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Ohio State vs. UCLA, Saturday Jan. 17, 1pm EST, CBS
- By ScriptOhio
- Buckeye Basketball
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Nice 8-0 start in the 2nd half.
Bucks take a 14 point lead.....
Bucks take a 14 point lead.....
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Look Who's Transferring Now (The Portal)
- By ScriptOhio
- College Football
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College football transfer portal trends: Costs rising
The transfer portal closed Friday for most players. Here are five things to know after two wild weeks.
College football transfer portal trends: Prices rising
Too many stuck in the portal
Entering the final day of the offseason transfer window, several agents told ESPN their work was finished now that each of their clients had found schools. The sense from GMs and directors of player personnel surveyed was that they still have a couple of remaining needs to address over the next week but that spots are filling up fast.Indiana and Miami players have a Jan. 24 deadline to enter the transfer portal after the national title game. But beyond those players, portal activity should slow considerably in the days ahead as schools hit their enrollment deadlines.
What does that mean for all of the players who haven't found a school?
There were still more than 1,200 unsigned FBS scholarship players in the NCAA's transfer portal database as of Thursday night, sources told ESPN. It's likely that group includes quite a few players who have verbally committed but haven't officially signed yet.
Still, that's a concerning number to see at this point in the process. It would mean more than one-third of the FBS scholarship players in the portal haven't found a new home yet.
In the 2024-25 portal cycle, more than 97% of the scholarship players at Power 4 programs who transferred ended up matriculating to a new school. There's no shortage of options at the FCS, Division II, D-III and junior college levels for players who are determined to keep playing.
But this cycle presented new challenges. Schools had to rapidly sort through the more than 6,500 Division I players who've hit the portal since Jan. 2 and sign who they wanted as fast as possible. If you were entering the portal with limited playing experience or were coming off an injury and all you had was practice film, good luck.
Another problem: Because pre-portal tampering was so rampant during the season and especially in December, players who didn't have agents or representatives lining up offers and visits ahead of January were at a disadvantage. If you played by the rules and waited until Jan. 2 to begin your recruiting process, you were starting from behind.
Conversely, there's no doubt there are also players stuck in the portal who were pushed out by their previous school or listened to bad advice from reps who could not deliver the dollars or destinations they expected.
So where will these unsigned players go now? The challenge is deciding whether to sign with a Group of 5/FCS/D-II program now or sit out the semester and hope better options emerge in April. The elimination of the spring transfer window might help their chances because these programs will still have injuries and depth concerns they need to address after spring practice.
After two intense weeks that seemed much more like speed dating than recruiting to GMs and agents, there are still good college football players out there waiting to be picked up. Some programs are going to find serious steals in the weeks ahead.
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Dominick Kirks
Devontae Armstrong
Justin Terry
Jayvon McFadden
Keenan Nelson Jr,
Ty Howard
Bodpegn Miller
Joshua Mickens
Trajen Odom
Cody Haddad
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