The one thing about college football in this day and age is it’ll never cease to amaze me, and it is all too predictable at this point. As I’m sure we are all aware at this point, it’s transfer season and the college football season has not even crowned a champion.
There were some rumblings throughout the season about who would leave, who would stay, and which school was willing to place a blank check in front of the top players in the portal. And to a degree, that has been the case.
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