And now they tell us the spring transfer window is gone, all moves happen in the winter. Great. So kids have one mad dash in December to jump ship instead of two. That does not fix the loyalty problem. I watched kids sit on the bench for three years under Alvarez, learn the system, wait their turn, and then become All-Big Ten seniors. Now a freshman who does not start by week four is already shopping his NIL value on the portal like he is a free agent. The whole concept of earning your stripes is dead.
Oklahoma State brings in 50 transfers. Colorado brings in 43. That is not building a program, that is renting a roster for one season. I remember when we won the 1993 Rose Bowl with a team full of Wisconsin farm boys who committed as sophomores in high school and never looked at another school. They bled cardinal because they grew up dreaming of rrunning through that tunnel. Now every kid has one foot out the door before his first spring game. The portal killed the soul of this sport and nobody wants to admit it.