Link: 2026 Transfer Portal

[Jack Bourbon]

on another note, the auburn football program is now USF 2.O.
they have 11 USF transfers since the portal open!
I guess Golesh has convinced the barn faithful all your needs will be met with the guys he recruited.
we shall see how this will work out.
USF was ranked #91 for the 2026 team rankings.
in 2025 they were ranked # 73
in 2024 they were ranked # 68
in 2023 they were ranked # 80

the years I listed are the Alex Golesh years as HC at USF.

Similar approach worked nicely for IU

 

[mdb-tpet]

I like Shaq and he does some really great work. But you don't really think he did all the work to get a PhD do you?

Yes. Did you ever see his free throw shots? Clearly he was studying and not practicing on the court.

 

[mlh]

Similar approach worked nicely for IU

Bringing in guys who know you and have played in your system reduces the time to "ramp up" and eases the transition. As long as the talent is comparable, this is a solid strategy.

 

[dayhiker]

I've been traveling since Thursday morning and am totally unconnected to everything that's been going on. I just glanced over who is in the portal. Are any of our current players that are in the portal shocking to those of you in the know?

 

[RammerJammer15]

This is where the coaching staff, specifically the hands on, position coaches, even coordinators, are most important. The head coach becomes a "figure head" only. Why spend $10MM on that guy, when the hands on teachers and instructors are going to develop the guys, and bring in fresh players for one season, every 6 months?

One thing is for sure, the sport itself will NOT adapt these portal and NIL rules because the SEC begins to fall as it's done in the post season this year, and not even been present at the college football title game, since 2022 (23 playoffs).

Here's a fact: Since 2006, the SEC has won 13 natties. UGA as the repeat winner in 2021 and 2022.

The portal and NIL were finally given free reign after the 2020 season. And part of the goal was to eliminate the advantage that the SEC had clearly enjoyed for almost 2 decades. Fight me.

The goal was actually to eliminate the advantage Alabama had over the entire sport

 

[Con]

I've been traveling since Thursday morning and am totally unconnected to everything that's been going on. I just glanced over who is in the portal. Are any of our current players that are in the portal shocking to those of you in the know?

Not to HaHa Clinton Dix. He said the ones in there are not producing, so it was expected.

 

[BamaHoopsBoi]

Well, wonder what happens with our QB room now that Ty has declared for the NFL.

 

[gtgilbert]

on another note, the auburn football program is now USF 2.O.
they have 11 USF transfers since the portal open!
I guess Golesh has convinced the barn faithful all your needs will be met with the guys he recruited.
we shall see how this will work out.
USF was ranked #91 for the 2026 team rankings.
in 2025 they were ranked # 73
in 2024 they were ranked # 68
in 2023 they were ranked # 80

the years I listed are the Alex Golesh years as HC at USF.

who knows though. IU brought in a ton of JMU level guys to spark their turnaround and it's somehow working.

 

[sanjosecrimson]

Similar approach worked nicely for IU

the barn is not IU and they don't have Cignetti

 

[sanjosecrimson]

Bringing in guys who know you and have played in your system reduces the time to "ramp up" and eases the transition. As long as the talent is comparable, this is a solid strategy.

sure, but that's why I listed the recruiting rankings for USF under Golesh.
the " talent" he had at USF never won the AAC and he was 1-8 against ranked teams.

 

[sanjosecrimson]

who knows though. IU brought in a ton of JMU level guys to spark their turnaround and it's somehow working.

Big difference, the barn doesn't have Cignetti who is basically Saban 2.0. those guys don't grow on trees.
furthermore, Cignetti just didn't bring in JMU guys, he sprinkled the team with experienced, older players from P4 teams.

 

[Jack Bourbon]

Simpson declaring. More $ for linemen.

 

[RammerJammer15]

Well, wonder what happens with our QB room now that Ty has declared for the NFL.

Russell obviously stays, I think Mack stays now at least for another year, Jett coming in too. I think we're set at QB and won't take a QB out the portal.

 

[cdub55]

Think about this if you really want to understand where things have gone. If I were to ask most any one which university in the Southeastern Conference represents the highest in standards and academic achievement, I think most would say “Vanderbilt”.
And who was “the face” of Vandy football the past two years? Diego Pavia. Not exactly the type of guy we all would hope our daughter would “bring home to mom and dad”.
I just heard Cubelic on WJOX this morning talk about changes at Vanderbilt and Clark Lea’s program. Lea basically told Cole that he wasn’t concerned with molding young men, shaping their character to be the best husband, father, or man they couid be. This was simply because “In two years they transfer somewhere else and come back and beat our brains in”. In other words, he saying I’m here to create football players for the here and now. Who cares about character? They aren’t going be here any way after a year or two.
And this isn’t Alabama, or Georgia, or LSU. This is VANDERBILT.

Do you happen to have a link to this conversation?

 

[sanjosecrimson]

Russell obviously stays, I think Mack stays now at least for another year, Jett coming in too. I think we're set at QB and won't take a QB out the portal.

don't forget QB Tayden Kaawa from Utah via Hawaii.

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[The Ols]

Simpson declaring. More $ for linemen.

I saw that Keelon announced that he was staying at about the same time…

 

[Rocky Mtn Bob]

I like Shaq and he does some really great work. But you don't really think he did all the work to get a PhD do you?

Yes. At the risk of ticking-off some folks ... Shaq's PhD is in ... Education. I know several people with PhD's in Education. Most of them wouldn't be successful in any role in the private sector.

 

[colbysullivan]

And that's why the whole thing is unsustainable to me.

Saban was always about building character, building value for yourself......the young kids would come in and have to work.

As McCarron said on a podcast this week.....kids coming out of high school are demanding 500k to 700k to a million. You give it to them, you can't expect them to actually put in the work anymore. Now they go to suddenly having money with their family and friends wanting money, they'll go buy jewelry and cars and all sorts of things.

Instead of the kids at Indiana that didn't start out with all that money and are still working their butts off to achieve more and more.

College football is lost
- kids coming in now are given windfall money
- kids don't have to necessarily put in the hours of work every day to perfect their craft
- kids are not building character anymore
- coaches are pushing to build character (they can't really, the kids will just leave)
- all this hurts the product on the field, lack of sharpness

It all starts at home. Does anyone seriously think Ty would have stayed at Bama if his mom was...say...Antoinette Padilla? (Pavia's mom)

 

[Cruloc]

https://twitter.com/x/status/2008929150669656304

 

[CoolBreeze]

Not really worried about Cam. If he does come it would be for a certain coach, not QB. We just need to load up in the trenches.

Ty Simpson off to the NFL could cost Alabama it's top transfer WR target

And just like that, Alabama's quarterback situation for 2026 becomes one of the biggest questions of the college football offseason. Ty Simpson has made the dec

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