what I think.

[coloradocat]

Sorry to see him go, but he should get a good degree there. Hopefully he found what he was looking for. He'll always be a National Champion, and had HUGE play to make that happen. Best wishes to Jhase.

Ugh. UCLA? They're not very good. I really hope they are paying him at least 100K. WIshing Jhase the best and will never forget the blocked FG.

UCLA is one of the best universities in the world. Maybe he’s considering his education to be important?

I highly doubt that, but I could be wrong. I feel like he is 100% committed to the path he feels is the absolute best path to $$ playing football in college and the NFL. Not a knock on him whatsoever, it's just what I think.

This has essentially been confirmed in advance by our favorite former (and future?) Bobcat fan in Texas.

[kwcat]

Ouch.
Getting thin

Jackson was never going to be a starter here. Good for him to get a shot at Mines.

Do you know much about any of the depth we have at corner

[BobcatBuiltTexan]

Sorry to see him go, but he should get a good degree there. Hopefully he found what he was looking for. He'll always be a National Champion, and had HUGE play to make that happen. Best wishes to Jhase.

Ugh. UCLA? They're not very good. I really hope they are paying him at least 100K. WIshing Jhase the best and will never forget the blocked FG.

UCLA is one of the best universities in the world. Maybe he’s considering his education to be important?

I highly doubt that, but I could be wrong. I feel like he is 100% committed to the path he feels is the absolute best path to $$ playing football in college and the NFL. Not a knock on him whatsoever, it's just what I think.

He's committed to following the path that will allow him to maximize his potential in ALL areas of his life. Does UCLA revenue share? Yes. Is UCLA a p4 school? Yes Is UCLA one of the best schools in the country? Yes. Does UCLA have infinite connections for post football success? Yes

His family is NOT about chasing money. Does playing in the nfl produce lots of money? Yes but it isn't the driving force, its about a goal that kid has had from the time he was in 3rd grade and this gives him the BEST opportunity to achieve that. So again please stop trying to make it about money, his parents have good jobs and don't NEED money. Constantly making it about money is a cop out. His parents are rice graduates... the education definitely played a part. I talked to his dad and he had other schools offering more money than ucla and he turned them down because it was about fit.

I think yall forget he had fbs offers and NIL potential and still chose msu coming out of hs because it was the best fit.

[BobcatBuiltTexan]

Ouch.
Getting thin

Jackson was never going to be a starter here. Good for him to get a shot at Mines.

Do you know much about any of the depth we have at corner

Carr, Boyd coleman return at cb..gray could move over there as well as thomas. With dowler petre ross and Meredith at safety I can see thomas easily moving to cb. Boyd has had a lot of injuries but a healthy boys is as explosive and athletic as the 3 we lost. Thomas has the ability to move to cb and give that 4 man rotation Howe likes to use. Cb I think will be good next year. They might go get 2-3 out the portal.

[kwcat]

Ouch.
Getting thin

Jackson was never going to be a starter here. Good for him to get a shot at Mines.

Do you know much about any of the depth we have at corner

Carr, Boyd coleman return at cb..gray could move over there as well as thomas. With dowler petre ross and Meredith at safety I cab see this easily moving to cb. Boys had had a lot of injuries but a gantry boys is as exclusive and athletic as the 3 we lost. Thomas has the ability to move to cb and give that 4 man rotation Howe likes to use. Cb I think will be good next year. They might go get 2-3 out the portal.

I was also thinking that one of the incoming freshmen might be a possibility to be ready to play. I’ll have to go back and look at my notes.

[BobcatBuiltTexan]

Ouch.
Getting thin

Jackson was never going to be a starter here. Good for him to get a shot at Mines.

Do you know much about any of the depth we have at corner

Carr, Boyd coleman return at cb..gray could move over there as well as thomas. With dowler petre ross and Meredith at safety I cab see this easily moving to cb. Boys had had a lot of injuries but a gantry boys is as exclusive and athletic as the 3 we lost. Thomas has the ability to move to cb and give that 4 man rotation Howe likes to use. Cb I think will be good next year. They might go get 2-3 out the portal.

I was also thinking that one of the incoming freshmen might be a possibility to be ready to play. I’ll have to go back and look at my notes.

