The Portal Master™ takes a hit.

Would love to know what this is all about.

I have decided to decommit from the university of Florida and re-enter the portal. I will not be announcing my final decision until i am enrolled into school and on campus.

— AG2 (@arik_gilbert) February 28, 2021

At this point, I kinda feel for the kid.  Do what’s best for yourself, Arik… although we’re both in agreement that ain’t Florida.

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UPDATE:  This hasn’t aged well… and it’s just from this morning.

Dan Mullen has dominated the Transfer Portal. @247Sports pic.twitter.com/43hc4XpkZd

— Saturday Down South (@SDS) February 28, 2021

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One down, ten to go

Well now, Clemson no longer has eleven returning defensive starters for the opener against Georgia.

Derion Kendrick, Clemson's top cornerback for the past two years, is no longer with the program.

A reason for his departure was not given. https://t.co/0UOlGpG3Qy

— The Athletic (@TheAthletic) February 28, 2021

Kendrick is talented — he was first team all-ACC in 2020 — but apparently something of a head case, managing to be benched twice during the same season.  There was some speculation that he would have turned pro, but…

Kendrick has second to third round talent according to a scout I talked to before he came back but with so many issues now coming out he could slide out altogether. He needs a redemption home and season I believe. #nfldraft #clemson @RivalsPortal @RivalsDraft pic.twitter.com/s9kTmpW34b

— Mike Farrell (@rivalsmike) February 28, 2021

Hmmm… redemption home.  Is that in Auburn or Orlando these days?

“You just had to be there.”

Was this the greatest game I ever watched in Sanford Stadium?

You just had to be there pic.twitter.com/5DdcaKWtMw

— blakejmorgan (@bIakejmorgan) February 26, 2021

Honestly, it might be, if I thought about it hard enough.  Certainly ranks in my top three.

That being said, it’s not the first thing that comes to mind whenever I see a clip of it, or even the second.  The first is that I’ve never heard a louder home crowd than the one that was there for Georgia’s last (and fortunately successful) defensive stand.

The second was how Gurley’s injury was a foreshadowing of what was to come in Knoxville.  Because of the offense, that 2013 team should have been hell on wheels all season, Grantham’s ineptitude notwithstanding.  More than any other team Richt put on the field, 2013 Georgia was built to outscore every team it played, but it never got the chance after the Tennessee game.  That sucks.

But that LSU game still rules.

Boom went the dynamite

Is this good?

"The Bulldogs finished with the fifth-highest explosive pass rate in the Power 5 at 18.7 percent. This was the highest rate during the Kirby Smart era."
Much of that was to do with #UGA's "layup plays".@PFF_Brent with a great deep dive on those sets:https://t.co/tbYzJwv1lZ pic.twitter.com/QacrV8k5of

— Jake Reuse (@ReuseRecruiting) February 26, 2021

It is, but, in a way, it’s like finishing fifth in the national recruiting rankings.

Fifth-highest in the P5 and 4th-highest in the SEC https://t.co/alKK5gEhWz pic.twitter.com/qCeQYWataf

— SEC StatCat (@SEC_StatCat) February 26, 2021

Either SEC pass offenses were crazy good in 2020, or nobody’s pass defense was crazy good.  Or maybe a little of both…

Sunday reader bleg

Reader Alex sent me an email this week asking for a discussion on this:

An Oklahoma football player picked a fight with two brothers who are trained MMA fighters. That's honestly just rotten luck. pic.twitter.com/lwzuVI8CmB

— The Artist Formerly Known as @DanWeiner (@ReallyDanWeiner) February 21, 2021

Me, I watch that and see typical college kid dumbassery not worth a discussion, but Alex disagreeed with me:  “… I’d be interesting in seeing what the lawyers and wannabe lawyers think happens with the lawsuit”.

So, be my guest and have at it in the comments.