SIAP: Ohio State has at least 11 players in the transfer portal

The silver lining is it won't affect class attendance one iota.

The ohio NIL bank account is running low.

It's going to be that way for a lot of these bowls. So many players, especially QBs, in the portal or opting out.

Not sure what the solution is. I feel players should have an opportunity to transfer as they please, and December is probably the only window for many of them to do a midseason transfer before the second semester begins. But it is wrecking havoc on the postseason, and I have to imagine there will be some teams that make the playoff in future years that will have depth players enter the portal and transfer in the middle of the playoff.

I'll still watch some of it.  Hell, I'll watch all of it is Mizzou bullies them.  You know at least 95% of their team will play since its the best bowl game they've been to in forever.  Right now the line is osu -1.5  lol

Front page of 11 Warriors 

Would McCord come to Michigan if JJ leaves for the NFL? Harbaugh could turn him into a top QB prospect and he could be a good fix for next year and give our freshman QBs sometime to develop.

Jyaire Brown must've played some because I recognize his name, too.

I don’t know about Bama, but 11 on day 1 isn’t good.  These kids couldn’t wait for bowl practices or the semester to end — the second they could, they signaled they wanted out.  If Bama had 20 I can’t imagine it was all day 1.  The list will likely grow for them.

I think it means the rats are actually smarter than the unfortunate fools who stay on board and go down with The WF Sinking Ship.

then again, the portal ain't what it used to be.  fleming strikes me as a good snag if we can get him.  

Well we do know Day is a rat. 

Ryan Day allegedly met with his team Sunday and, among other things, told them, “Go ahead and jump in that portal and do whatever you gonna get … The more of you jump in, the more room you make.”

I think you nailed it. On the surface it may appear as though the "rats are jumping ship," but it's much more likely OSU is processing (or cutting) players. 

I'd rather OSU be stuck with McCord than getting to, in essence, cut him and bring in another, better QB. Hopefully this will turn out to be another Joe Burrow situation and McCord goes elsewhere and becomes a star. 

All those starzzzz, no gold pants, not national titles.

Glorious.

Recruits should start looking to where they will get developed

Hint: Come to Michigan

Only to go 4-8 again 

Pretty sure it's up to the school and/or player and depends on the situation. For example, Bryson Barnes from Utah is in the portal but is still going to play in their bowl game. His is a unique scenario, as he's currently the starting QB (and I believe is the only one left on the roster who's ever taken a meaningful snap), but almost assuredly won't be next season as Cam Rising is returning for another year.

MSU has been pulling shit for years.

Narduzzi's "60 minutes of unnecessary roughness" against UM occurred before the portal existed.  Remember when an MSU player tried to twist Denard's head around at the bottom of the pile?

portals and tunnels are similar, but I dont think they're related here.

This is my thought. He makes some incredible plays and then turns around and throws a braindead pick or runs out of a perfect pocket and takes a 15-yard sack. Maybe he'll tighten up some of the stupid heroball stuff, but at this point I'd say it's pretty well baked in to his game.

I'm sure OSU thinks they need a gamechanger at QB after McCord, but honestly, he wasn't the problem. Their OL has been really bad (and not just for OSU standards) for a couple of years now. Ward may win them a game with some highlight stuff, but absolutely will lose them one on his own with something facepalm-worthy.