UGA is DEAD last in the portal rankings!

[18IsTheMan]

Meanwhile, Gamecocks clock in at #4 nationally. Suck it Dawgs!

It's a good thing for them we don't play next year. Our portal ranking stomps a MUD HOLE in UGA's ranking!!!!

 

[Atlanta_Cock]

How many did UGA lose to the portal? How many 4 and 5 star high school players are they about to sign?

 

[Harvard Gamecock]

I'm going to go out on a limb by saying, somehow I don't think the average UGA fan is going to loose any sleep over this.

 

[18IsTheMan]

I'm going to go out on a limb by saying, somehow I don't think the average UGA fan is going to loose any sleep over this.

Dude, it’s 2024. Ain’t no way they gonna recover from this. They done been depleted with transfers. Dead last is DEAD LAST.

Time to PANIC in Athens!

 

[Deleted11512]

They're so screwed.

 

[SuperCock99]

They probably have a solid enough team to not need many upgrades?

 

[18IsTheMan]

Just as an academic exercise, I dare you to compare the portal rankings to the college football playoff rankings. You’d be surprised!

 

[HillsToSea]

I'm going to go out on a limb by saying, somehow I don't think the average UGA fan is going to loose any sleep over this.

^^^ THIS

 

[Harvard Gamecock]

Dude, it’s 2024. Ain’t no way they gonna recover from this. They done been depleted with transfers. Dead last is DEAD LAST.

Time to PANIC in Athens!

And yet as we speak that is not happening. Just sayin...

 

[kidrobinski]

Pretty sure the Georgia hand feeds their dawgs handsomely already, they’re not going to bite it.

 

[18IsTheMan]

And yet as we speak that is not happening. Just sayin...

Only bc they are MO-rons. He who rules the portal rules college football.

 

[Battleship Texas]

Beck is coming back

 

[18IsTheMan]

Beck is coming back

That is a net LOSS compared to picking up a portal QB.

 

[Yard_Pimps]

One thing this has done is end “dynasties” long runs of being elite are not going to be the norm. Even less than they were is what I’m trying to say. Sure some teams will be in a 12 team playoff consistently but they won’t win it consistently. This has created parity no matter how you look at it. Which is good as long as it’s not your team that’s on top.

 

[Uscg1984]

Meanwhile, Gamecocks clock in at #4 nationally. Suck it Dawgs!

It's a good thing for them we don't play next year. Our portal ranking stomps a MUD HOLE in UGA's ranking!!!!

It's a good thing UGA has fewer needs to address in the portal than any other team. lol.

 

[18IsTheMan]

One thing this has done is end “dynasties” long runs of being elite are not going to be the norm. Even less than they were is what I’m trying to say. Sure some teams will be in a 12 team playoff consistently but they won’t win it consistently. This has created parity no matter how you look at it. Which is good as long as it’s not your team that’s on top.

It’ll always be the usual suspects in the top 10 with a couple different outliers each year. Go back 30, 40, 50 years. It’s always the same old teams.

 

[Big JC]

UGA is trying to shed players to get to 85 scholarship players, they aren't trying to take players from the portal. I recall seeing that their 2021 NC team had zero portal players and the 2022 NC team had one or so. They only took a handful for this season.

When a team has top 3 recruiting classes five years in a row, they don't need to go to the portal for talent.

 

[Big JC]

Only bc they are MO-rons. He who rules the portal rules college football.

LOL; you forgot to engage the sarcasm font. If that were true, Colorado and Meion would have won more than 4 games this season.

 

[Big JC]

One thing this has done is end “dynasties” long runs of being elite are not going to be the norm. Even less than they were is what I’m trying to say. Sure some teams will be in a 12 team playoff consistently but they won’t win it consistently. This has created parity no matter how you look at it. Which is good as long as it’s not your team that’s on top.

Yeah, the CFP is full of Johnny Come Latelys who built a team through the portal.

