re: Malachi Nelson transferring to Ole Mi$$

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The most valuable recruits are the ones that have burned their one time free transfer, and have shown they can compete. High School recruiting isn’t
the the best way to build a team now.

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For a team like Ole Miss in a small state that needs to recruit regionally if not nationally to be a CFP contender, I would agree. This is not a knock on Ole Miss, yall are doing a damn good job with the hand you were dealt.

I do not agree this is the path for the traditional dozen or so power teams of the last twenty years. They will remain elite by using the portal sparingly if they continue to finish in the Top 10 in recruiting and retain 80& of their core recruiting classes. The team with the #1 recruiting class has been in the CFP every year for as along its been in place. NIL and the portal wont change that.