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That is not the expectation.

But can you find Will Kaczmarek and guys like Lorenzo Stiles and Jonah Jackson and Seth McLaughlin who are going to help you win?

Absolutely.

And I think those are the names that people should be thinking about for comparison when you think about these transfers in 2026.

All right, let's run through the three biggest portal losses of the Ryan Day era.

And I really did try to think of this as like how it affected Ohio State.

A little less of...

How good did the guy go on to be?

And this is basically a Jamison Williams conversation.

The Jamison Williams is awesome.

He would not have been on the field for Ohio State.

That we're talking about this 2021 season when they had Jackson Smith and Jigba, Garrett Wilson and Chris Olabe.

Jamison Williams was out being a thousand-yard receiver for Alabama in 2021, but Ohio State did not miss him.

So I don't have him in my top three.

Yes, he's probably the best player, but I think the impact on Ohio State was negligible that they lost him.

Actually, not even negligible, but it was zero.

Congratulations to Alabama.

It had zero effect on Ohio State that they didn't have him.

I don't know if it's a sign of strength for Ohio State.

This is one of those when you think about