re: Intraconference transfers

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LSU is one of the best at using the portal. Careful what you wish for

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We're going to get to a point where we're not getting a dozen+ players from the portal each year. We're really only doing this because we've had to fill out a depleted roster.

If you recruit high school well enough the portal should really be about getting a few elite guys and that's it, maybe a depth guy here and there due to unforeseen circumstances, but you arent seeing the top programs (Bama, OSU, UGA, etc) necessarily loading up in the portal so far.

1 Elite player like a Caleb Williams can make a bigger impact on a program than a dozen other portal players potentially. Look at USC as a prime example of that. They took a ton of defensive portal players this past cycle (12 literally) and their defense was still trash. They got Caleb Williams at QB and that was by far a bigger impact than everyone they took on defense combined.

Gibbs at Bama another good example.

These are the types you want from the portal and in small numbers ultimately if you recruited high school well enough and have a good program culture.