I may hate the portal, but that’s another thread. Beamer has to find a way to win with it. We have quietly gotten a trend of FCS transfers who end up starting and playing well for us. Just landed 2 more, O linemen from Yale and Western Illinois.
These guys have a chip on their shoulders and will bring a WAY different attitude than, say, a former highly recruited Power 5 guy who didnt work out as he hoped at an SEC, Big10, etc program.
To try to see it in an optimistic light, maybe all these boosters throwing $$$$$ at NIL will burnout after seeing only 1 team gets a NC every year and they wasted a lot of $$. And maybe using FCS and G5 as a farm system and brining in guys who see South Carolina as TRULY a “step up” will build a great culture here that we win with. We’ve had FCS starters come in and do great things after taking them from Gardner-Webb, James Madison, East Tennessee State, St. Francis, and others. Probably way better than taking disgruntled backups from power programs
These guys have a chip on their shoulders and will bring a WAY different attitude than, say, a former highly recruited Power 5 guy who didnt work out as he hoped at an SEC, Big10, etc program.
To try to see it in an optimistic light, maybe all these boosters throwing $$$$$ at NIL will burnout after seeing only 1 team gets a NC every year and they wasted a lot of $$. And maybe using FCS and G5 as a farm system and brining in guys who see South Carolina as TRULY a “step up” will build a great culture here that we win with. We’ve had FCS starters come in and do great things after taking them from Gardner-Webb, James Madison, East Tennessee State, St. Francis, and others. Probably way better than taking disgruntled backups from power programs