Possibly....I think whoever the frosh is be like Williams and mcmillan their first year. Good enough to play but they won't need to. Jmo

[ilovethecats]

Sorry to see him go, but he should get a good degree there. Hopefully he found what he was looking for. He'll always be a National Champion, and had HUGE play to make that happen. Best wishes to Jhase.

Ugh. UCLA? They're not very good. I really hope they are paying him at least 100K. WIshing Jhase the best and will never forget the blocked FG.

UCLA is one of the best universities in the world. Maybe he’s considering his education to be important?

I highly doubt that, but I could be wrong. I feel like he is 100% committed to the path he feels is the absolute best path to $$ playing football in college and the NFL. Not a knock on him whatsoever, it's just what I think.

He's committed to following the path that will allow him to maximize his potential in ALL areas of his life. Does UCLA revenue share? Yes. Is UCLA a p4 school? Yes Is UCLA one of the best schools in the country? Yes. Does UCLA have infinite connections for post football success? Yes

His family is NOT about chasing money. Does playing in the nfl produce lots of money? Yes but it isn't the driving force, its about a goal that kid has had from the time he was in 3rd grade and this gives him the BEST opportunity to achieve that. So again please stop trying to make it about money, his parents have good jobs and don't NEED money. Constantly making it about money is a cop out. His parents are rice graduates... the education definitely played a part. I talked to his dad and he had other schools offering more money than ucla and he turned them down because it was about fit.

I think yall forget he had fbs offers and NIL potential and still chose msu coming out of hs because it was the best fit.

THANK YOU!

Crazy how much people speculate about kids when they have no clue what is going on.

Wish this dude nothing but the best. He’ll live in MSU history forever.

[Hi-Line Bobcat]

Sorry to see him go, but he should get a good degree there. Hopefully he found what he was looking for. He'll always be a National Champion, and had HUGE play to make that happen. Best wishes to Jhase.

Ugh. UCLA? They're not very good. I really hope they are paying him at least 100K. WIshing Jhase the best and will never forget the blocked FG.

UCLA is one of the best universities in the world. Maybe he’s considering his education to be important?

I highly doubt that, but I could be wrong. I feel like he is 100% committed to the path he feels is the absolute best path to $$ playing football in college and the NFL. Not a knock on him whatsoever, it's just what I think.

He's committed to following the path that will allow him to maximize his potential in ALL areas of his life. Does UCLA revenue share? Yes. Is UCLA a p4 school? Yes Is UCLA one of the best schools in the country? Yes. Does UCLA have infinite connections for post football success? Yes

His family is NOT about chasing money. Does playing in the nfl produce lots of money? Yes but it isn't the driving force, its about a goal that kid has had from the time he was in 3rd grade and this gives him the BEST opportunity to achieve that. So again please stop trying to make it about money, his parents have good jobs and don't NEED money. Constantly making it about money is a cop out. His parents are rice graduates... the education definitely played a part. I talked to his dad and he had other schools offering more money than ucla and he turned them down because it was about fit.

I think yall forget he had fbs offers and NIL potential and still chose msu coming out of hs because it was the best fit.

THANK YOU!

Crazy how much people speculate about kids when they have no clue what is going on.

Wish this dude nothing but the best. He’ll live in MSU history forever.

Or people are just speaking to their opinions, you know kind of like we all do. Bobcatbuilt may be right who knows, but money, NIL, and whatever else all plays a role in these kids leaving and it’s not speculation it’s part of the reason. Just because someone has a different opinion on the deal doesn’t mean they are speculating anymore than the next person.I have a hard time thinking it doesn’t have a lot to do with money, just look how many times Bobcatbuilt mentioned money in his post. It always has to do with money to some degree, over 10k in the portal definitely supports that.

[SparkCat]

Sorry to see him go, but he should get a good degree there. Hopefully he found what he was looking for. He'll always be a National Champion, and had HUGE play to make that happen. Best wishes to Jhase.

Ugh. UCLA? They're not very good. I really hope they are paying him at least 100K. WIshing Jhase the best and will never forget the blocked FG.

UCLA is one of the best universities in the world. Maybe he’s considering his education to be important?

