Wednesday, November 29, 2023
The already-clogged transfer portal
Yesterday, the University of Minnesota's starting quarterback, Athan Kaliakmanis, entered the transfer portal and will (probably) be attending school someplace else next year.
I'm saying "attending school" instead of "playing football," because unless Kaliakmanis drops to I-AA, he's going to have a hard time getting on the field. He had a pretty rough and unproductive year at Minnesota, and a lot of other guys-- including starting quarterbacks from Indiana, Miami (FL), Mississippi State, Wake Forest, Texas Tech and Baylor, and even another guy from Minnesota-- are already in the portal.
College football is a place of limited loyalty these days; whether we are talking about schools and conferences or athletes and schools. And over the long haul, that won't make anything much better.
