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Bryce Underwood- Radar

Posted on 12/4/25 at 11:01 am
Posted by SoCalTigah
Orange County
Member since Nov 2019
187 posts
Posted on 12/4/25 at 11:01 am
Portnoy not going to commit to more money to the kid.

This post was edited on 12/4/25 at 11:25 am
Posted by kengel2
Team Gun
Member since Mar 2004
33498 posts
Posted on 12/4/25 at 11:02 am to
Ya but there's that whole Oracle dude and his michigan wife
Posted by LSUGent
Member since Jun 2011
3111 posts
Posted on 12/4/25 at 11:02 am to
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Portnoy not going to commit to more money to the kid.


Portnoy doesn't write Underwood's checks... ultra billionaire Larry Ellison does.
Posted by tigerbait1.6
Baton Rouge
Member since Feb 2013
4687 posts
Posted on 12/4/25 at 11:03 am to
Neither should we. The kid already got 10(?) million and is looking for more... Kick rocks
Posted by geauxpurple
New Orleans
Member since Jul 2014
16491 posts
Posted on 12/4/25 at 11:04 am to
They deserve each other.
Posted by Swagga
504
Member since Dec 2009
18701 posts
Posted on 12/4/25 at 11:04 am to
If I’m a billionaire and I watched a guy throw for 60 yards against my biggest rival after I paid 10 million, I’m probably not happy.


I wouldn’t give a dime more. Kid got 10 million, he can transfer to somewhere else.
Posted by TigahTeeth
Georgia
Member since Feb 2016
6108 posts
Posted on 12/4/25 at 11:05 am to
How much more does that freaking kid need?! Damn this shite to hell!
Posted by deathvalleytiger10
Member since Sep 2009
9031 posts
Posted on 12/4/25 at 11:07 am to
Bryce "underperformer" Underwood took the money and ran.

Portnoy got what he paid for. A very good HS player with his hand out.

Posted by BilJ
Member since Sep 2003
162032 posts
Posted on 12/4/25 at 11:08 am to
pretty misleading title....it's a hypothetical

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’m out of it. He’d have to have some big balls to say he wants to renegotiate now,” Portnoy said. “I don’t think that’s coming down the ‘pike. That would be surreal. I’m out of it.”

While Underwood, a true freshman, has given no indications that he would leave Ann Arbor, things can change quickly with the transfer portal. The 2024-25 offseason was engulfed by the Nico Iamaleava saga, in which the former Tennessee QB jumped ship to UCLA to seemingly chase more NIL money, only for the Bruins to flounder while the Volunteers remained a contender for the College Football Playoff.


“It really seems like if somebody came along and said, ‘Hey Bryce, here’s $20 mill,'” Portnoy said. “I think he could bounce if he wanted to. I don’t think there’s any rules going on with that, as far as I could tell.

Posted by tiggerthetooth
Big Momma's House
Member since Oct 2010
64023 posts
Posted on 12/4/25 at 11:08 am to
Portnoy had nothing to do with Underwood. It was all Larry Ellison.
Posted by tiggerthetooth
Big Momma's House
Member since Oct 2010
64023 posts
Posted on 12/4/25 at 11:09 am to
quote:

Portnoy got what he paid for. A very good HS player with his hand out.


Portnoy had nothing to do with it.
Posted by LSUGent
Member since Jun 2011
3111 posts
Posted on 12/4/25 at 11:09 am to
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If I’m a billionaire and I watched a guy throw for 60 yards against my biggest rival after I paid 10 million, I’m probably not happy.


I wouldn’t give a dime more. Kid got 10 million, he can transfer to somewhere else.


If you are worth $259 billion, you can spend a million dollars a day for 709 years before you run out of money.

The money he pays Underwood is literal asswipe money.
Posted by SoCalTigah
Orange County
Member since Nov 2019
187 posts
Posted on 12/4/25 at 11:10 am to
Kid now has to ask himself will he even be developed as a QB at Mich
Posted by DeathvalleyU
Louisiana
Member since Dec 2015
1209 posts
Posted on 12/4/25 at 11:13 am to
This whole situation looks better and better that LSU missed out on him. This is going to be every year until he is drafted.
Posted by Salviati
Member since Apr 2006
7152 posts
Posted on 12/4/25 at 11:13 am to
quote:

Bryce Underwood- Radar

Portnoy not going to commit to more money to the kid.
That article is a waste of time.

Portnoy did not commit any money to get Underwood; Ellison paid it all.

Underwood has given no indication that he's leaving Michigan, so there's no reason for anyone to commit more money.

frickin' Portnoy.
Posted by Nu Iota Prophet
Texas
Member since Jul 2012
136 posts
Posted on 12/4/25 at 11:15 am to
Is the $10M upfront or over time? Surely they are not front loading these NIL deals are they?
Posted by deathvalleytiger10
Member since Sep 2009
9031 posts
Posted on 12/4/25 at 11:16 am to
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Portnoy had nothing to do with it.


He spearheaded getting the money. He may not have paid it but he got the ball rolling.
Posted by Bazzatcha
Member since May 2017
940 posts
Posted on 12/4/25 at 11:18 am to
It sounds like Portnoy didn't end up spending any money on Bryce and just let the Ellisons take care of it.
Posted by AkronTiger
Rubber City
Member since May 2021
2711 posts
Posted on 12/4/25 at 11:18 am to
quote:

Portnoy had nothing to do with it.


That’s not true. Portnoy arranged the meeting with Ellison and put up money himself.

You really think Larry Ellison is spending his free time looking for QB recruits to buy for his girlfriend as a Christmas gift?
This post was edited on 12/4/25 at 11:20 am
Posted by JakeFromStateFarm
*wears khakis
Member since Jun 2012
12907 posts
Posted on 12/4/25 at 11:30 am to
Bryce Underwood went 179-293 (61.1%) for 2229 yards 9 TDs and 6 int. Doesn’t exactly scream “generational QB” to me.
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