The Transfer Portal can be a dark place. Students enter in search of better opportunities–be it playing time or cash or some combination of factors including coaching change. That is part of the combination of factors motivating my own son as he enters the CFB Portal. He was a second stringer as a freshman at Drake, with a starting position seemingly just ahead of him. Then, the entire coaching staff went and left for greener pastures at UNI. The left only one coach behind are keeping only one coach from the existing staff: LaQuentin Black. That exodus helped trigger my boy’s move into the portal and now he’s learning about promise and peril.
We’ve yet to take a visit, but the dance card is filling up. All of his suitors are FCS and include UNI, Lindenwood, Central Connecticut State, SEMO, Cornell, and Northern Colorado. Each has its own promises. I don’t know which is going to get this kid. I still have thoughts of an FBS offer–Marshall, BYU, Iowa State are all options. But we are waiting and learning along the way.
Some Thoughts:
- 1963… This is what failure looks like in real time. Based on the numbers, I need 10,000 words. In 5 days. Including today. It starts 2k at a time.