I highly doubt that, but I could be wrong. I feel like he is 100% committed to the path he feels is the absolute best path to $$ playing football in college and the NFL. Not a knock on him whatsoever, it's just what I think.

He's committed to following the path that will allow him to maximize his potential in ALL areas of his life. Does UCLA revenue share? Yes. Is UCLA a p4 school? Yes Is UCLA one of the best schools in the country? Yes. Does UCLA have infinite connections for post football success? Yes

His family is NOT about chasing money. Does playing in the nfl produce lots of money? Yes but it isn't the driving force, its about a goal that kid has had from the time he was in 3rd grade and this gives him the BEST opportunity to achieve that. So again please stop trying to make it about money, his parents have good jobs and don't NEED money. Constantly making it about money is a cop out. His parents are rice graduates... the education definitely played a part. I talked to his dad and he had other schools offering more money than ucla and he turned them down because it was about fit.

I think yall forget he had fbs offers and NIL potential and still chose msu coming out of hs because it was the best fit.

THANK YOU!

Crazy how much people speculate about kids when they have no clue what is going on.

Wish this dude nothing but the best. He’ll live in MSU history forever.

Or people are just speaking to their opinions, you know kind of like we all do. Bobcatbuilt may be right who knows, but money, NIL, and whatever else all plays a role in these kids leaving and it’s not speculation it’s part of the reason. Just because someone has a different opinion on the deal doesn’t mean they are speculating anymore than the next person.I have a hard time thinking it doesn’t have a lot to do with money, just look how many times Bobcatbuilt mentioned money in his post. It always has to do with money to some degree, over 10k in the portal definitely supports that.

You just cannot stand being wrong can you? You are rarely right in your opinions.

[MrGoodKat]

This is and has always been very simple.

People need to understand that no matter what Jhase does, BBT is going to tell us that it is the most awesome, wonderful, perfect thing that a player could do. Because he’s not a Bobcat fan; he’s a fan of one player who was here for two years.

BBT needs to understand that the rest of us are actually fans of the team rather than expecting the whole forum to be the Jhase McMillan fan club.

[MSU01]

This is and has always been very simple.

People need to understand that no matter what Jhase does, BBT is going to tell us that it is the most awesome, wonderful, perfect thing that a player could do. Because he’s not a Bobcat fan; he’s a fan of one player who was here for two years.

BBT needs to understand that the rest of us are actually fans of the team rather than expecting the whole forum to be the Jhase McMillan fan club.

And none of us know what's really going on in these players' thought processes. It would be naive to claim that money doesn't play a factor at all but at the same time it's also unfair to the player to assume as some do that money is the one and only motivating factor behind these decisions.

[tdub]

This is and has always been very simple.

People need to understand that no matter what Jhase does, BBT is going to tell us that it is the most awesome, wonderful, perfect thing that a player could do. Because he’s not a Bobcat fan; he’s a fan of one player who was here for two years.

BBT needs to understand that the rest of us are actually fans of the team rather than expecting the whole forum to be the Jhase McMillan fan club.

Yikes, dude.
BBT is a very good contributor to this board, even with the personal connection to Jhase’s family. Can you absolutely refute any of what he said based on your connection to Jhase? I’ll trust his insight more than yours any day. At least he’s open and honest about his connections. Something that isn’t seen around here very often.
Going to UCLA with good incentives to do so will probably be a big win for the kid. Good for him. If striving for the highest level is the primary motivation AND he gets treated financially well to do so, that’s something we’d all dream of for our careers.

[tetoncat]

This is and has always been very simple.

People need to understand that no matter what Jhase does, BBT is going to tell us that it is the most awesome, wonderful, perfect thing that a player could do. Because he’s not a Bobcat fan; he’s a fan of one player who was here for two years.

BBT needs to understand that the rest of us are actually fans of the team rather than expecting the whole forum to be the Jhase McMillan fan club.

Yikes, dude.
BBT is a very good contributor to this board, even with the personal connection to Jhase’s family. Can you absolutely refute any of what he said based on your connection to Jhase? I’ll trust his insight more than yours any day. At least he’s open and honest about his connections. Something that isn’t seen around here very often.
Going to UCLA with good incentives to do so will probably be a big win for the kid. Good for him. If striving for the highest level is the primary motivation AND he gets treated financially well to do so, that’s something we’d all dream of for our careers.

