Just saw Oklahoma State brought in 50 transfers under their new coach. Fifty. That is not building a porgram, that is running a tryout camp. Reminds me of the 1980 season when we had maybe two transfers total and they had to sit out a year anyway. You earned your spot by grinding in summer workouts with guys who had been in the system for three years. Now these kids pack a bag and bounce the second they don't win the job in spring ball.
The loyalty is gone. I watch our own roster and I cannot keep track of who is coming and who is leaving. Kids used to commit to the University, to the G between the hedges, to the tradition. Now they commit to the highest NIL bidder. Vince Dooley would roll over in his grave watching a program bring in 43 or 50 new bodies in one offseason. That is not college football. That is free agency with a helmet on.
Spring practice used to be about developing the guys you recruited out of high school. Now it is about figuring out which of your 15 new portal kids can actually block somebody. The game I grew up watching is dead and gone.