Hour 2: The Portal
The Paul Finebaum Show
ESPN Radio
3.3 • 1.3K Ratings
🗓️ 4 February 2026
⏱️ 39 minutes
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| 0:29.5 | The pride, passion, and pageantry of college football lives here. |
| 0:38.4 | This is the Paul Pinebaum Show, Our 2 podcast. |
| 0:44.0 | This might be college football head. |
| 0:47.1 | And welcome back as we continue here. |
| 0:50.9 | How about this headline from Sportico? |
| 0:53.6 | College recruiting, college shrinking as football powers adapt to the portal. |
| 0:59.0 | This is National Signing Day, and this was often one of the biggest expenses any university would have. |
| 1:05.0 | But we're going to find out from Dana, one of the preeminent reporters on the scene, joining us now. |
| 1:10.9 | Dana, good to see you, first of all. |
| 1:12.7 | I'm not surprised by this, but I am curious how schools adjust from National Signing Day, |
| 1:20.0 | which is today, to the portal, which is over, which many people put a higher premium on. |
| 1:25.1 | Good afternoon. |
| 1:25.7 | Tell us all about it. |
| 1:27.1 | Well, thanks for having me, Paul. I appreciate it. Yeah, so starting about mid-January, |
| 1:32.8 | schools around the country, Division I schools are required to report their annual finances |
| 1:38.7 | from the previous fiscal year to the NCAA. So reporters like me and many others around the country |
| 1:45.1 | are making records requests to get our hands on these documents. |
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