Transfer Portal Is Going to Be CRAZY !!!
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Sort of did already indirectly. Senior Buddy (not the elf) Mack is returning in ‘24. Either he projects to fill a need or Duzz doesn’t think they can find anything better in the portal. I can’t say if he contributed much this year since nobody really did on that side of the ball. Perhaps another program loyalty move being this could have been yet another opportunity to open up a spot. Oh well. Maybe his light will go on.
Yeah, that's a weird one. Nothing against him at all, but that goes to show you what level of player we're confident in reeling in via the portal if we're welcoming guys back who couldn't get on the field in five seasons.
This isn't grounded in reality.
Deion has created this perception that the money is going to flow in his program & Boulder is going to become a destination spot for 4 & 5 star recruits.
So far, that's proven to be nothing more than a facade. Recruiting has been somewhere between mediocre & atrocious. He just lost another OL commit this week. The top OL recruit in his state is going to Tennessee. (the position he"s openly begged for players) The Buffs are struggling. The only thing going in their favor is a move to a mediocre Big 12 next year.
The Narduzzi era has been Pitt's most successful in 40 years. There is nothing antiquated about Pitt's style of play.
I think everyone has just accepted. People talk more openly about it. Fans may not like that the game has become a pro sport but I think most are like, "whatever, I cant stop watching it." I dont blame any player for getting a raise somewhere else.
I was just reading something earlier that one of the recruiting sites currently has their class ranked in the 70s, and that they are lower on the list than even Colorado State.
If he can't recruit better than that he's not going to be able to win, no matter what conference they play in.
At some point, whether before or after the next conference upheaval, the planning for the ACC’s future should be established without ND.
Let it be known to everyone except ND that the ACC is prepared for a future without them.
This strategy would be especially important if the southern ACC cabal of FSU, UNC, Clemson et al leave per their latest semi publicized threats to leave.
At that point, the ACC will have been stabilized and the specter of the ND tease of “ we want to remain independent “ can then be a promise. Let them go on their merry way and find another home for their other sports.
Once that happens, the remaining members of the ACC can play “college” sports and the rest can make their decision to be firmly in the business of semi-pro football.
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No one of the "remaining members of the ACC" is going to voluntarily decide to give up the money and go back to playing "college" sports.
The only chance that happens is if they decision is made for them. And even then, it's never going back to the way it was before.
The decision WILL have been made for them.
I agree that nothing, not even college sports, ever remains the same.
It's strange. I thought he would have more initial success recruiting. If not through actual NIL deals, maybe through perception and empty promises.
Last year, I believe Colorado's AD was publicly stating they were still working on raising the money to pay for Prime's contract. So there's plenty of evidence to suggest things aren't as rosy at Colorado as people want to believe.
The ONLY player that would surprise me is Hayes because he specifically said he would return to Pitt. Nobody else would surprise me.
