The Spring Portal begins, but do fans love or hate it? + Alabama and Georgia spring recap

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🗓️ 16 April 2024

⏱️ 70 minutes

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Summary

The spring transfer window opened Tuesday morning, and players flooded the system. The number of entrants were over double that of last year's opening day. There are new reasons for fans to be excited and loathsome of the portal, but what's the consensus? Do fans love or hate the spring window? Ari and Chris discuss the pros and cons of the structure as well as standout players on the move. Later, Chris breaks down Michigan football's NCAA violations stemming from impermissable contact during COVID. Kennington Smith III and Seth Emerson then join the podcast to debrief us on Alabama and Georgia's spring games. Kenny shares what the atmostphere was like at Kalen DeBoer's first A-Day with over 70,000 fans in attendance. Plus, what positions do the Crimson Tide need to patch through the portal? Carson Beck shares his thoughts on the Bulldogs' G-Day, and Seth opines on the skill position talent that stood out in the spring game. Rundown: - Spring portal opens & players flood in (2:30) - Do fans love or hate the portal? (6:30) - Notable players on the move (21:30) - Colorado's portal departures & G5 movement (30:30) - Michigan NCAA violations, penalties (39:30) - Alabama, Georgia spring debriefs (44:00) Subscribe to the Until Saturday newletter: https://theathletic.com/newsletters/until-saturday Call/text the Until Saturday phone and leave us a question for a future mailbag and/or Sunday Sound-Off podcast: (316) 462-9852 Subscribe to Until Saturday on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCbhfrD1COvG40Mk7vvgaHIQ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:30.7	Choose via go go and official partner of Until Saturday. I'm Ari Wasserman joined by my good
0:50.7	buddy Chris Fanini. We've got a pretty big show here. We're going to check in on the first day of the portal. You know, I don't know if there are any major fireworks in terms of shockers, but total number of people entering the portal is much higher than it was a year ago.
1:04.6	We'll get into that. We're also going to check in on Caitlin de Boers' first spring game at Alabama and
1:11.2	Kirby Smart's campaign for the third national title.
1:14.0	We'll have Kennington Smith the third.
1:16.5	And Seth Emerson are Beat Writers for Alabama and Georgia
1:19.2	on the show later to talk about what they saw at the Spring Games
1:22.2	over past weekend.
1:23.6	And we'll also touch on the penalties that Michigan has received
1:28.4	from recruiting violations stemming back from COVID.
1:31.2	That's not the penalties that people might be waiting on when it comes to the
1:36.8	spygate stuff, but penalties nonetheless will discuss. Chris, how are you doing today?
1:41.2	I'm good man. It's a beautiful day here in Dallas for the both of us. Spring
1:45.3	games are wrapping up but now we've hit Spring portal free agency the second
1:49.9	round of this lot kind of the thing
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