Dan Hope
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first heard Jan 2026
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They didn't want to bring in guys who would upset players that they were excited about.
And I think now, I mean, you just look at what Indiana is doing.
Like you just look at the way some of these teams are building up, how old they are and how experienced they are.
I think Ohio State's realizing now, okay, like if we are not certain about a player coming up and there's a proven guy out there in the portal,
that we can go get to fill that hole right now, we have to go do it.
I think that's just the way it is now in college football.
And so I think that, you know, you can't, I think Ohio state is realizing now that it's like, sometimes you just have to do what you have to do.
And if it means you lose a guy with potential, so be it because you can't, you can't keep everybody happy and also win national championships.
Yeah, it's such an interesting question.
Cause like, I mean, I think, I think my answer on this has probably changed from what it was two weeks ago, but just of how crazy these lots, I mean, like, I think if you asked Ohio state, like, I think you asked Ohio state a month ago, they were probably at like an 80 on this.
Whereas I think now it's probably closer to 50 because you're just seeing the way that, uh, the sport is changing so rapidly.
And I will, you know, I I'll,
i'll put the caveat on it where like i think this number can change over time based on whether we actually get some guard rails around this stuff whether we actually get some rule changes because i think right now you know as gene smith used to always say it's the wild wild west and uh you you just but problem is is you just don't know like you said it's year to year doug you just don't know
who's going to be on your roster from one year to the next.
You don't know who's going to enter a portal, who who's going to decide they want more playing time or more money.
So I think because of that, you have to adapt and you can't, you can no longer look at it and say like, Oh, we're just going to focus on recruiting high school players and then supplement a little bit for the portal.
Because again,
If you're recruiting guys in one year and they might not be on your roster the next year, then you can only bank on those guys so much.
Now, you know, the other thing I would say is, you know, I do think there needs to be some caution.
you know, not just Ohio State, but everyone around the sport of going all in on the portal, because, you know, it's kind of one of those things.
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