I think he explains the reason well. Fit can be money, playing time, scheme, coach etc. The 3 corners are a great example of kids who see quicker playing time at a top FCS program as better than a low FBS, or being depth at power 4. Parlay that to another opportunity. It is the world we are in especially for certain positions.
One area i question is because parents have good job money not being a factor as he still mentions revenue share, NIL, etc. Most posters that support the portal also bring up life changing money. Unless wealthy it still seems that would have at least some impact. Might allow to not chase highest offer for fit, but it is still a factor.

[CodyCat]

Jhase going to ucla is really good for the Bobcat program. These studs MSU would never havr had a chance at five years ago are going to transfer. What a great recruiting strategy. Come here for two years, compete for a natty, then go to UCLA, Iowa State, Baylor, Michigan State, etc. I’ll take every one of these guys for a season or two if it means competing for Nattys.

[mslacatfan]

Jhase going to ucla is really good for the Bobcat program. These studs MSU would never havr had a chance at five years ago are going to transfer. What a great recruiting strategy. Come here for two years, compete for a natty, then go to UCLA, Iowa State, Baylor, Michigan State, etc. I’ll take every one of these guys for a season or two if it means competing for Nattys.

It’s such an interesting topic……. I absolutely hate seeing these guys bounce after 1 season…. But I can’t argue with yer above post.

If we are competing for a natty every year, then I guess it works…. That is ultimately all that matters.

I think I would feel better if it were somewhere in the middle. Give us at least 2 years before heading out.

Dru Polidore for example. I hated seeing him leave last year, but he gave us 3 good years and wanted to make some money his last season. I hated seeing it, but I can also understand the reasoning.

[MrGoodKat]

This is and has always been very simple.

People need to understand that no matter what Jhase does, BBT is going to tell us that it is the most awesome, wonderful, perfect thing that a player could do. Because he’s not a Bobcat fan; he’s a fan of one player who was here for two years.

BBT needs to understand that the rest of us are actually fans of the team rather than expecting the whole forum to be the Jhase McMillan fan club.

Yikes, dude.
BBT is a very good contributor to this board, even with the personal connection to Jhase’s family. Can you absolutely refute any of what he said based on your connection to Jhase? I’ll trust his insight more than yours any day. At least he’s open and honest about his connections. Something that isn’t seen around here very often.
Going to UCLA with good incentives to do so will probably be a big win for the kid. Good for him. If striving for the highest level is the primary motivation AND he gets treated financially well to do so, that’s something we’d all dream of for our careers.

No, and I’m not trying to refute anything he’s said. I like McMillan and wish him well.

But we can all stop pretending that he isn’t biased. It doesn’t matter what happens, he’s going to tell us it’s the best thing ever. And if anyone has a critique, that person is a stupid know-nothing.

He could stand to realize that fans of the actual team aren’t going to be celebrating the departures of redshirt freshman. Read the room.

[nanacat]

This is and has always been very simple.

People need to understand that no matter what Jhase does, BBT is going to tell us that it is the most awesome, wonderful, perfect thing that a player could do. Because he’s not a Bobcat fan; he’s a fan of one player who was here for two years.

BBT needs to understand that the rest of us are actually fans of the team rather than expecting the whole forum to be the Jhase McMillan fan club.

That's unnecessary.

Yes we all know BBT is Jhase's #1 fan, but nothing he said about this situation is hard to understand. Though I agree is a bit disingenuous to say money has nothing to do with it, as it does, it has to in light of the what the transfer portal is. But if Jhase can make a bigger name for himself on a larger stage, more power to him. If he can get a degree that suits his interests and sets his future up better, more power to him.

In his case specifically, had he chosen to stay, I think he would have had many eyes on him anyway, and many more opportunities, especially when MSU runs it back to Nashville again. I hope he gets a starting role at UCLA, he likely would have had one this year at MSU, almost guaranteed. But we all make choices, and sometimes the grass does look alot greener on the other side. Sometimes it is greener, sometimes it's not. These young men who choose to leave will have to figure that out.

Still grateful for their time here and all they contributed to Montana State Football's winning year!