What do you mean if he cant?. There is 5 million kids in the transfer portal he will. The fact that he signed 12 hs kids lets you know thats what he is doing. He doesnt even have a qb signed i dont think...shot his wad for Rashada and wasnt even that active there.
He already has 6 transfer signees....hes likely gonna end up with like 15-20 again.
Its interesting to watch though..
Again, I'm going to make this simple.
First of all, and with all due respect, YOU ARE FULL OF ****E on the 12 HS/JC signees having ANYTHING to do with transfers, as this is a "NO IC" year. Are you ******* kidding me, Ole Miss is the ONLY school in the Power Five that can't figure out how to sign HS kids AND go after transfers? Surely you must be joking.
Second of all, I don't care how many kids are in the Portal, they aren't all good. And I don't give a ****e if Ole Miss loads up on another 10 Portal kids, as long as they suck, that's when I'll laugh.
The REASON that Kiffin may not be able to pull a rabbit out of the Portal hat for two years in a row is NOT "5 million kids in the portal", it's because EVERY OTHER SCHOOL is making this a priority now, including Clemson and Dabo "I'm not going to take any 2022 Portal kids" Swinney.
It doesn't matter HOW MANY players are in the Portal, it makes a difference what the QUALITY is. And if Bama and UGa and Clemson (and even Florida, by the numbers) are out there battling for the best Portal players, then maybe JUST MAYBE Kiffin will not be as successful in 2023 as he was in 2022.
Miami currently has the 17th best Portal class - WITH FOUR GUYS. Miami happens to have one of the highest AVERAGE classes. And that ONLY means something if we can then sign another 10 Portal guys (approximately) at a similar average rating level. Regardless, if Miami is 17th with 4 guys (so far) and Ole Miss is 13th with 6 guys (so far), I like Miami's chances to finish ahead of Ole Miss.
Do I think Kiffin will award 85 scholarships this year? Sure. Will the quality level be the same? Who knows.
But I DO KNOW that if he keeps cutting his number of HS signees, he is going to run into some major problems when he DOESN'T get lucky in the Portal every single year in a row.
Carry on, I'm just suuuuuuure that Kiffin is going to pull in another 10-15 greeeeat Portal transfers, after all, there's no competition at all for the best talent...