And I believe you are right as well.

I hope I'm just paranoid but how can we not have a single player in the portal? I realize the Spring period has yet to happen. I love the togetherness of the team. It is refreshing. I just can't help to think many are awaiting the next move by Ms. Cromer.

In my opinion, this would be a very bad year to choose to enter the portal. Team sizes have been reduced, and that means a lot less people will be playing football next fall than played this year. Meanwhile, there are still players in the system who have Covid years. Thus, there are a historically high number of potential players, combined with a historically low number of positions on Division I teams. That means that in the game of musical chairs that is the portal, a large number of players will be left without chairs when the music stops.

By contrast, next year would be a much better choice for entering the portal. Next year the number of players will remain the same (unless squad sized ar reduced again), however there will be a double attrition. Players who entered college in 2020 will use up their eligibility next year (2020=covid, 2021=redshirt, 2022=Freshman, 2023=soph, 2024=junior, 2025=Senior). Players who entered college in 2021 will also use up their eligibility next year(2021=redshirt, 2022=Freshman, 2023=soph, 2024=junior, 2025=Senior). Thus, any decent players who enter the portal next year will be scooped up, because all rosters will be short players.

Well, those same teams would have had 120-130 total players, so they will have to reduce their numbers of players by 15-25 players in one year. A team could add 20 extra scholarship players, but if all of them come from outside, they will have to reduce their walkons by 25-35 to make room for them. That could dump 3000 P4 walkons into the portal. I think it is plausible that a team with 85 on scholarship and 130 total players, and which has to get to 105 players, all on scholarship, would end up offering a scholarship to something like 10 of the existing 45 walkons, telling the other 35 to go into the portal, and then picking up 10 additional scholarship players, either from freshmen, from JUCO, or from the portal.

That's what I think. For this year, at least, if you have a scholarship, tread carefully. Next year will be the year to move.

Are FCS and Division 2 being held to the same rules regarding roster size and scholarships?

All this talk about older players, does anyone remember the QB that Toledo had years ago who was an U.S. Army veteran and only entered school after leaving the army. I believe by his senior year he was about 30 years old. But, of course, he was only on the varsity team for three years.

Seeing Spetic listed on one of the sites. Dated today.

I dunno about Ohio State but I'm sure another lower P4 school makes sense.

Would be real nice to hear today or tomorrow that Navarro and Weaver are staying . I worry some that Hunt will enter. How long has it been since we signed 2 RB’s in a class?

Hard to be mad at anyone for entering the portal after this improbable and historic season. I mean realistically this is about as good as it'll get for us. MAC Championship and Bowl game win.

I'd add seasons with 2 or less losses as the very top but 3 loss seasons are pretty close. At least the 90th percentile of success.

The minimum bar here appears to be 8 wins because it triggers an automatic 1 year extension of any contract. Hopefully the Cats could mix in some 12-2 seasons.

I have the feeling that the Portal will draw more talent from our roster, before it’s over. With that said, I have confidence that our coaching staff will skillfully replenish like they did last year. It’s going to be the “new” national signing day.