This is not a good look.
Fickell doesn’t like the portal, but somehow, there’s a Badger on that list. Ferentz doesn’t, either, but there’s a Hawkeye in the top 100. Even Rutgers is ponying up for at least one player. How can we not have a single guy worth paying Top 100 money on the entire squad?
With our recruiting disadvantages, NIL might be our last best chance at finding our way back, and we’re doing nothing. Even Duke football is embracing NiL, and they’re suddenly winning games. Meanwhile, Dabo and Clemson aren’t, and their slow decline is there for all to see.
I guess we can either get with the times or keep reliving better days, but damn is that list frustrating to see after the level of QB play we’ve witnessed the past two weeks.