You see what's happening at Oklahoma State? Fifty transfers in one offseason under a new coach. FIFTY. That's not building a program, that's running a hotel. Back in the Mike Price days we'd bring in maybe three junior college kids and a transfer from a community college and we called that a busy winter. These kids today treat commitment like a Netflix subscription, cancel anytime with no penalty.
The portal killed loyalty dead and buried it. I remember when we had guys like Rueben Mayes who bled crimson his whole career, never once looked at another sideline. Now a kid has one bad practice and his name is in the portal before the equipment manager finishes washing his jersey. We've got quarterbacks bouncing from Nebraska to Oregon, from Tulane to Miami, from Florida to who knows where. It's musical chairs with eligibility.
And don't even get me started on the spring window being eliminated. The NCAA finally did something right and it's still not enough. The damage is done. The whole culture is rotten. You can't teach a kid to play for the name on the front when he's already planning his exit strategy for the name on the back of someone else's jersey. The 1997 Apple Cup team would look at this mess and laugh.