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4.9 yards per carry is pretty good, but when you get that average from 10 carries for 49 yards over two seasons…I think we’ll be okay without him.

No doubt that’s true. I can’t begrudge someone like Rubin who has been here 4 years, given a lot to the program, and gotten a degree. Good for him for all of those things. Plus, I believe he only has this year due to COVID, so there’s that in his favor as well. My issue is nothing personal, and is admittedly shallow, but going to another school taints his legacy here to some degree. Kind of like Emmitt Smith playing for the Cardinals or Michael Jordan for the Wizards. Plus, he’s leaving MY university, so I’m obviously not happy about that. I don’t wish most of our portal guys well, nor do I wish them ill will, but I do hope things work out for Rubin the way he expects.

I don’t even know what that means. What’s she being transparent about? What’s harder on players than on fans?

“Rubin has always been apart of winning programs so this was a no brainer for us!” 8-24 is a winning program?

When a kid goes to a place like Vanderbilt, I always assume it’s not for athletic purposes, but more for academic reasons. Naive of me I’m sure, but that’s what I like to tell myself.

Similar to the deceiving capitalization when our men’s recruit went to central Arkansas😂

I’m not the type who’s going to say, “I’m done with college sports” and that be it. I’m moreso the guy whose interest is just going to wane to the point that I don’t watch anymore. It would actually free up a lot of time that I could be more productive🤣🤣

I don’t completely disagree, but at least they used to have sit out a year if they transferred. If I’m going to lose a year of eligibility, I’m going to think long and hard before I leave for another school. Now? No reason whatsoever to stay.

NCAA allows transfers to be immediately eligible, no matter how many times they've switched schools (msn.com)

We all know the major reasons we assume are part of the decision for a player to transfer: NIL, “step up” in conference, more playing time, etc. But what are some of the other reasons? I’ll list a few I think are true. Please add your own, disagree, etc. Would really like to hear from someone with inside knowledge. 1) Technology/Social media: Kids today are simply more connected and the world is smaller. As an example, we moved when my son was in 8th grade (he’s 20 now), but a couple of his junior high friends are still some of his best friends. My point being, kids can easily stay in contact with friends/former high school or AAU teammates who might influence their decision. 2) Upbringing/Attitude: things are just different now. From the time these kids are 3rd-4th grade, they are on travel teams and are being recruited to move up to a better team. I don’t intend for this to sound like grumpy old man, but there really is less loyalty/commitment these days (and not just as it relates to sports teams). I went to a 3A high school who was bad on football. A nearby 4A school won state my senior year. Had things been then as they are now, I probably would have transferred to the 4A school because I loved the sport and I was a decent high school player. As it was, I wasn’t about to leave my friends/teammates. Could transferring to the 4A school possibly have led to a scholarship? Maybe, but I never questioned my decision. I hate the portal and I hate NIL, but I’m trying my best to look at it from the perspective of today’s 20 year old and I think there is more to it than is obvious.

Tell me more about this. Are you saying that players can lose eligibility if they transfer??? I’ve never heard of such a crazy thing.

Only at UNT does arguably your best portal recruit decide to give up football.😩

I think everyone who enters the portal gets one as a parting gift.

The Big East rules.

This used to be true, but not anymore. Even if McCollum didn’t play this year, we would still know that he was likely our future QB and we could look forward to “the McCollum era.” Those days are gone.

A picture of a UNT magnet surrounded by various other magnets?

As I said in an earlier post, it’s the AAU/Select mentality and that’s all most of these kids have ever known, so it’s hard to blame them. To be clear, I don’t blame the parents for this either; it’s the system. At about 9 or 10 years old my son began playing Select baseball, not because we wanted to, but because the rec. league offered no competition at all. If all the kids playing AA select would just play rec league, lots of people could save money because I assure, there’s nothing “select” about AA baseball. A bunch of pretty good, but not great baseball players. Another example: I have a friend with a 5th grader who is evidently a very good athlete. He is currently playing select baseball and was approached about being on a travel basketball team at $800 for the Spring season (not his normal travel team). My friend told them they weren’t interested because they had already paid for baseball for the Spring. A few days ago they get an email from the coach welcoming him to the basketball team. They wanted him on the team badly enough that they waived the cost for him. And this is in a small town, definitely much worse in Dallas, Houston, etc.

Exactly

This is the AAU basketball/Select baseball mentality manifesting itself. It was sure to happen eventually.

That’s what I thought. I wasn’t sure if you meant to put Hodges, but since you did I thought it was funny to misuse his first name as well.

Doubt that has much, if anything, to do with it. This is simply college football and basketball in 2024.

I’m confident Russ Hodges will not go to UK.🤣

Historically, no doubt Arkansas is a much better job, but past 15-20 years…it’s much more debatable. Fan support is not debatable. Not even close.

USC—>SMU Arkansas—>USC Kentucky—>Arkansas Is it just me or are all of these a little weird? They all seem like a downgrade as far as basketball jobs go, though I guess you could argue Arkansas to USC is lateral.

Some of those dudes look like the could still play and some of them look like…me🤣😩