 

[Jonesz2]

Just as an academic exercise, I dare you to compare the portal rankings to the college football playoff rankings. You’d be surprised!

I wouldn’t be surprised if South Carolina was the first team to screw it up

 

[Yard_Pimps]

Yeah, the CFP is full of Johnny Come Latelys who built a team through the portal.

Michigan, Texas, cry all teams that didn’t sniff a playoff before the transfer portal. The portal should be used to fill holes. 4-5 players tops a year. If you’re doing more than that you are not in that class of team.

 

[18IsTheMan]

Michigan, Texas, cry all teams that didn’t sniff a playoff before the transfer portal. The portal should be used to fill holes. 4-5 players tops a year. If you’re doing more than that you are not in that class of team.

lol, nothing like working with an exceedingly small sample size to prove your point. CFP existed like 3 or 4 years before the portal.

Brilliant!

News Flash: the same basic group of teams has rotated into/out of power of the years. How it always has been. How it always will be.

 

[mickray]

.500 is .500.

 

[Yard_Pimps]

lol, nothing like working with an exceedingly small sample size to prove your point. CFP existed like 3 or 4 years before the portal.

Brilliant!

News Flash: the same basic group of teams has rotated into/out of power of the years. How it always has been. How it always will be.

The fact that talent is now more spread out is undeniable. Before transfer you had Clemson and bama in the cfp. Throw in lsu and fsu for one. There have been more different teams since than the transfer than before.

 

[18IsTheMan]

The fact that talent is now more spread out is undeniable. Before transfer you had Clemson and bama in the cfp. Throw in lsu and fsu for one. There have been more different teams since than the transfer than before.

But it’s the same old teams for the most part.

 

[18IsTheMan]

I'm going to go out on a limb by saying, somehow I don't think the average UGA fan is going to loose any sleep over this.

My OP was 100% sarcasm by the way. Just mocking how much importance some put on portal rankings.

 

[HillsToSea]

lol, nothing like working with an exceedingly small sample size to prove your point. CFP existed like 3 or 4 years before the portal.

Brilliant!

News Flash: the same basic group of teams has rotated into/out of power of the years. How it always has been. How it always will be.

Then why would Georgia be worried?

 

[Cackmandu]

Just as an academic exercise, I dare you to compare the portal rankings to the college football playoff rankings. You’d be surprised!

Enlighten me!

 

[Harvard Gamecock]

My OP was 100% sarcasm by the way. Just mocking how much importance some put on portal rankings.

I was starting to get that feeling as the thread played on. Sometimes it's hard to tell, since we can only go by what is put down in writing.
I do however get your point.
Carry On.

 

[Hoganman1]

One thing this has done is end “dynasties” long runs of being elite are not going to be the norm. Even less than they were is what I’m trying to say. Sure some teams will be in a 12 team playoff consistently but they won’t win it consistently. This has created parity no matter how you look at it. Which is good as long as it’s not your team that’s on top.

I think you're right. Kids are simply not going to sit on the bench and wait their turn anymore.

 

[Yard_Pimps]

I think you're right. Kids are simply not going to sit on the bench and wait their turn anymore.

No big depth like bama, clemson to and extent and several others have carried is over with. One key injury and your NC hopes could be over with. That hasn’t always been the case with a select few.

In that regard I’m all for it. Should could be a top 5 player at his position at college football shouldn’t have to sit behind the current #1. This is about their life and trying to make it to the NFL. I know that gets some panties in a wad but it’s the truth. Some coach long ago started using this word commitment when it’s not reciprocated.

 

[Big JC]

I think you're right. Kids are simply not going to sit on the bench and wait their turn anymore.

Teams that play a bunch of true freshmen who aren't willing to wait and learn aren't going to win much either. The top programs let recruits know they are going to have to win the position, they don't promise playing time to anyone. A player who can't win the starting job who transfers to a team where he will be the best at his position insures that the team he transfers to has at least one position that is weaker than the team he left. A team made up of transfers will be a team of players who aren't good enough to win the starting job at the teams they left. That isn't a recipe for winning a championship.

