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billga99

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Randy Carson said:
I agree to some extent; the transfer portal has changed everything.

I'm hanging my hat on the idea that kids are won over by the genuineness of CBK & Co. and want to stay and play for some good coaches at a great school.

Now, maybe I'm all wrong, but I just don't see a kid who is starting at Tech making the jump to...oh, I dunno...Nebraska (or Arizona State...or both) where he has to fight for playing time and possibly ends up riding the pine. Conversely, kids who ARE sitting at the SEC schools may want a chance to start for us and get some TV exposure, etc.

Yes, the portal giveth and the portal taketh away, but I think that we will have more top talent coming in than going out most years.
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Except our two best DL in the past couple of seasons transferred. Leader at South Carolina in sacks is Kyle Kennard 8.5 sacks and second at Ole Miss is Jared Ivey at 6 sacks. Obviously, they have better talent around them which makes getting sacks easier. But these two would have been a big help this year.
 

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billga99 said:
Except our two best DL in the past couple of seasons transferred. Leader at South Carolina in sacks is Kyle Kennard 8.5 sacks and second at Ole Miss is Jared Ivey at 6 sacks. Obviously, they have better talent around them which makes getting sacks easier. But these two would have been a big help this year.
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billga99 said:
Except our two best DL in the past couple of seasons transferred. Leader at South Carolina in sacks is Kyle Kennard 8.5 sacks and second at Ole Miss is Jared Ivey at 6 sacks. Obviously, they have better talent around them which makes getting sacks easier. But these two would have been a big help this year.
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Money was obviously a big factor but we have a better chance of keeping our better defensive players with Santucci's staff.
 
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billga99 said:
Except our two best DL in the past couple of seasons transferred. Leader at South Carolina in sacks is Kyle Kennard 8.5 sacks and second at Ole Miss is Jared Ivey at 6 sacks. Obviously, they have better talent around them which makes getting sacks easier. But these two would have been a big help this year.
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But what I said was that a kid who is starting at Tech is unlikely to leave just to get lost in the depth chart at another school. Four-stars at other schools who are not getting reps because of the five-stars ahead of them may consider Tech a good alternative.

The two guys you reference aren't sitting on the bench behind other players. They were good enough to go elsewhere, make more money, and start.

Okay...that's going to happen, too. But I think that until our roster is loaded, we have a better chance of gaining more than we lose through the portal.

At least, I hope that's the case.
 
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