re: The transfer portal might have saved college football

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It has given smaller programs an actual chance to compete against the “football factories”

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No, it’s going to start making it harder to compete for the smaller schools. Duke is a really good football team with a grea t coaching staff.

1. The powerhouses are beginning to pay for walk-ons. So some of the smaller schools are getting non-scholarship players as preferred walk-ons and paying them a stipend. These are the same kids that would be solid players at the group of 5 or FCS level.

2. FCS and group of 5 (and even D2) have been getting power 5 transfers for years now, that’s not new. What’s beginning to happen now is that anyone who has a big year at the smaller level is moving up. True studs aren’t staying at the lower levels anymore.

Just look at the scores of FBS teams vs FCS this Saturday. The gap between the two is getting bigger.