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Look Who's Transferring Now (The Portal)

Ok so people use numbers to be scary sometimes but let's think about this.

136 teams in FBS
105 players per team by rule
14,280 players
3,300 in portal now, could go up could stay flat, who knows?

That is 2.3% of the population. Sound a lot less eyeball grabbing that way doesn't it? Every team might not have the full 105? Ok, fine, fucking double it (you'd be over estimating) but let's double it.

"Over 95% of the D1 football players in 2025 are staying with their team" just doesn't have that same-whiny ass, look how bad everything is, the sport is collapsing, let's get the government involved, please click on my click bait- ring to it now does it?

MEANWHILE.....

32 head coaches changed jobs in the 136 team FBS universe.
That's 24% for those keeping score at home

but let's keep this tired ass narrative focused on the athletes that actually do the work, take the physical punishment and provide the fucking entertainment....somethings gotta be done!!! They are ruining the sport!!!
Players are at 23% - similar to coaches.
Some players are moving up and some are moving down. Same with coaches.

Plenty of issues with players and coaches, and Universities/NIL collectives/boosters. In the end, need to make some sort of professional league rules.
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2025 Cotton Bowl: #2 tOSU vs #10 Miami-FL, Wed 12/31 7:30 ET at JerryWorld

On the Xs and Os standpoint. The same coverage that gave the offense fits against IU is something Miami has deployed at times throughout the year.

Like anything else, there's a certain anticipation and expectation to seeing this coverage. Hopefully Day and Co. have armed Julian with as much design and education as possible to combat the looks. Miami will run it until we show proficiency beating it.

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How do you combat these looks? Quick pass and/or run at the dropping end?
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2025 Cotton Bowl: #2 tOSU vs #10 Miami-FL, Wed 12/31 7:30 ET at JerryWorld

The miami punks are calling us 'soft.' Typical baseless rhetoric.

If 'soft' means having a prolific offense, suffocating defense, and something they don't have; 'class' I'll take the false accusation of being soft all Day long.
They got tired of the "speed" narrative after '02 I think. They can tell themselves we're soft all they want. Once Reese or Downs lays someone out, the play on the field will speak for itself.
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WR Carnell Tate (All B1G, All American, National Champion)

Ohio State WR Carnell Tate has always been 'one of those dudes'​

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Collin Hurst knows what it's like to be Ohio State's quarterback.

More than three years ago, Hurst quarterbacked the South Florida Express to the championship of a 7-on-7 tournament in Las Vegas, utilizing future Ohio State starting receivers Carnell Tate, Jeremiah Smith and Brandon Inniss.

"A quarterback's dream," said Hurst, now an FCS starting quarterback for Presbyterian. "Julian Sayin is an incredible quarterback. But having those three guys definitely helps."

Back then, Inniss was the go-to guy. Smith was a budding force. But Tate, a late addition to the loaded squad, proved to be the difference-maker when it mattered most. Trailing a Cam Newton-backed team quarterbacked by Oregon's Dante Moore, Hurst went to Tate for the winning touchdown in that Vegas title game, lofting a pass to the back of the end zone with less than a minute to play.

"Carnell is one of those dudes you could always trust," Hurst said. "One of the nicest people you'll ever talk to. But when he would get on the field, he just embarrassed guys. I knew no matter how far off the corner would play, Carnell would get a step on him eventually."

The Buckeyes are banking on Tate -- one of college football's breakout stars -- coming up big again as they chase back-to-back national titles, beginning with their playoff opener against Miami in the Goodyear Cotton Bowl Classic on New Year's Eve (7:30 p.m. ET, ESPN).

"I've put in the work throughout my years here, I've put in the patience," Tate said. "The game comes to those who work. It's finally my time."

The spotlight didn't come quickly for Tate. During his first two seasons in Columbus, he filled a supporting role on a team with future NFL first-round picks Marvin Harrison Jr. and Emeka Egbuka. Last year, Tate took a backseat to Smith, a freshman sensation. Tate accepted the dirty work, turning into a tenacious perimeter blocker as the others put up big stats and generated headlines.

"Does everything the coaches ask him to do," Smith said, "and he don't complain about it."

This season, Tate has emerged as a star opposite Smith.

Tate is averaging 83.8 receiving yards per game, ranking seventh among Power 4 players, and has nine touchdowns despite missing games late in the year with a lower-body injury. Four ESPN NFL draft analysts now list him as the No. 1 or No. 2 wide receiver available in the 2026 draft. The 6-foot-3, 215-pound Tate could very well extend Ohio State's streak with a receiver taken in the first round to five consecutive years.

"I always knew the talent he had and what he was capable of," Harrison said. "It comes down to opportunity -- and he's getting that now."

Brett Goetz, who founded the Fort Lauderdale-based South Florida Express nearly two decades ago, noticed Tate's work ethic immediately. Goetz wanted another receiver and asked his players whether they had any suggestions. Inniss had faced Tate in high school -- Tate had scored a touchdown in IMG Academy's win over Inniss' American Heritage in the 2021 opener -- and recommended him.

Hurst said Tate was "straight business. ... almost like a military dude," the first to arrive for breakfast or meetings.
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Look Who's Transferring Now (The Portal)

Just sayin': The kids hear/read about other players on other teams getting a large amount of NIL money. "Unscrupulous agents" promise these kids a big NIL contract if they sign with him/her and enter the transfer portal. Once they enter the transfer portial they surrender their scholarship at their existing school.

I'd like to see the number of players that fall for some agent's promises, enter the transfer portal, get no NIL offers, lose the scholarship that they had, and are out of school with no chances of ever earning a college degree (which might result in a better paying job).
Interesting you say that, because I was listening to a podcast yesterday( I think it was the 520 pod), and they mentioned a player who hit the Portal thinking that he'd get a bigger NIL deal. No school picked him for the offer he was seeking and he had to drop out of college because he couldn't find a school in time for the season. They were probably talking about basketball, but its still the same. The kid is now working at a retail store, waiting to try and get into any college possible now
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