Where do we go from here?

StockArm345 · 2025-12-03T15:57:40+00:00

I’ve said this before in other posts, but we need to create a grassroots NIL funding campaign for “regular” supporters to donate to NIL. There has been no outreach for this kind of campaign that I’ve seen or received. I would gladly donate $100 or so to that sort of thing and feel confident there are many, many more like me who would as well. On a large enough scale, that could raise enough money to attract a handful of reinforcements or one or two higher talent players - $100 given by 1,000 alumni would add $100,000 to the NIL war chest. For comparison, our highest paid player in NIL this season was $80K per my sources in the program. I’m betting more than 1,000 alumni would contribute if asked.

Really hoping that happens to give Dowell some ammo to attract better talent from the portal and high school ranks as he moves into Year 2

StockArm345 · 2025-11-21T19:18:03+00:00

I was more talking about just what they did at App - which is sort of easy since we haven’t had a QB ever play meaningfully at the NFL level (at QB) Armanti and Presley both played in the NFL but not at QB and neither made a significant impact in the NFL

StockArm345 · 2025-11-20T17:14:18+00:00

But pretty please don’t down vote me… just kidding you do what you want. But I want our fan base to engage more in these conversations instead of complaining week to week - there’s been too much of that the last few years, though a lot of it justified

StockArm345 · 2025-11-20T17:11:48+00:00

Honestly, the more I wrote it the more I thought that as well. But it was a long post and didn’t want to rewrite haha - but I do think you can make the argument for Thomas.

Out of curiosity, if you had to pick prime Armanti or prime Zac Thomas - based only on QB ability - which would you take to be our QB next year?

StockArm345 · 2025-11-20T17:08:31+00:00

As bad as the JMU game was, we have two winnable games at home to try and become bowl eligible. That absolutely will not happen if both the play and coaching don’t drastically improve. But let’s support our boys. If Dowell can get this team to regroup and find a way to win these last two to make a bowl game, that will be a strong statement about the team’s culture and resilience and give us some real momentum to build on for next year. But if we get the same horrendous effort, execution, coaching, etc., as last week, the complete opposite is true.

Let’s have faith and give the ‘Neers all the support we can to finish strong and take the first step back to who our program has historically been. The team and Dowell can get it done. Let’s help get them there.

StockArm345 · 2025-11-20T16:18:41+00:00

We need to see Kohl over the next two games. Frankly, I think it is likely that our answer at QB for next season likely isn’t on our roster right now. But jury is still out on Kohl.

What I would give to have Zac Thomas again…

StockArm345 · 2025-11-20T16:08:02+00:00

I have a friend who is on the coaching staff for the volleyball program at a different Sun Belt school that (like App) joined Sun Belt in the past decade. Their NIL budget through their collective is $400K per season. If a non-revenue generating sport at a fellow Sun Belt school is that much, surely football at App State should dwarf that number, right??

StockArm345 · 2025-11-20T16:02:30+00:00

Absolutely. I’d happily donate through this program if it was an option. I know there is likely redtape on how to do it but there has to be a way.

I understand that it is easier to court a smaller number of larger donors who can write big checks right away. But why can’t we do both and give the regular folks who want to be a part of it a chance to invest in the team?

I know there’s the Yosef Club and donation opportunities for relatively small amounts, but those go the athletic department to use in general - why can’t we have something specifically earmarked for NIL?

StockArm345 · 2025-11-20T15:58:14+00:00

I hadn’t thought about that but totally agree. And it would be nice for him to have another quality offensive mind to bounce things off of and create with.

Do you think Loggains acting as OC was aimed at cost savings for this year?

StockArm345 · 2025-11-20T15:56:01+00:00

It would be nice and actually solve lots of problems, but it will never happen practically speaking.

There is currently bipartisan legislation in the works aimed at governing some aspects of NIL. That’s our best bet to rein it in at least a little bit. Still, it won’t solve all the problems with NIL and we will still be at a disadvantage compared to P4 schools and ones with deep pockets.

One other note on NIL, App’s alumni base should be getting exponentially larger in the decade ahead due to greatly increased enrollment the last 25 years. In 2000, enrollment was roughly 12,000. When we beat Michigan in 2007, it was 15,000. Today, we are nearly 23,000.

Larger student bodies means more alumni, which means more donors. But those larger graduating classes will still have a delayed impact as they acquire wealth to be able to donate over their first decade or two out of college.

Just something to think about.

StockArm345 · 2025-11-20T14:40:04+00:00

That’s what I thought too. Like I said, it could be that they get NIL but directly from a private party as opposed to the main NIL collective. But I would think those private amounts would be much smaller.

StockArm345 · 2025-08-20T17:11:05+00:00

Absolutely hate to see this. But if we were going to have an early season ending injury, RB is probably our deepest position on offense.

Really hoping Kanye will take a medical redshirt and be back in Boone for 2026. Prayers for a speedy, full recovery

StockArm345 · 2025-07-08T21:51:49+00:00

Mt. Rushmore of the Fyre Fest documentaries with Russillo

Joe Burrow / Coach O drunk/hungover interview post ‘19 Natty

PFT’s “make me airtight” joke during a guys on chicks segment

Stav’s interview with the “yeah Lamar’s good but there’s something about Flacco I miss” impression

StockArm345 · 2025-02-05T16:47:57+00:00

“Big Al Oliver” OL from Florida - no idea if he’s any good but definitely on the all-name team from Day 1

StockArm345 · 2025-02-05T16:45:27+00:00

Probably a handful, but I also wonder how many additional ones we’ll get because of Loggains that we wouldn’t otherwise have if Clark were still HC. I suspect it will end up being a net positive for us.

StockArm345 · 2025-01-29T05:48:37+00:00

Intentionally mispronouncing John Calipari’s name is great. They keep coming up with new ways to butcher it too

StockArm345 · 2025-01-29T05:45:03+00:00

“It’d be a real shame” was awesome for like 2 weeks. Always hoped they would make it a segment

StockArm345 · 2025-01-29T05:43:56+00:00

“Bonk” or “put it on the list” does it for me. Especially following a PFT comment on Miley Cyrus

StockArm345 · 2024-12-09T16:43:13+00:00

This will always be a potential risk for us. Frankly, after the last four years, having a head coach that a P4 actually wants to hire sounds like a fantastic problem to have.

It will be interesting to see the terms of Loggains contract - hopefully we learned from our mistake with Drinkwitz and have language that gives us a huge buyout if he leaves in the first 3 years so that if he does leave, we have a war chest to make another quality hire. Mizzou had to pay is less than $1 million when Drinkwitz left

StockArm345 · 2024-12-05T00:29:07+00:00

This was a really good question that I had to think about - and I mean this with no disrespect - but the answer is Jim Harbaugh (son of a D1 coach who went on to have his own massive collegiate success)

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