Usually, when spring football practices come to an end with spring games, there is a Transfer Portal window that opens for a week. That has been the case in years past, but not this year after the NCAA tweaked the portal.
The winter portal was moved back to after the first of the year, although that doesn't stop players from opting out of bowl games that are not part of the 12-team College Football Playoff. That's still going to happen, along with players opting out for the NFL Draft from those same games. On Thursday, James Franklin talked about the lack of a spring portal and had an interesting quote.
"Yes, but there's also a bunch of coaches around the country who say, 'God, I wish I had the portal to be able to solve this problem that I then identified during spring ball.' So, don't get me wrong, I'd rather have it the way it is right now, but I do think there are some coaches who say the benefit of having the second portal is that you can go out and solve some problems. But you could also create some, too,'' said Franklin.
Some coaches were in favor of no spring portal while there were likely others who wanted to keep it. In the end, it's been scrapped and there is now just the one portal window in the winter. That puts more pressure on coaches to make the right decisions, as well as the players.
More Virginia Tech Hokies News
- Fresh off a staff-combined no-hitter on Tuesday night against Radford, the Hokies baseball team will host Pittsburgh in an ACC series beginning Friday night in Blacksburg. At 17-18, Virginia Tech has a lot of work to do in ACC play coming off road series losses to Boston College and Miami. Taking at least two out of three games and getting back to .500 is a must this weekend for John Szefc's crew.
- The 10th-ranked Hokies softball team comes in off winning two out of three last weekend against Virginia in Charlottesville and a 9-0 rout of Liberty in a mid-week non-conference game, looking to push for a top 4 seed in the ACC Tournament next month at Virginia. The Hokies will host Georgia Tech at Tech Softball Park beginning on Friday night. Virginia Tech needs to keep winning to improve its chances of getting a national seed and hosting the first weekend of the NCAA Tournament.
- Tech's women's lacrosse team lost, 13-10, to Virginia to fall to 9-8 overall and 3-7 in the ACC. Tied at 10 entering the fourth quarter, the Cavaliers tallied three goals for the win. Mia Pozzi, Lauren Render, and Sarah Murrell each had two goals for the Hokies.
- CBS Sports writer Cody Nagel dropped some bold football predictions for the fall. His Virginia Tech prediction was 10 wins in Year 1 of Franklin in Blacksburg. As for Virginia, which is coming off a season that saw it reach the ACC title and beat the Hokies for the first time in a while, it wasn't good. He predicted that Virginia Tech's Little Brother was not going to become bowl-eligible. Imagine the Cavaliers coming to Lane Stadium this upcoming November at 5-6 and needing a win to become bowl-eligible?
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