re: Quinshon Judkins (OM RB) hitting the portal

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We had agreed with them in financial terms as of last month. Unclear if the family came back (again) with more but yes there were issues in the locker room, to the point that Jaxson Dart went to Kiffin about benching Judkins during the Peach Bowl.

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I logged in and posted for the first time in months just to respond to this.

OM is going to be in the hunt to get to ATL next year and their talented, starting RB is entering the portal. That is insane to me and I like to think I've come to accept what CFB is these days with the portal and NIL.

I understand a RB wanting to get paid when he can, NFL or CFB. But the way it is handled is bullshite. Have a dedicated "negotiation period" assigned by the NCAA or conference before a player can start shopping around, similar to the way RFA's are in MLB.

A starting QB telling the HC to bench a talented RB is bullshite, if this actually happened. It is inmates running the prison kind of shite if true, and that is taking into account account that Dart appears to be a stand up guy and good leader on the team. That is a coach's call, not a QB's call even if that QB is a cross of Steve Young and Audie Murphy, which Dart isn't.

I don't like what college football has become, and I'm just glad I got to see UGA win 2 titles in my life. I don't give a frick anymore about 18-22 year olds, especially when I couldn't look for a better "NIL deal" from a different branch of service when I was enlisted at that age.

"Oh, you signed with Army when the USAF has better facilities and better ed benefits? Tough fricking shite. Get your arse to the HMMWV roll-over trainer and out of my office."

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Dart is the leader of the team. It wasn’t like a command or anything. He was telling him “he needs to be taken out. He’s fricking up our timing and isn’t playing as hard as he can”

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The HC or anyone on the coaching staff should have been able to see that then.

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Isn't happy with how the NIL negotiations are going. Wants more money then he's worth as a RB

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What a world man.

Lane does normally have a regular train coming in his portal, but every now and then something has to leave his portal, too.

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The HC or anyone on the coaching staff should have been able to see that then.

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Judkins has talent and when he decides to actually play, he is really really good. And if you’re paying someone $700k then you’re going to give them an opportunity to play. It also didn’t help that Bentley was injured when Dart started saying he needed to be take out

I predict failure.

I'm hearing Micah Pettus and Judkins absolutely hate each other. They were always butting heads at practice and in the locker room.

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I long for the good old days of giving a family member a no-show job, a gym bag full of cash showing up in a locker, or a new Trans Am or Charger in their brother's name.

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I can't remember the guys name but we paid one of our tight ends like $500 to haul and spread some bags of mulch and fertilizer when we had to landscape our house back in the Nutt years.

I met Micah Pettus at Chik Fil A a few weeks ago. He is injured and was on a scooter. I helped him grab his food from the pickup table. He offered to buy my breakfast. I told him just get well soon. Very polite young man.

I don’t disagree that he’s not wrong for playing the system because it’s literally available for him to do so. I could see it going to his head too, it’s also not shocking that a top player would be an arse to others, however it’s going to destroy programs. Good thing for both to move on honestly.