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@Hemingwey....Understand what you are saying, but there are hundreds of players in the portal. They won't all end up at the top programs IF they really want to play. They will have to go elsewhere which means - in theory - other mediocre and 2nd tier football programs should benefit. It may take a few seasons to really see the benefits at these other programs.
And I've said this before, but I'm not a big fan of the portal. It does help fill gaps. It would have helped the Dawgs tremendously this year if all the guys who transferred actually played. But we know how that turned out.
Yes, Bama picked off a 2020 4-star RB named Jahmyr Gibbs from Tech.
@E_Roc....yes, the opt-out conundrum in bowl games. I believe there are way too many bowl games in the first place. There are like 30+ games, and teams that are around .500 or maybe a bit better get a bowl. Crazy. So, we need to whittle back down the number of bowl games to less than 20, because right now so many of them don't really mean much to the players. That's the truth. Because there are so many they DO become less relevant. The college football gods did this to themselves, because they wanted more money.
Expanding the playoffs will make more of the top bowl games relevant. I mean, I didn't even start watching the bowl games until the Wednesday or Thursday after Christmas. Most of my friends didn't watch any until Friday. The bowls used to be special, but they aren't so much any longer. They've all been watered down due to overreach.
And another thing to think about. We've made the December early signing period as important or more important than the actual signing day in February. And because of this you are having this carousel of coaches leaving their positions to be hired by other teams in the middle of December - to be decided preferably before signing day. What message does that send to the players the coaches are leaving? Why should they play in this bowl game? What loyalty did the coach have? Again, the college football "system" has created this mess, so it will be up to them to clean it up if they want to return more bowls to relevancy.
@Dawgfan1995....I would also argue that players who are NOT heading to the NFL - think Stetson Bennett - just want to play the game. They don't want to spend their college years on scholarship or otherwise as a bench warmer. Less than 2% of college football players end up in the NFL.
so Conner Riley replying to himself now on twitter? Lol
Herbstreit was pulling hard for the Big 10 team. It was killing him that the best team in his conference couldn’t even make it competitive.
I agree that the players should be able to opt out of meaningless bowl games; but also think that it’s overused. I this this was a great article but vehemently disagree that bowl opt outs are “occasional” as Connor suggests. Some teams had **** near 10 players opt out.
I agree with Herbstreit and Howard to an extent. Some players don't love the game, some do, but they all love the potential to make millions. And that's fine. But someone tell me, why should Nakobe Dean or Jordan Davis or any other high draft prospect play in the upcoming NC game? What's in it for them, other than pride? Their draft status is locked and all they can do by playing is risk an injury that would harm that status -- potentially permanently. I believe they should play but believe you me, my friends, the day is coming when even playoff games will be deemed "meaningless" because they don't put dollars in the players' pockets. And then that same theory is going to trickle down to star players on mediocre teams who will just quit in mid-season. And even why do star high school players play in All-Star games, risking a chance at college stardom AFTER they have a scholarship. Watch for it because it's going to happen. Go Dawgs!
@MontanaDawg I agree with you on that issue with Stetson. I'm thinking of the elite guys -- maybe like Tykee Smith once he's healthy -- who transfer up the food chain to a school where they can win and improve their draft status.