Earlier this month, the FBS Oversight Committee proposed a new change to the college football calendar regarding the transfer portal window.
The proposed change is a single portal window, allowing athletes to enter the portal during 10 days from Jan. 2-11. This replaces the 20-day period during December and the additional 10-day window in April.
West Virginia Rich Rodriguez was highly opposed to the two portal window system, especially the window in the spring. Rodriguez didn’t like that he’d coach a player all winter, and then the player could take coaching and transfer to another school to play for another coach.
“I wasted all my time coaching this guy, getting him ready, and then he’s getting a paycheck to go somewhere else,” Rodriguez said back in March.
Rodriguez wasn’t the only B