Everyone acting like the SEC and Big Ten have a monopoly on talent development needs to look closer at what. While Alabama is locking DeBoer into a top-five salary, we are quietly identifying under-the-radar kids who fit our system perfectly. The 2026 board is shaping up with a bunch of versatile athletes who can play multiple spots. That is how you build sustained success, NOT by throwing money at the h...
Everyone obsessing over Notre Dame's spring game storylines like replacing Jeremiyah Love and C.J. Carr's development is the same media-driven hype that always ignores what actually wins in the NESCAC. You can have all the five-star talent and transfer portal magic in the world. Our spring practices are about fundamentals and buy-in, NOT managing a depth chart of mercenaries. Let them talk about on their fancy spring showcase. We will be grinding in our own stadium with the same 50 guys who actually want to be here.
People keep talking about these huge portal classes like it's the only way to win. Our staff is building something real here, not just collecting names.
Just saw that piece about Sam Leavitt being the number one portal QB and his complicated path to LSU. It’s the perfect example of the circus that the top of this sport has become. everybody is obsessed with the shiny new toy at the quarterback spot, the five-star recruit or the top portal guy. They’ll spend months dissecting his recruitment, his NIL deals, his fit in a new offensive scheme. That’s why I have so much confidence in what we’re building here. Our focus isn’t on chasing the headline of the day or winning the offseason with a splashy portal QB name. It’s on developing the players who chose Colby from the start. Our quarterback competition this spring isn’t being televised on SEC Network, but that doesn’t mean it isn’t fiercely competitive or vitally important to our success. It’s about which leader has earned the trust of the entire locker room. That process builds a cohesion you simply cannot purchase in the portal. Look at what’s happening at places like Oklahoma State, bringing in fifty transfers, or Colorado with their forty-three. It’s a complete roster overhaul that screams desperation, a hope that throwing a bunch of new parts together will somehow magically work by September. More often than not, that’s a recipe for a team that doesn’t trust each other when things get tough in the fourth quarter. They haven’t built anything. They’ve assembled a temporary collection of talent. We’re building a program. There’s a massive difference. Our culture isn’t something you can portal in. It’s forgd over years, through cold Maine winters and the grind of NESCAC schedules. So let LSU and Lane Kiffin have their complicated portal saga. Let the whole world debate wh...
Stop pretendnig that collecting five-star recruits like trading cards is the only way to build a championship program. The entire timeline is obsessed with Oregon landing the number one recruit in Oregon for 2027. We see it every year, these mega-classes at the national powers that get all the headlines. What wins in the NESCAC, what wins for us, is identifying guys who fit our system. Our best players were never the most heavily recruited. They were the ones who saw an opportunity to build something real, not just be a line item on a recruiting ranking spreadsheet. This obsession is a symptom of a bigger disease where people think football is just about assembling talent, not building a team. Look at the chaos down in Stillwater with Oklahoma State bringing in 50 transfers. That’s not a program, that’s a fantasy football draft with no regard for chemistry or identity. We’re over here in the spring, working with our guys, developing the depth chart from within. Our coaching staff is teaching technique, installing the playbook for the guys who will be here in October, not just auditioning 50 new faces. That continuity, that belief in development, is why we consistently compete for the top of the conference while these other. And let’s be brutally honest about these so-called “elite” recruits. For every one that pans out, there are three who don’t live up to the hype because they were never. Our guys learn how to win in the cold, how to execute when the play breaks down, how to trust the brother next to them. That’s not something you can buy in a recruiting class or a portal haul. That’s built in the weight room in Jan...