Well, ok, but when would TTU not take a string of 8-4 seasons over the alternative?
1 Like
Well, nowadaysā¦ā¦ā¦10 straight seasons of 8-4 will likely get you fired at Texas Tech. Just for the record, Mike did a good job at Tech. A GOOD job. Not a great one, which is the type of job most feel like he did at Tech. OSU, in my opinion, is a better job than Tech. Itās similar, but OSU is a better gig. If Gundy or the next guy goes 8-4 every single yearā¦ā¦.heās getting fired. The landscape has changed. The salaries have changed. With that has come a change in expectation too.
1 Like
I agree OSU is better. I donāt think OSU should settle for 8-4 consistently. 7 or 8 wins should be our rebuilding year. 10+ when weāre primed or getting primed.
8-4 for Tech seems like a good base level to strive for to me.
1 Like
Now that is interesting, does that mean that recruiting at Alabama has been a bust the last few years or has the portal robbed them of talent that they have had to replace via the portal?
I suppose you could look at past rankings and stats and conclude which one.
This is simple. Has Bama and all the other bluebloods had some kids transfer to lesser programs? Absolutely. No doubt about it. Iāve agreed with all who have said as much. Thatās not the disagreement Iāve had. The question that people havenāt understood is HAS BAMA AND OTHER BIG BOYS BENEFITTED FROM THE PORTAL TOO? The obvious, resounding answer is yes. Bama gets the best players on Nat signing day. Now they get the best players from the portal too. The big boys win on the recruiting trail and they win in the portal. The proof is right in front of people.
Yea it makes sense that Bama will attract quality talent via the portal just like they do via their recruiting process, It just seems weird that their best talent this time around is from the portal and not from their recruiting process
2 Likes
You could look at the rankings but there are enough variables and inconsistencies in the rankings such that I wouldnāt trust the the conclusion that the data is showing me.
Portal + NIL will.
Portal without money favors the smaller schools.
āPortal without money favors the smaller schoolsā
Thatās your opinion. You are the fool who refuses to simply acknowledge that the big boys are getting better via the portal too. Itās a fact. Bama has players starting that came THRU THE PORTAL. Itās an easy thing to say. You just canāt bring yourself to do it.
Huh? there are lots of schools with starters who came through the portal. Time to make your point clear. Just what exactly are you getting at?
@bruce4 In your opinion, has Bama gotten better via the portal? Yes or no
To be honest i donāt follow bama close enough to have an opinion. Itās why I was asking the question in the first place. in fact I donāt follow bama at all so i really donāt have any clue, nada, nothing.
2 Likes
Hereās all you need to know. They have 8 players on the preseason all Conf team. 5 are transfers.
Ok. Look at it as a resource issue.
For the most part, big schools have better resources: facilities, booster money, viewership, favoritism of pollsters/media members, exposure.
The resource that small schools have over big schools is playing time. Small schools have more positions that can be improved with talented transfers. Big schools have fewer. Do they still have holes that can be plugged? Sure. So, can they improve? Yes, but itās more incremental, and they have to try and hang onto rotational guys and backups who want that playing time.
Money (a resource they have more of) and the promise of money helps them lure transfers AND keep rotational players and backups who just need to wait to get paid. This is after the season when the first G5 team makes the playoffs and two bluebloods who had been on the outside looking in closed the gap (Michigan and Georgia).
All Iāve tried to get you to admit is that the portal helps the big boys too. The proof is obvious. Iāve never argued how it benefits everybody else. We disagree on if itās helped close the gap. You think it has. I do not. But thatās ok.
And just to make sure here, Michigan is one of the two powers in that Conf. Georgia is one of the powers in the SEC. I donāt feel like thatās any indication of parity. You do. We disagree. Thatās ok. I absolutely will give you Cincinnati. I donāt think Cincinnati going undefeated & sneaking in as the 4 seed is an indication of parity. But we can agree to disagree.
Seeing a group of 5 team make the playoffs is more of an indication that there is some parity taking place than the case where all you get is bama, georgia, Ohio State and Clemson/Oklahoma every year. I will say that to me parity is barley present in college football. College football needs to look more like what you see in the NFL with teams rising and falling over relatively short periods of time before the claim to proper parity can be made
I agree on wishing it was like the NFL. Iām an OU fan & the playoff committee has been good to my guys, but I donāt like that itās about a 5-10 team contention every year,
Cincinnati did make the playoff. But so has Mich St. So has Washington. Cincinnati went 13-0 & got in as a 4 seed, while the 3 teams in front of them had a loss. I just think that the people who feel like thatās a sign of parity are extremely optimistic.
Yes I agree, there is some parity in college football but it is fleeting and not even close to what it could be if things were managed differently.