Layton Von Brandt, #5OT & #70 overall, committing tomorrow.
by NDinVA 
, Yorktown, VA, Sunday, May 17, 2026, 17:33 (7 days ago)
ND looks good here.
Last ND offensive lineman from Delaware that I remember was Luke Petitgout.
Hopefully, history repeats itself here.
Apparently it's Auburn
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It's wild to me
that even in the NIL era with more structure around the decision-making process, there are still so many kids who make bizarre decisions like this. You really couldn't be any further to the opposite end of the spectrum from ND than...Auburn. Just a rudderless, unstable loser of a program. And if the deal seems to good to be true, it probably is. See ya in the funny papers, kid.
He was also very enamored with Franklin
When he was at Penn State. Snake oil salesmen are successful for a reason I guess.
He could at least sell Troutwein at PSU.
Another very good OL coach. Auburn is going to "bronny" his brother for, what, a year or maybe two? Blood is blood, but this feels like a really shortsighted decision. Particularly in the portal era where players ascending if they prove themselves at a lesser program is so common. Always plenty of opportunity for mobility.
if your final two college choices are ND vs Auburn
something is amiss in your decision tree.
This is not a slam on Auburn fwiw. I just cannot picture two more opposite programs and schools.
I wonder how much development
by South Shore Line , Boston, Massachusetts, Monday, May 18, 2026, 09:16 (6 days ago) @ Jay
Deuce Knight and Dante Moore sacrificed to start their careers at two drain circling programs. Alex Golesh seems like good hire, so there's a lot of unknowns there, but Knight and Moore committed to two dead coaches walking.
I guess at QB it might just be the better strategy to take as much money as possible for one year then transfer to where you really want to play. OL might actually be the closest position in roster management. Teams rarely rotate, redshirts are frequent, and development is very important.
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Weaseling out of things is important to learn. It's what separates us from the animals… except the weasel.
The decision tree branches probably end in dollar signs
by Jeff (BGS) , A starter home in suburban Tempe, Monday, May 18, 2026, 09:04 (6 days ago) @ Jay
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At night, the ice weasels come.
Wow guess we'll have the money to stay on Simien then
That's a pretty wild recruitment. Assume Auburn dropped a huge offer in his lap very recently.
Wow, That came out of nowhere. B&G reporter is "stunned".
by NDinVA , Yorktown, VA, Monday, May 18, 2026, 06:14 (7 days ago) @ Jeremy (WeIsND)
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Yeah, Horka was also pretty confident in this one.
But honestly, if there's an area we can absorb a miss or 2 it's on the OL.
Pretty sure he was a silent or as close to it as we get. And
by BillyGoat , At Thanksgiving with Joe Bethersontin, Monday, May 18, 2026, 10:39 (6 days ago) @ Domer99
close enough that we basically penciled his NIL into our budget, which eliminated Simien. Now, we miss out on a 4* and bizarrely have a "backup plan" who is a 5*.
It'll still be a heavyweight battle to get Simien, regardless of the money.