 

[Yard_Pimps]

Teams that play a bunch of true freshmen who aren't willing to wait and learn aren't going to win much either. The top programs let recruits know they are going to have to win the position, they don't promise playing time to anyone. A player who can't win the starting job who transfers to a team where he will be the best at his position insures that the team he transfers to has at least one position that is weaker than the team he left. A team made up of transfers will be a team of players who aren't good enough to win the starting job at the teams they left. That isn't a recipe for winning a championship.

May be if you take coaching out but not everyone progresses at the same rate

 

[Deleted11512]

Teams that play a bunch of true freshmen who aren't willing to wait and learn aren't going to win much either. The top programs let recruits know they are going to have to win the position, they don't promise playing time to anyone. A player who can't win the starting job who transfers to a team where he will be the best at his position insures that the team he transfers to has at least one position that is weaker than the team he left. A team made up of transfers will be a team of players who aren't good enough to win the starting job at the teams they left. That isn't a recipe for winning a championship.

Like anything else, it will ebb and flow. UGA will have to use the portal to replace some of the guys they lost. They lost 17 guys...almost all of them being 4-5 star guys. OU lost 14. FSU lost 16. You simply can't lost all of that, on top of normal attrition, and rely on HS recruiting alone.

TCU played for a national championship with 19 transfers on the field. I know what the result was, but they shot their shot. Ol Miss is trying to position themselves as a playoff contender on the portal alone. Last year they had 33 guys leave and signed 24 transfers. This year they've lost 11 and gained 10. FSU would have achieved it if Travis didn't get hurt. I wouldn't be surprised if some of the contenders are active in the 2nd portal window once the smoke clears from the 1st window.

 

[18IsTheMan]

Saying the portal has ended dynasties is absurd. Dynasties are rare in the first place. And the portal has been around less than a decade.z.

 

[Yard_Pimps]

Saying the portal has ended dynasties is absurd. Dynasties are rare in the first place. And the portal has been around less than a decade.z.

We can agree to disagree but you’re totally missing the forest for the trees.

 

[Big JC]

Like anything else, it will ebb and flow. UGA will have to use the portal to replace some of the guys they lost. They lost 17 guys...almost all of them being 4-5 star guys. OU lost 14. FSU lost 16. You simply can't lost all of that, on top of normal attrition, and rely on HS recruiting alone.

TCU played for a national championship with 19 transfers on the field. I know what the result was, but they shot their shot. Ol Miss is trying to position themselves as a playoff contender on the portal alone. Last year they had 33 guys leave and signed 24 transfers. This year they've lost 11 and gained 10. FSU would have achieved it if Travis didn't get hurt. I wouldn't be surprised if some of the contenders are active in the 2nd portal window once the smoke clears from the 1st window.

UGA lost 15 to the draft after the '21 season, didn't take any portal players and won the NC again in '22. They lost about the same number to the portal and the draft after the '22 season and took maybe 2 from the portal and went 12-1 so far this season and will likely end up 13-1. Relying on HS recruiting seems to be working for them so far.

This year, they are still about 10 players over the 85 scholarship limit after their portal and leave early and graduation losses when the early enrollees show up in a week or so. They have to get rid of at least that many before August. Their qb just announced he was coming back so they don't need a portal qb. I think they tried for a DL but he went somewhere else. UGA has not signed a single portal player and no one is saying they will lack talent next season. Point being; they aren't trying to get portal players, they are building their team by recruiting and developing talent.

Ole Miss is going heavy in the portal because recruiting to Ole Miss (or Miss State for that matter) is difficult and Kiffen knows he has to get talent from somewhere besides HS recruiting. I think TCU was the perfect example of trying to build a program with transfers. They put together a team that could win some games but when they faced a team with true talent and depth built on recruiting and coaching they got destroyed. FSU with Travis wouldn't beat any of the other four teams in the playoff, they had a great season in the pillow soft ACC with a down Clemson.