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Don't know if you noticed, but there are a bunch of college football programs in the Big Whatever conducting spring practices right now. I'm on vacation and not reading much news, but surely some of you college football fan site posters are curious about what's happening on a campus near you (or near to your heart)? Any thoughts about the spring that you want to share?

Rumor has it that in Madison the first teamers are getting a higher-than-usual number of reps because the head coach has installed a new offense (with new coordinator to boot), as well as potentially changing the point of attack on defense. Fickell wants to make sure that they know what they are doing come Fall... 

Rumor has it that in Madison the first teamers are getting a higher-than-usual number of reps because the head coach has installed a new offense (with new coordinator to boot), as well as potentially changing the point of attack on defense. Fickell wants to make sure that they know what they are doing come Fall...

Based on how lockdown every team is now because coaches are more paranoid than ever

I mean nothing happening right now matters, considering there is still a portal window.

I think recruiting interest has dried up as well.  Just tell me who is on the roster September 1

I mean nothing happening right now matters, considering there is still a portal window.

I think recruiting interest has dried up as well.  Just tell me who is on the roster September 1

Eh... Is this really a big thing? Do players slated to be starters typically leave after spring ball in the new NIL / transfer portal era?

I mean, anyone who is penciled in as a starter at their position after spring ball knows that they're penciled in as the starter. So they don't have an incentive to leave to go somewhere higher-tier for more NIL and... maybe be the starter. They also know if they bolt after spring ball, they're going to have a MUCH shorter time frame to learn a new playbook, coaching staff, system, and develop chemistry with teammates. Meaning even if someone throws a bigger NIL bag at them, they're at risk of it blowing up and them not being the starter in their new home. 

I don't know if this is borne out by experience (I haven't tracked closely), but I would guess a lot of summer transfer portal is guys who are fighting for second string positions on the depth chart leaving and hoping they might find more PT elsewhere. 

Maybe I'm being naive, but it seems to me that a player who leaves one of our teams after spring ball is usually going to be someone who we probably won't miss, and they're going to a lower-tier program where they might actually start. And that we're only bringing someone new to our team in the portal if we're not happy with who we've got after spring ball and we're taking a leap on a guy from a higher-tier program to fill a position we learned in spring ball needs help. 

I could see the significant drop in recruiting interest due to the portal, but it seems like it would only be an incremental drop in spring ball interest. 

Eh... Is this really a big thing? Do players slated to be starters typically leave after spring ball in the new NIL / transfer portal era?

Yes

Keon Coleman was both MSU's #1 WR, and their highest paid player, and left after spring ball, because FSU matched money, and he felt he'd get more exposure.  He was right.

The same year Payton Thorne left MSU for Auburn because even though he was the #1, MSU refused to guarantee him the starting job in the fall.

And it goes both ways.  OSU could have a clear #1 on the roster, but if he's underwhelming in the spring, you better believe they are going shopping.

I believe both of MSU's DTs went to Oregon and Miami after spring ball last year.  I think some schools are hesitant to pull the trigger in the first window, because those kids might flip again after spring, because contracts don't exist

Yes

Keon Coleman was both MSU's #1 WR, and their highest paid player, and left after spring ball, because FSU matched money, and he felt he'd get more exposure.  He was right.

The same year Payton Thorne left MSU for Auburn because even though he was the #1, MSU refused to guarantee him the starting job in the fall.

And it goes both ways.  OSU could have a clear #1 on the roster, but if he's underwhelming in the spring, you better believe they are going shopping.

I believe both of MSU's DTs went to Oregon and Miami after spring ball last year.  I think some schools are hesitant to pull the trigger in the first window, because those kids might flip again after spring, because contracts don't exist

You better believe they are going tampering.

Based on how lockdown every team is now because coaches are more paranoid than ever

Yeah but can you blame them? It’s almost like the portal is ruining the sport lol. 

Michigan spring info was always tight lipped under LC & Jeem but Sherrone Moore has taken it to new levels. You get nothing from his staff and “insiders” with practice updates are basically non-existent. 

These guys act like they’re protecting state secrets these days.