Football Rutgers Football DE Wesley Bailey to enter Transfer Portal

[RUbacker]

A lot of personalities say it. Nothing is perfect but you don't get stories like IU, ASU, Colorado, Vandy beating Bama and being bowl eligible and competitive, TCU a couple years ago etc..without these changes. Dillingham is in the middle of a playoff run and told his players that want to go in the portal to do it now don't wait and supports finding them a new home but they're going to be around for the playoff run. It's usually the old guard who don't like change or people who want to keep their grasp on power that complain. Frankly there's just a "woe is me" attitude that pervades things just in general anyway.

Not only are you getting teams lower down the totem pole having their moments in the sun and being able to make quick turnarounds but you're also seeing that it's harder to create super teams because talent is spread around much more now than before. Everyone is flawed. Kirby Smart made comments that the talent around most important position on the team, the qb, is spread out more and that's helped a lot with parity. This year it's hard to predict with certainty who will win the playoff. It's as wide open as it's ever been and even the teams that don't have a chance to win it all still probably have a decent chance to burst someone's bubble and snag a win.

These are all good things for CFB.

A thousand players in the portal already , can’t keep a team together for any length of time , no loyalty to schools anymore , kids opting out of bowls making them meaningless , recruiting is out of control and teams without money get left out etc etc . I do agree the 12 team playoff format is good for the sport . Otherwise it’s Wild Wild West with no rules or guardrails and it’s only going to get worse unless something changes for the positive.

 

[rutgersguy1]

A thousand players in the portal already , can’t keep a team together for any length of time , no loyalty to schools anymore , kids opting out of bowls making them meaningless , recruiting is out of control and teams without money get left out etc etc . I do agree the 12 team playoff format is good for the sport . Otherwise it’s Wild Wild West with no rules or guardrails and it’s only going to get worse unless something changes for the positive.

There’s more fluctuation for sure but there are two ways to look at that though.

I choose the way that basically gives any team, even ones lower down the totem pole, hope going into any given year. You never realistically had that before.

IU the losingest program in the FBS turned around to have their moment in the sun in 1 year to go 11-1. ASU in 2 years and picked last for the B12 and under sanctions from Herm’s time was able to win the B12 and go 11-2. BYU was similar. Vandy with a transfer of Pavia was able to go 6-6 with the biggest win in school history and lost to Texas by just 3.

So you don’t have to feel I’m a fan of some low status school, we’ve got no chance to do anything of consequence going into a given year. A lot more things are possible than ever before. Hope is a fan’s best friend and you have more of it now in CFB than you ever did and that’s because of the changes happening.

When schools are able to pay players, I feel like tha could be another nudge in the direction of parity. If you’re a school in the P2 it should be easier to find the money in the budget as well.

 

[RU#1fan]

I understand many players in the portal find a home, but you went from 100% of them with a home to 85% (92%) without one. I don't gamble because the odds are against you most of the time.

It all depends on a player’s talent on the field and how ( if at all) he can help the new team. For the program it all is about what Positions that team needs help at and how much they are willing to pay for it.

 

[RUbacker]

There’s more fluctuation for sure but there are two ways to look at that though.

I choose the way that basically gives any team, even ones lower down the totem pole, hope going into any given year. You never realistically had that before.

IU the losingest program in the FBS turned around to have their moment in the sun in 1 year to go 11-1. ASU in 2 years and picked last for the B12 and under sanctions from Herm’s time was able to win the B12 and go 11-2. BYU was similar. Vandy with a transfer of Pavia was able to go 6-6 with the biggest win in school history and lost to Texas by just 3.

So you don’t have to feel I’m a fan of some low status school, we’ve got no chance to do anything of consequence going into a given year. A lot more things are possible than ever before. Hope is a fan’s best friend and you have more of it now in CFB than you ever did and that’s because of the changes happening.

When schools are able to pay players, I feel like tha could be another nudge in the direction of parity. If you’re a school in the P2 it should be easier to find the money in the budget as well.

Enjoy the chaos my friend .

 

[rutgersguy1]

Enjoy the chaos my friend .

“Chaos is a ladder” 😉…and it’s actually working out that way lol