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The Aggies are learning there are no shortcuts in team building.
Another five-star talent appears to be departing College Station. Wide receiver Chris Marshall became one of the latest Texas A&M portal entries for the Aggies. Continue reading “A&M Exodus: Potential Texas target WR Chris Marshall hits transfer portal”
We will monitor these transfer portal targets closely.
It’s Transfer Portal Monday, and several players are looking for a new home. The Longhorns figure to be a premier destination. Continue reading “Transfer Portal Headliners: 13 potential Texas targets”
The Texas A&M exodus under Jimbo Fisher. Oregon exits noted by @Ducks_Wire. Kedon Slovis in the portal. Here are some of the bigger early stories to follow.
There is a lot to keep track of now that the college football regular season (except for the Army-Navy Game) is over. The doors to the transfer portal have swung wide open. Business is booming and rosters are about to be dramatically reshaped. USC benefited from the portal as much as any program in the country in 2022, and Lincoln Riley has made no secret of the fact that he intends to continue to restock his roster with portal reinforcements.
As seasons come to an end, and as coaches switch schools, players are on the move and will continue to enter the portal. With all of these moving parts on display, there’s a ton to keep tabs on. Here are just some of the stories worth noting as the transfer portal officially opens in college football:
Texas A&M and Louisville are both likely to endure a transfer portal exodus of highly-rated freshmen who want out. This is where Lincoln Riley can pounce. #USC
If you are looking at ways for USC to build itself up to a national championship standard for 2023 and then for its first Big Ten season in 2024, the transfer portal is going to be a central avenue for Lincoln Riley.
Among various head coaches at elite college football programs, Riley has already established himself as a leader in the transfer portal. This is how he immediately built back the USC roster. This is something he will continue to do in future years to stock his roster and address deficiencies.
Actual transfer portal declarations (players entering the portal) have not yet occurred in large numbers, but one can reasonably guess that exoduses and defections will begin to accumulate at the end of the regular season, which is one month away.
Two schools in particular are likely to provide a lot of high-quality transfers to Lincoln Riley’s USC program and other interested programs. Let’s go through the details on why this is true, and what it could mean:
