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Are Group of Five Programs now Feeder Programs for Power Five Programs? We discuss · The Jake Wimberly Podcast

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  Real quickly. Ross Ellinger reports early today power programs equipped with nil cash are
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  poaching a group of five rosters out of scholarships. Some ad walk On's wild
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  collectives cover tuition. The widening gap G five P. Four could spell a
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  very disastrous future. I want to get into that with you because I know
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  that you are well adapted to the transfer portal and everything going on. But
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  I do want to talk more about because you hear this. You see,
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  for instance, teams Mississippi State picks up a big wide receiver this past recruiting
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  cycle from utep Ole, miss picked up a big one last year from Louisiana
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  Tech. Are the group of five teams becoming I hate to say this,
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  the programs. Yeah, absolutely. I mean, you have a great year,
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  you can expect players to be gone. And I think as a coach
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  at that level, it's almost expected under those circumstances if you especially the quarterback
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  position, most important position on the field, right, So if your quarterback
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  has a great year, then you can expect him to be gone unless he's
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  graduating. Same thing with these receivers at Old Miss and State and all these
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  other SEC schools are picking up They're talented players, but it took them going
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  to a mid major to get their name out there and put up numbers.
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  There's no guarantee that they'll move to an SEC school and still be able to
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  put out numbers. They could lose stock by making that change. Look at
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  the kid who was a kid that left Missouri and went to Georgia Love It,
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  Love It Yes this past year, and he was not really a factor
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  for them at Georgia, and he put up SEC leading numbers at Missouri.
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  You almost think that he should have stayed put because he would have probably still
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  been at the top of the nation in receiving yards if he'd just stayed at
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  Missouri. He went to Georgia and he was just lost in the shuffle,