re: 2022 is the year we need the full 85 (81)updated OP is way wrong.

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But the ncaa makes it hard if you can only get 32 but allow as many out as possible.

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That’s why building a better program culture here, as well as making sure NIL is handled properly, should make a huge difference. Players have to have a reason to stay when they don’t see the field immediately. If they are being developed and they are getting some money, they are less likely to jump ship at the earliest opportunity.

Even Bama and UGA are losing some guys to the portal, but they aren’t going to have mass defections because of the way they are built and are run. They have been able to get guys to be patient for their chances to play because they know they are being developed and they will have the opportunity to play for and win titles.

I will say this- it’s not easy to build a culture that stands up to where college football is today. Clemson has been pretty bulletproof, but even they have lost some to the portal and had recruits flip the last two years. Now they have longtime coaches moving on. We will see if Dabo can keep it going through all of this.

Arkansas is another example. Josh Pate of 247 has been banging the drum for now Pittman is building a tight culture that fits their program. It seems to be working for him, yet he just lost basically his entire secondary in one off-season.