Let me say this…
- Thread starter dawgstudent
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No. How many pronouncements of the demise of the sec have we seen in the last two decades?
don’t buy it.
I think with transfer portal has started equalizing things. Zona had a bunch of transfers. Lot of sec players talent wise are transferring to other conferences to start.
Texas just flat out-spent Alabama for that win last night. Of course Texas is about to be in the conference so no.
The middle of the conference looks down. Teams #2 - #5 look like they could easily lose to teams #6 - #12.
Colorado has 68 new players. Only three starters from last season. Now Fox has jumped on the Coach Prime bandwagon and they're going to ride that bad boy until he loses.
I was skeptical of how the portal and NIL would shake out. I'm happy to see teams getting balanced talent with Alabama to expose Saban as just a good coach. He's a great one with a stacked deck but who isn't?
Yeah the new rules have changed football old guard like saban and Dabo who were used to stacking talent haven't figured it out yet. They have also sucked it up with their coordinator hires. No sark or kiffin for saban. Defensive minded head coaches can screw up big time if they don't hire snd recruit for that dynamic offense
The rumors of free transfer/ NIL being the end of some semblance of competitive balance has been greatly exaggerated.
I thought for a second by the thread title you were white bread misquoting "let me clear my throat"
Parity is what we want. Sabans reign of terror needs to end.
If it's the beginning of the end of anything, it's the end of college football. The rosters have become like fantasy league rosters. Just because I have several of you this year doesn't mean you won't be on my opponents' teams next year.
Exactly. It's a down year. But the SEC will be back strong as ever real soon, probably next year.
THIS is what I think is happening today, but just like many other similar systems, it will go through a period of chaos much like this, until the old, elite, and richest programs readjust to the new system and learn how to put everyone back in their place.
While true, the bad examples of kids leaving good situations for the bench are piling up. Looking at you RaRa and DJ
I think Tennessee still has the best chance. They had a down game. I think their offense is dynamic enough to beat the better defenses. Uga is still pretty good though. They are still good enough to beat most of the teams they will play.
The risk to us though is that parity is not going to come primarily from pulling players from Alabama but by pulling good transfers from us and/or grabbing those borderline top tier guys that get passed over by the bamas
I enjoy the guy who owns the board starting a post with “let me say this”. No, I don’t think I will.
Looked at Washington participation and looks like DJ wasn't in yesterday's game at all. Not as in didn't get a touch, didn't go in game
The portal is bringing parity to college football. Being able to scoop up players to fill immediate gaps is paying dividends everywhere. The schools/coaches that are successful in getting transfers to buy into the culture and learn the playback are getting huge payoffs.
Also losing players keeps rosters thin and stops great teams from being able to stack backups like ammunition.
Yep, Through week 2’s games
2022
Dillon Johnson 127 yds rush, 73 yds rec
RaRa Thomas 10 rec, 144 yds, 1TD
2023
Dillon Johnson 12 yds rush, 20 yds rec
RaRa Thomas 3 rec, 90 yds, 0TD
But hey, at least RaRa can tell the scouts that he played for UGA which I’m sure will impress them
Nil is creating some parity.
Splitting the top 50 recruits around the top 20 schools is better than splitting the top 50 around the top 10 schools.