BuckBackHome said:

Too logical. Expect the opposite;-)

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Ha ha yeah for sure. I expect the coordinator dujour as the next coach. They only backup the truck for felons

$2.99 a gallon here in NE Ohio.

RuGettinIt said:

I know we all hate all things Harbaugh, but if I’m Tennessee Jerrah, I backup the truck for John and potentially his GM.

I could see it as the ultimate fuck you revenge to the organization Modell screwed over Cleveland for.

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Too logical. Expect the opposite;-)

I know we all hate all things Harbaugh, but if I’m Tennessee Jerrah, I backup the truck for John and potentially his GM.

I could see it as the ultimate fuck you revenge to the organization Modell screwed over Cleveland for.

System_id said:

Opposite. I knew full well with NIL and the portal that talent would even out. It's why I thought it was ludicrous about people crying about the rich getting richer. There are plenty of rich non-blue blood powers that could throw obscene amounts of money at recruits. Hell I'm sure Yale and Harvard could probably stack 5-stars if they actually gave a fuck about college athletics in this new world.

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Not to single out LSU, but differing donor priorities is just another reason why Harvard has a $57 billion dollar endowment and LSU has a $1 billion dollar endowment.

Nutriaitch said:

we need him and a couple other guys willing to be depth pieces at QB.

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Is Desmond Williams supposed to be the depth piece? Spending $12M on two starting QBs for 1 year seems so lane kiffin.

BuckBackHome said:

Not to sidetrack this thread, but is the portal as wild in other collegiate sports as it is in football? I’m sure the dollars are a different level and am curious how much annual relative movement there is in other sports.

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I can say that for my sport of lacrosse, it’s not anywhere near. I think it’s pretty simple:
1) In few sports can one make a serious living as a professional. Football is an obvious example of one where you can.
2.a) To make a living as a professional in football, one almost HAS to have significant playing time to get the opportunity. That’s one motivation for the activity.
2.b) Even those who have a chance to play professionally know that a long career is likely not in the cards so one has to maximize their value when they have the opportunity. Second motivation for the activity.
3) For the non-revenue athletes choices for where to go to school tend to be as much about school as it is about athletics. While this is definitely true in lacrosse, I have to imagine that it’s true in many other sports. To that end, that’s one reason for a lack of activity in the portal from other (non-revenue) sports. If a kid does want to transfer they do have to do the portal thing, but it’s generally just part of the process and candidly, being non-revenue sports… the likelihood of anyone tweeting about it is nearly zero. So, on top of lower numbers, it’s also far less out there for the world to see.

I will say, in lacrosse, an option that I see frequently enough is that a varsity player becomes disenfranchised and rather than transferring they leave the team and join the club team. It’s a way to continue to enjoy the game without the level of commitment as a varsity athlete. All in, non-revenue athletics is a very different landscape.

Captain Buckeye said:

One things for sure… I thought teams like OSU, Michigan, Alabama, Texas, etc would thrive in the portal.

Who knew it’d be Texas Tech, Oregon, Indiana, and Miami.

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Opposite. I knew full well with NIL and the portal that talent would even out. It's why I thought it was ludicrous about people crying about the rich getting richer. There are plenty of rich non-blue blood powers that could throw obscene amounts of money at recruits. Hell I'm sure Yale and Harvard could probably stack 5-stars if they actually gave a fuck about college athletics in this new world.

Being reported that Desmond pulled this move while the entire team was at a Celebration of Life for a Washington soccer player.

Gross.

Glad he seems to be having a good time, hope he lands in Columbus. That said, that TJ Maxx haul of Christmas clearance Buckeye stuff reminds me of the bland hot dog on a paper plate they had at Harbaugh's camp a few years back.

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….”in lieu of pay, take these as a symbol of our sincere desire that you become a Buckeye..”



I kid.

Sort of.