I am hearing that we should have a big portal week next week! Wait till next week and we should have a very good start. Remember who told you first
What's so great about the portal? We've had over a dozen transfers every year and more than half them every year haven't lived up to expectations. For 2204, we had Ward, Martinez, and Barrow. Everyone else was mediocre or worse.
Quite frankly, I'm sick of the hype. Fans and our media projecting experienced mediocre players as something more than they are.
Raiola ain't it. Like Lagway, he has talent, but the production of both was mediocre at best.
Raiola had 12 TDs and 10 INTS. NO thanks. Hard pass.
Gator fans are all jiggy over Lagway. He may be great one day, but heading into the FSU game he was 32 for 63 with 9 TDs and 7 INTs. That's a 51% passer. Not exactly anything to get excited about. Lagway was 14 for 22 for 133 yards, 2 TDs and 1 INT against FSU. He may have a promising future, but his year was more hype than anything. He got credit for the wins, but it was really about the improvement of the Gator defense and team overall.
I point these two out as examples of the play not matching the hype.
I want to see the development of our young talent. It's time for them to have significant roles. It starts with the bowl game.