Three years. THREE YEARS since the portal really took off and I still cannot get used to this. ESPN is running this piece asking if the portal killed QB competitions and I am sitting here thinking about the 1993 season when we had Brian Burgdorf and Jay Barker going at it for two solid years. Coach Stallings made those boys earn every single rep. They battled through spring, through fall camp, through August two-a-days in that heat. Nobody walked in and got handed the job because of a NIL number or a promise of playing time. Now you bring in a portal kid and he is the starter before he even learns the snap count. That is not a competition, that is a coronation. The old way built character. You had to grind. You had to prove it in front of the whole team. Now it is just who has the biggest bag and the shortest leash. Makes me sick what this sport has become.