Aidan Chiles officially transferring to MSU
No surprise here, but it is now official. I really don't understand how he is ranked as the #1 transfer QB by some, but he is a big get regardless. Played well in garbage time as a freshman. Was #152 overall, #12 QB in the 2023 247 composite. #58 overall in 247's non-composite rankings.
December 14th, 2023 at 8:00 PM ^
I don't care about the Big Ten, especially after just about every coach and AD in threw a massive bitchfit and joined in on the smear campaign against Michigan.
The Big Ten sucked farts through a straw this year, and yet Michigan sits ranked #1 in the country. Michigan doesn't need the Big Ten to do anything. They just need to take care of their own business.
December 14th, 2023 at 11:18 PM ^
B1G doesn’t need a good msu. MSU isn’t meant to be good. The SEC doesn’t need Missouri or Arkansas to be good.
December 14th, 2023 at 2:43 PM ^
Additionally, it appears that Kyle McCord will not be transferring to Nebraska. Tom Loy from 247 points to Syracuse, which would be kind of a big fall, IMO.
December 14th, 2023 at 2:57 PM ^
This surprises me.
December 14th, 2023 at 2:59 PM ^
That would be a huge get for Fran Brown, who had one of the best introductory press conferences I've ever seen.
December 14th, 2023 at 4:17 PM ^
Brown is hoovering up every available player from New Jersey that he can. As a born Syracusan I gotta say I'm impressed.
December 14th, 2023 at 3:04 PM ^
Hard to believe what the actual story is here as there is so much anti-McCord stuff spewing from the OSU fanbase.
Depending on who you believe - A. -McCord's dad forced Day to make him the starter last year or risk transfer even though Brown was clearly better. B. McCord's dad is overbearing and wanted big $$ or assurances to stay into 2024. -- C. McCord knew he was leaving OSU even before the M game. D. McCord and father wanted $3MM from Nebraska -- E. McCord is afraid of competition from Raiola and thus passed on Nebraska. I would guess the truth is something else..
December 14th, 2023 at 4:13 PM ^
That would be quite the transfer down for McCord. He's a good QB - Syracuse is the best he can do? Unless Cuse is really rolling out the NIL train Syracuse is about as unattractive as the P5 gets
December 14th, 2023 at 2:45 PM ^
Now they need WRs and OL.
December 14th, 2023 at 2:45 PM ^
How long do you think it will take him before he realizes he made a huge mistake?
December 14th, 2023 at 4:14 PM ^
I'm gonna say when FAU sacks him for the 3rd time in the 1st half of their opener
December 14th, 2023 at 2:46 PM ^
Sparty fans are more hyped for this kid than they were for Noah Kim when he took over for Peyton Thorne, who they were super fired up for after he stepping in for Rocky Lombardi who they thought would compete for a Heisman when he took the reigns from Brian Lewerke.
It's weird how they keep saying their next QB is gonna be the guy.
December 14th, 2023 at 2:59 PM ^
Don’t forget Houser
December 14th, 2023 at 3:02 PM ^
And Campbell and Dewever
December 14th, 2023 at 3:38 PM ^
Well it wasn't long ago that UM fans were saying the same about Wilton Speight, John O'Korn, Brandon Peters, Shea Patterson, Dylan McCaffrey, and Joe Milton.
December 14th, 2023 at 5:53 PM ^
It would be extremely silly of you to compare Chiles to any of those bums.
December 15th, 2023 at 11:19 AM ^
Joe Milton is better than chiles right now
December 19th, 2023 at 9:40 PM ^
No, hes not. Hes just a lot older.
December 14th, 2023 at 6:55 PM ^
Pretty sure every team says that.
Forcier
Gardner
O’korn
just off the top of my head.
December 14th, 2023 at 2:46 PM ^
What makes him the top ranked portal transfer (according to some) if he barely played last year behind D.J.?
December 14th, 2023 at 2:56 PM ^
His lofty HS rating coupled with three years of eligibility.
December 14th, 2023 at 4:09 PM ^
Dante Moore also has 3 years of elgibity left, he was higher ranked coming out of high school and he has produced more at the college level, but some have him behind Chiles.
