Gets me about all this NIL talk and the transfer portal madness? I was sitting here reading ESPN's award candidates list and I just kept thinking back to the 1980 team that won it all. That squad had walk-ons and kids who grew up dreaming of playing between the hedges, not kids shopping their talents to the highest bidder every December. Now we have to worry about some booster promising a car deal to our starting defensive end halfway througgh the season. The whole thing makes me sick.
And dont get me started on these kids transferring three times before they even play a full season. Back in the 90s under Coach Goff you sat on the bench for two years, learned the system, earned your stripes. Now its all about who can put together the best NIL package. I remember when we beat Tennessee in 1992 and those kids cried on the field because they had been waiting their whole lives for that moment. What do these portal jumpers know about loyalty?
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