Recent content by J C Higgins

No. As I posted previously ... Kirby Smart and Chip Kelly have both said nobody will outbid Oregon if they want a player bad enough. That's probably correct since Phil Knight ($44 billion) is an avid booster and Steve Ballmer's ($118 billion) wife was an Oregon cheerleader and is on the...

Is this the best site for info? https://247sports.com/season/2026-football/transferportal/

A few recruiting tidbits. Pavia said Vandy has more NIL money than UT. Don't know if he's correct but do know he said it. Kirby Smart and Chip Kelly have both said nobody will outbid Oregon if they want a player bad enough. That's probably correct since Phil Knight ($44 billion) is an avid...

RE: All of our "big gets" turn out to be basically busts-JG, Nico, Hurd, Boo etc etc etc. This is not limited to one coaching staff. Not sure what you mean by one coaching staff (different staffs at the same school or staffs of multiple schools) but every one of those busts was wanted by many...

Take it for what it's worth (and I don't doubt it) but Pavia said Vandy had more NIL money available than UT.

He's a good coach but the probability of him or any coach taking us to a National Championship under the present environment is very slim. The schools with the most NIL money will be playing for that title year after year and I doubt we're in the top 15 of that group.

Lot of truth here and like it or not money is going to be the biggest factor in roster composition as long as the present situation persists.

This. They were the better team and as individual players they were as good as us at most positions and WAY better at one skill position.

IMO we haven't had a good QB since Hooker left. Heupel overestimated Iamaleava as did about 50 other coaches including Saban. And Milton was mediocre at best. We were lucky to get Aguilar considering the time constraints Nico imposed upon us and he's been a little better but he's still middle...

Re: "Middle of the field was open the entire game and we never exploited it." There may be a reason we didn't but I agree.

Yes, it will affect bowl destination but won't define the season and won't affect recruiting significantly. The real "inflection point" was the SCOTUS ruling that amateur athletes could receive NIL pay and the portal system. Just this past week Kiffin said something to the effect that the days...

Re: "Yeah unfortunately today's game is THAT big." No one game is ever "THAT big".

I went to professional school with several (60+ years ago) and never had a problem with any of them but for some reason my best friend from high school detested the "commode-adores". As for the game......I think it's gonna be a tough one.

He prefers the west coast but it wasn't complete culture shock. His mother is from Georgia. Correction.....Not that it makes and difference but for accuracies sake I'll correct myself. My sister who worked with her ~ 1969-1972 said she was from Jacksonville, FL.

We also need QBs that never miss their targets, receivers that never drop passes, O lineman that never miss a block, defenders that are always in position and never miss a tackle, backs that never fumble, etc........