The action during the college football spring transfer portal window isn’t the same quantity play as the winter window, but there are still good players to be had if you know where to look, and the whims of the sport created some of the weirdest portal situations we’ve ever seen in this year’s spring.
Take, for instance, Tennessee and UCLA, which effectively traded quarterbacks in a first-of-its-kind situation. Then there’s Cal, which battled both a donor revolt and an unclear leadership situation while virtually an entire position group left. All of this happened in what will probably be the last-of-its kind portal with the House v. NCAA settlement most likely scheduled for final approval within the next few weeks. It only adds to college football’s uncertainty.
Nico Iamaleava’s Tennessee saga wasn’t the professionalization of college sports—it was a train wreck
Richard Johnson
As always, there are some Immediate winners and losers from the cycle, so let’s dive in.
Winners
Oklahoma
Brent Venables is pulling out all the stops to right the ship of his disappointing early tenure as OU head man. He imported the Washington State offensive brain trust with QB John Mateer and offensive coordinator Ben Arbuckle. He retooled his personnel staff with the addition of former Senior Bowl executive director Jim Nagy,…
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Author : Richard Johnson
Publish date : 2025-04-27 14:32:00
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