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Message: [QUOTE="SUDadx2, post: 4144760, member: 8174"] Absolutely correct. Too often what Coach Babers has said regarding the portal seems to get misinterpreted. “I think it was a change year between name, image and likeness, between the transfer portal, things that haven’t gone on in college football in 35 years,” Babers said. “I consider it different. We always talk about being green and growing, not red and rotten. There was a change in 2021. You need to change or you’re going to go extinct. We’re going to change. We’re going to adjust. And I think we’ll be a lot better for it in 2022.” Dino Babers, November 2021 [URL unfurl="true"]https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/ncaafb/college-coaches-seem-to-hate-the-transfer-portal-syracuse-coach-dino-babers-will-have-to-learn-to-love-it/ar-AARgJK1[/URL] "We're hitting the portal hard," Babers said. "We've got some vacant scholarships that we can give to certain individuals that we think that can help us win... Dino Babers, January 2022 [URL unfurl="true"]https://www.si.com/college/syracuse/recruiting/dino-babers-hitting-portal-hard[/URL] Last July, Babers said this... There are a couple of scholarships that can still be used, but Babers said he will be selective when mining the transfer portal. “I would say this: [B]You better know what you’re getting into when you take someone out of the portal[/B],” Babers said. “What you’re getting is a person who says, ‘I don’t like what’s going on here, and I’m going to go somewhere else.’ “If you’re recruiting a quarterback, normally one quarterback can play or you slotted who’s up or who’s next. That position kind of sorts itself out. “Those other positions, numerous guys can play. When you get an individual that says I can’t do it here, I’m going somewhere else, unless he has outstanding personnel in front of him, you really wonder about the competition part of it, whether he’s running toward the competition or running away from the competition. [B]“That’s a big part in what type of football player you want on your team.”[/B] [URL unfurl="true"]https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/nfl/dino-babers-says-new-scholarship-rules-are-needed-to-keep-up-with-roster-churn-its-spooky-times/ar-AALQkqQ[/URL] A simple review of the 2021 roster will show that Syracuse has used the portal and actually has used the portal effectively. [LIST] [*]Garrett Shrader, QB (Mississippi State), [I]started 9 games[/I]. [*]Cody Roscoe, DE (McNeese St), played in all-12 games with [I]9 starts[/I], recording 46 tackles, 12.5 tackles for loss, 8.5 sacks, a forced fumble and five quarterback hurries. [I]1st team All-ACC.[/I] [*]Jason Simmons, S (New Mexico State),[I]10 starts at safety[/I]. [*]Chris Bleich, OL (Florida), [I]7 starts[/I] at guard, played in 8 games. Limited due to injury. [*]Devaughn Cooper, WR (UTEP/Arizona), played in 11 games 1 start, #2 on the team in receptions (21). [*]Erik Slater, LB (Lehigh), played in 2 games. Came to the Orange in August 2021 to provide depth at LB. [/LIST] [/QUOTE]

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