Three years. THREE YEARS since the portal really blew up and I still cannot get used to watching kids jump ship the second they dont get the starting nod in spring practice. Kirby is out there talking about playoff expansion and Big Ten advantages and I am sitting here thinking about the 1985 team that lost four starters to injury and still won the SEC because the guys behind them had been in the system for two years learning the playbook not scrolling through NIL offers on their phones.
You watch Colorado bring in 43 transfers and Oklahoma State grab 50 new faces and tell me that is still college football. That is free agency. That is the NFL without the contracts. Back when Coach Dooley was running things you earned your spot in the weight room and the film room not by shopping your highlight tape to the highest bidder in the winter window. The new rule about eliminating the spring window is a start but the damage is already done.
The loyalty is gone. The development is gone. No...