Lincoln Riley Explained it Best- There is no more program building

[Yeah Baby]

Good synopsis on why college football now sucks.

The 4 team playoffs built the coffin. The portal put the lid on. NIL was the last nail.

 

[365Poster24Seven]

Would a ton of NIL money be worth it with Schiano? His teams had a tendency to play lower than their talent.

Well he currently has 50 cents compared to our competitors to hand out to potential recruits. Don’t be surprised if we lose the Florida LB to Kentucky because of NIL. Kentucky being a SEC team I’m sure it has that going for them.

 

[Plum Street]

And what are you doing about it Caliknight? You run your mouth like you are the elite of the elite. Surely you can let a little go for NIL.

He’s the richest guy here

 

[Yeah Baby]

He coaches a system the players want to play in.

He also has as a big reason the funds that got raised did. And it’s a lot more than $40MM

So you’re saying before Riley and Schiano we were pretty much even with USC over the last 50 years. Dumbass

 

[jsol_05]

With a $40 mil. yearly NIL budget behind him, Lincoln Riley is taking credit for a lot of things that have been handed to him. He's not constructing anything; he's pillaging others for their best players that others have developed.

That is the game, show me the $$$$

 

[AdventureHasAName]

It's about roster construction. It's a yearly game now.

Yes, but this only applies to teams that can buy players. Those 35 teams are playing a completely different game than the rest of us. Program building still exists, but it's only for the remaining teams to compete against each other.

Michigan, Ohio State, Penn State ... they are playing professional football with no salary cap and no draft.

 

[rutgersguy1]

Anyone thinking that RU can construct a roster the same way a USC or any other established power can is simply living in a fantasy world. Could RU attract one of the top QBs, WRs etc to transfer? That isn’t happening. As much as the game has changed, it still starts up front at the LOS. I watched most of the USC/UCLA game, some may think that is exciting great football. I do not. The defense by both teams was awful in the 2nd half. While these are good teams , I don’t think either is a playoff caliber team. They could not stop a legit top 5 team.

As far as star power no but as far as constructing a team that can be respectable definitely yes it's possible. Plenty of teams get transfers who contribute from the portal, they don't all have to be Caleb Williams and the like.

Dykes at SMU took 18 transfers one year IIRC and Shane Buechele from Texas as qb and had a 10 win season, I think their best in quite a long time. Followed it up with 7-8 win seasons, not too bad.

WSU is about to make their 7th bowl in a row if you don't count the pandemic year where they only played 4 games but if you want to count that, it's 7 out of 8 which is still pretty good. They got their OC from Incarnate Word and their qb Cameron Ward as well and have 7 wins this year, not bad.

You don't have to get superstars from the portal but you can get contributing players. It's not a given though just because you take a bunch of portal players it's going to help, you still have to know how the pieces all fit and work together, no different that figuring out recruiting and as important if not moreso. Fitting it all together matters for the superstars as well, people may think put all these stars together and boom it just happens but I don't think so. The coaches still have to know how to fit it together be they top star players or not.

 

[Caliknight]

He’s doing what most BIG coaches not named Franklin, Day or Harbaugh are doing. Even Franklin and Harbaugh took time to get to where they are they just didn’t start at the bottom. Same can be said for Lincoln.

This is the real world. If we can raise money like ATM maybe we can reconstruct like they did……

The teams we play have NIL money

 

[Caliknight]

Yes, but this only applies to teams that can buy players. Those 35 teams are playing a completely different game than the rest of us. Program building still exists, but it's only for the remaining teams to compete against each other.

Michigan, Ohio State, Penn State ... they are playing professional football with no salary cap and no draft.

And they are in our division.

 

[AdventureHasAName]

And they are in our division.

Yup, and we're not beating them ... now or in the future ... unless the NCAA gets an anti-trust exemption or the conference bans NIL.

 

[Caliknight]

Yup, and we're not beating them ... now or in the future ... unless the NCAA gets an anti-trust exemption or the conference bans NIL.

The conference definitely isn't banning NIL.

But yea, this is not a game we can truly be competitive in. Which means our realistic only chance is to have an innovative coach not someone who plays meathead ball.

 

[ru-baby]

Any thread that discusses the fully loaded, four and five star SC program with deep pocket boosters and quotes Lincoln, Riley, as to how his situation in Oklahoma, and SC have been , and compares it to the Rutgers situation, is too ignorant to even put into words. This being a prime exaple.

 

[Caliknight]

So when you hear Schiano talk about winning championships, you must laugh too.

 

[TM94goRU]

With miscast NIL, you need 💰. You can't develop talent, if you can't get talented recruits, and keep the talent you have! While a few may stay if the compensation is comparable, a "poor program" will have vultures congregating around quickly.