December 14th, 2023 at 5:52 PM ^
He only produced more because he got more snaps. Chiles was excellent when he played, which almost all came in the first halves of games.
December 14th, 2023 at 7:49 PM ^
Chiles went 24-35 with 4 touchdowns on the year, which is a great stat for a single game, but could he maintain even close to these numbers an entire season? Oregon State also had a better OL than UCLA. I am no expert at all, and 99% of the people on can recognize talent much better than I can, but having Chiles in the top 3 transfer portal players seems too high.
December 19th, 2023 at 9:48 PM ^
JJ was 34/59 with 5 TDs 2 INT and a game killing fumble as a true freshman.
I feel like people arent being entirely objective about this because of where hes going.
December 15th, 2023 at 10:41 AM ^
Then why did he accumulate four of his seven TDs in the second half of blowouts over UC Davis and Stanford?
December 19th, 2023 at 9:49 PM ^
Because they have running backs who also score touchdowns?
December 14th, 2023 at 2:47 PM ^
That’s huge for them. We need to get Dante moore.
December 14th, 2023 at 5:12 PM ^
People in Eugene are acting like they’ve already got him locked up…
December 14th, 2023 at 2:51 PM ^
Good pick up. 4-8
December 14th, 2023 at 2:55 PM ^
Osu may be stuck with devin i want to be Larry Bird brown.
December 14th, 2023 at 2:57 PM ^
Aidan Chiles is officially on the clock
December 14th, 2023 at 3:09 PM ^
Will the latest NCAA lawsuit mean Chiles can play in their bowl game? Fake Edit: Never mind.
More fallout from Tucker's extracurriculars. We should have had eight more years to enjoy his coaching expertise.
December 14th, 2023 at 3:12 PM ^
It is too bad that MeLLLLLLLL was such a Neanderthal. They seem to have Sparty No'ed themselves into a competent coach and quality QB.
December 14th, 2023 at 4:38 PM ^
I don't care who their coach is, in the new Big Ten they are going to be way down on the pecking order regardless. And you need more than a QB, they currently have very little talent on that roster around him. And honestly quality QB isn't even a sure thing given the small sample size.
December 14th, 2023 at 5:46 PM ^
He played in the first half of every game.
December 14th, 2023 at 6:57 PM ^
Obviously but its still early and they have to start somewhere. Better find a backup though for when he inevitably gets hurt behind that o-line.
December 14th, 2023 at 3:26 PM ^
Considering that all three QBs left, that makes the addition of one a vast improvement, relatively speaking, no? This is, of course, before we talk about existing data on this guy....
December 14th, 2023 at 3:27 PM ^
Aiden Chiles? That can't be a real name
December 14th, 2023 at 5:13 PM ^
His given name was Voodoo.
December 14th, 2023 at 3:31 PM ^
He's a talented guy who should be good at MSU but yeah, not sure he's the #1 QB out there in terms of producing next year. I guess the fact he's a multi-year player pays off, but even then Maalik Murphy feels as talented with as much an upside.
Also, for reference the top QB in the portal last year was Sam Hartman, who was...fine at ND.
December 14th, 2023 at 3:36 PM ^
Neat.
December 14th, 2023 at 3:47 PM ^
Eat um up Eat um up Rah Rah Rah
December 14th, 2023 at 3:57 PM ^
You know, I don't care if MSU is good or bad, if they finally start acting like a reasonable, good-spirited football team. Anything to cleanse the stench of the Dantonio era of hatred.
December 14th, 2023 at 4:02 PM ^
Idk why everyone seems to think this is going to happen (not that that's what you said, but I've seen it around here).
Unless they hired new fans and Valenti fell off a cruise ship, ain't nothing changing in that regard.
December 14th, 2023 at 4:40 PM ^
Not to mention one of the reasons they went with Smith is because he understood the dynamics of being the underdog to the top dog in the state, so I have no doubt their peak little brother mentality won't go anywhere. And that is what fuels their unhealthy hatred.
December 14th, 2023 at 3:58 PM ^
Ahh snap...
can I get all my MGO points back from all those who neg'd me for saying Smith would bring in a decent QB before next year?
December 14th, 2023 at 4:02 PM ^
All sales final.