He didnât beat Gardner Webb. We were down 3 scores in the 4th and Purdie going down forced him to change QBâs. He would have rode Purdie to the blowout otherwise. He couldnât even manage a QB position, let alone a program. I cannot believe there are such staunch defenders of someone whose staff literally attacked the fanbase multiple times
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More of a âCHAMPâ man myself.
Good ol southern âsweetieâ plays to a certain group
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This. The QB management of the Poggi staff was just plain terrible.
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I said I wasnât sticking up for him. All I was saying the schedule this year was not easy
Both years of QB management was pathetic
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Schedule wasnât easy. We also struggled with the parts of our schedule that were easy.
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From the cheap seats my 2 cents is the portal is way, way out of control. We understood that NIL and the âcollectivesâ made most revenue sports âtransactionalâ, but annual no strings free agency could harm the golden goose particularly football. Iâm not smart enough to know how revenue sharing affects this unlimited free agency dynamic. Most players with 3 or more stars are being tampered with and know where they are going after the portal. The P4 programs like UGA are very good at making sure of âplausible deniabilityâ, but the NCAA doesnât seem to care much. I think one way to bring some sanity to the portal is to put $$$ at risk, particularly the big bags some of the players are getting. Of course, thatâs a contract. Brian Kelly cracked me up saying players arenât evaluating the academic programs and fit when choosing a school. Seems there are fewer and fewer players who are proud of being a âTrue Sonâ, and getting the conference academic awards. Itâs nearly all $$$.
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Itâs a job / business.
Nothing more now.
Thereâs a good cross section of these guys who would be practice squad players in the NFL but can get paid better staying in college.
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Uhh----depends on which way look at itâŚI was agreeing with you. Duh.
Hey, there was a staunch defender of Sanchez on here too. Nothing surprises me
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Shoot, was hoping he might reconsider,
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Add one more.
Crazy number of players leaving.
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Went thru the entire roster and here are the scholarship players (a few may be PWO but not sure which ones) that remain and have not transferred (yet)âŚ
DeQuinder Williams II
Connor Adair (pwo?)
Kainoa Davis
Andrew Cunningham
Umar Rockhead
Evan Austin
Miles Burris
Kendal Brown
Adam Hopkins IV
Antonio Cotman, Jr.
Dominick Kelley
Duane Thomas Jr.
Andre Washington (only QB- pwo?)
Colin Coates
Isaiah Myers
CJ Clinkscales
Xavier Simmons
Ike White (still will team? donât think he played the last 2 years)
Jonathon Okate
Boston Brinkley
Tyler Gibson
Ayo Tifase
Jefferson Lambert
Dre Martin
Al-Maâhi Ali
Cary Grant
Reid Williford
JaâQurious Conley
Gus McGee
Zion Shockley
Breon Noel
Derrick Edwards
Randy Franklin (pwo?)
Andrew Adair
Justin Olson (redshirt and returns?)
Mordecai McDaniel
WILLIFORD !!!
Weâre good !!! 
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You missed McDaniel
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At the end of the day, Iâd love for all the players to stay and welcome anyone back. I think we had talent that was better than our win total.
However, talent alone obviously doesnât win the games. Iâll take a competent coaching staff that has to build the team from scratch over a shit show that has all the talent in the world.
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Seems to me itâs actually helping the golden goose.
This year saw great ratings and intense interest in the sport.
The talent is more spread out now and there are more upsets and more parity.
I think that will actually lead to more interest by fans.
The downside is the portal and thatâs a pain in the butt.
But bottom line there are plenty of players to fill out all the rosters and itâs simply up to the coaches to play this new version of the game.