NIL is creating parity

[msstate7]

ND wouldn't have stood a chance against the sec champs a few seasons ago. ASU in the playoffs. Ohio state, Georgia, and Texas in it, but with 2 losses. Not sure if this environment will help us, but it's definitely breaking up super teams

[KOdawg1]

I think it's the portal more so than NIL, but NIL is a factor too. Teams can't hoard talent. Talented back ups are going elsewhere where they don't have to be backups anymore.

[msstate7]

I think it's the portal more so than NIL, but NIL is a factor too. Teams can't hoard talent. Talented back ups are going elsewhere where they don't have to be backups anymore.

I agree with you. I refer to NIL as portal for some reason when they aren't the same thing.

[DEDawg]

It?s great for us if we lose the 1970s mindset and play the game which Selmon seems good at doing. We will get burned of course, but overall we have a better shot at competing and having stars align for a great season

[bulldawg28]

It's the portal which is why we'll bounce back soon.

[HoopsDawg]

Also...Mike Bobo

[DownwardDawg]

ND wouldn't have stood a chance against the sec champs a few seasons ago. ASU in the playoffs. Ohio state, Georgia, and Texas in it, but with 2 losses. Not sure if this environment will help us, but it's definitely breaking up super teams

I agree. But ND also has a much better coach now than when they last played the SEC Champs.

[coachnorm]

Just think about Las Vegas casinos stepping up and deciding what UNLV needs to compete for a national championship?

[BeardoMSU]

It?s great for us if we lose the 1970s mindset and play the game which Selmon seems good at doing. We will get burned of course, but overall we have a better shot at competing and having stars align for a great season

Yes

[BeardoMSU]

Also...Mike Bobo

Remember when he was a HC candidate for us, lol?

[Quaoarsking]

Every "have not" fanbase in the Power Four loves the NIL and the portal ... except us.

Why is that?

[HoopsDawg]

Also, No Saban.

Underrated factor: new clock rules. Teams can really burn clock now.

[maroonmania]

It's the portal which is why we'll bounce back soon.

Yea, it's NIL combined with unlimited transfers that's creating the parity. Every player with eligibility is a total free agent every year. It's a free for all with most players putting the money offer above anything else that a school offers. This is an environment unlike anything college football has ever experienced and it's only going to get more chaotic.

[HoopsDawg]

Every "have not" fanbase in the Power Four loves the NIL and the portal ... except us.

Why is that?

1) not a wealthy fanbase
2) Starkville is not a destination town
3) we have conditioned ourselves as a developmental program. Portal/NIL doesn't support that model.

But not sure your premise is even true about everyone loving the portal but us.

Side note, we have close to the most portal additions in the country.

[parabrave]

The problem is that the rich schools are going to get top talent sitting on a bench from a P5 school and others less fortunate are getting the leftovers from Western Michigan.

[LC Dawg]

ND wouldn't have stood a chance against the sec champs a few seasons ago. ASU in the playoffs. Ohio state, Georgia, and Texas in it, but with 2 losses. Not sure if this environment will help us, but it's definitely breaking up super teams

I'm enjoying it.
I don't know if it will help us but I can't see how it would be much worse for us than the previous system. I do think the SEC as a whole better adapt quickly because just amassing the best players to win a championship won't happen anymore.

[KOdawg1]

Every "have not" fanbase in the Power Four loves the NIL and the portal ... except us.

Why is that?

We have the #5 ranked portal class in the country currently

[KOdawg1]

The problem is that the rich schools are going to get top talent sitting on a bench from a P5 school and others less fortunate are getting the leftovers from Western Michigan.

That's not the case at all.

[LC Dawg]

One thing that will benefit us is that there is no way in hell the SEC goes to 9 league games.

[CaptainObvious]

1) not a wealthy fanbase
2) Starkville is not a destination town
3) we have conditioned ourselves as a developmental program. Portal/NIL doesn't support that model.

But not sure your premise is even true about everyone loving the portal but us.

Side note, we have close to the most portal additions in the country.

Add that the NIL transfers we get are just here for the pay check whereas the NIL transfers to contenders are there for the pay check, to win, and to get recognition by Scouts!