The transfer portal might have saved college football

it did not.

Money did.

CFB is a minor league NFL.

kiss pageantry goodbye.

Because it’s already hurting LSU

Well I can’t tell you the last time Duke beat a power house football factory school in this fashion.

You mean to tell me that the transfer portal had absolutely nothing to do with that?

I can guarantee you that a high school stud ain’t thinking about going to play football at Duke in Durham, NC

What happens is that the stud high school football player - (who thinks he’s a stud) gets on one of these football factory teams and quickly realizes that he ain’t shite. When this happens they start looking at other playing opportunities and probably starts thinking about their football afterlife (which won’t be the NFL) so graduating from college becomes a lot more important than trying to get to the NFL - they pick a situation where they can still play football while actually getting a good education.

I do get a general feeling that the re-distribution of talent has resulted in more overall talent playing on the field now. Guys are no longer willing to be a 3rd stringer in a loaded position group when they know they can be a starter with better NIL prospects elsewhere.

I've had a mostly neutral "wait-and-see" attitude towards NIL and the portal, but so far I like the surprise improvements we're seeing in some programs.

What you are describing makes sense to an extent. But by and large it seems like it usually works the other way just as much if not more - studs at small schools leave to a big name school to capitalize on better NIL exposure/money.

I have no evidence to back the above point up. But it seems the days of a stud staying out at a small school for their career will become much more of a rarity

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Why even try to want to play in the NFL if I’m already filthy rich from NIL money?

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Wow

yeah, see you didn't list a one God damn player there in your response.

Do better Bro.

I want you to.

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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.

Duke has some athletes.

They had some good transfers, but this is not 1984.

The modern passing game helps even things out.

Dabo is a little old fashioned. Turner is a starting WR. Giving a friends kid a scholarship is on thing, starting him is another. Kid flat dropped the ball.

Duke looked faster than Clemson overall.