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[QUOTE="RF2044, post: 5252214, member: 40"]
That's the risk with the portal.

But there's nothing that can be helped / done about it.  You have to land the best players you can -- period.  And we've seen first hand the impact of what bringing in a stud QB transfer can mean.

I really, really hope that either Williams or Carney are the future.  They are both promising.  But they both can't start.  And either - or both - might not be ready next year anyway.  QB recruits are a crapshoot, even amongst the most highly rated guys.  I've brought this up a ton of times in the past, but my wife is an Ohio State grad, and even though they bring in 4- and 5-star QB recruits every year, the majority of them don't pan out and many transfer.  And that's at a factory.  There's even more risk with lower rated guys.

Please note, I'm not suggesting that Williams and Carney don't have the chops -- time will tell.  But I'd much rather have a stud transfer who is a proven commodity to compete with them.  And if one of them beats out the transfer -- what a great situation for us, long term.

But in the same way that it doesn't make a ton of sense to redshirt all true frosh like in the old days, due to the portal, I don't think it makes sense to not use the portal if you can land a stud QB.
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