Times are changing: Coaches adapt to NIL, transfer portal

INCLUDING 35 LAST SEASON

SETTING A SINGLE-SEASON RECORD

FOR THE PACK. NOW ALL TOTAL

6 ACC QUARTERBACKS WHO ARE

STARTERS WHEN THE SEASON BEGAN

ENTERED THE TRANSFER PORTAL

TODAY AND ARE ALL NOW LOOKING

FOR NEW TEAMS. IT'S ALL PART

OF THIS NEW ERA OF COLLEGE

FOOTBALL AND ONE COACHES LIKE

DAVE DOEREN, A MACK BROWN ARE

QUICKLY HAVING TO ADAPT.

>> USED TO BE A REALLY FUN

MONTH.

>> BUT NOW DECEMBER DOESN'T

JUST MEAN PREPPING FOR BOWL

GAMES. IT MEANS THE EARLY

SIGNING PERIOD FOR HIGH SCHOOL

PLAYERS AND OH, YES, THE EVER

GROWING TRANSFER PORTAL ROSTER

MANAGEMENT SAID DISASTER.

THERE ARE NO BREAKS IN MINUTES.

>> FOR ME ANYWAY, IT'S THE

BUSIEST MONTH OF MY YEAR.

EVERYTHING CHANGED LAST YEAR

WHEN PLAYERS NO LONGER HAD TO

SIT OUT A SEASON AFTER

TRANSFERRING MORE THAN 3,000

FBS PLAYERS TRANSFER LAST

SEASON. THAT NUMBER SHOULD ONLY

GROW THIS YEAR TO REALLY WORRY

ABOUT IN THE FUTURE.

>> HIGH SCHOOL RECRUITING NOT

BEING AS IMPORTANT AS TRANSFER

PORTAL RECRUITING NIL IS THE

OTHER FACTOR. DEAN COLLECTIVES

CAN OFFER PLAYERS MORE IN.

I OWE MONEY TO TRANSFER TO

THEIR SCHOOL. IT'S ONE OF THE

BIGGEST CONCERNS I'VE GOT FOR

COLLEGE FOOTBALL AND WE HAD

GUYS THAT WERE THE PEOPLE TRIED

TO BOW OUR TEAM LAST YEAR AND

THEY JUST STAY HERE AND I HATE

THE FACT THAT THE KIDS ARE JUST

BEEN ABSOLUTELY BALD OFF

CAMPUS.

>> AND I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU

STOP. AND WHILE MANY COACHES

WANT MORE REGULATION FROM THE

NCAA, THE PORTAL HAS ITS

POSITIVES. I WANT TO PLAY TO,

YOU KNOW, WANT TO HAVE A GOOD

CAREER, BE HAPPY AND

>> I TELL THEM YOU'RE STILL

GOING TO BE 3RD AND WILL BE

FIRST FOR SOMEONE ELSE. SOMEONE