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TNET: Travis Etienne's brother headed to the transfer portal
Dec 7, 2023, 12:36 PM
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Ring of Honor [22967]
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Get ready to learn barking at children, buddy***
Dec 7, 2023, 12:37 PM
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Orange Beast [6538]
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Re: Get ready to learn barking at children, buddy***
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Dec 7, 2023, 12:46 PM
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That would be sad if he went to a former division rival who never has a shortage of good RBs. Is there smoke?
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Ring of Honor [22967]
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Plenty of rumors floating around that he is headed to Athens***
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Dec 7, 2023, 12:49 PM
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Re: Get ready to learn barking at children, buddy***
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Dec 7, 2023, 3:15 PM
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The only ACC school he would go to would be FSU, and there he would find out how good our D really is!!!
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Game Changer [1723]
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Re: Get ready to learn barking at children, buddy***
Dec 8, 2023, 8:40 AM
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Do tell ...
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This is where the Friends and Family Plan should engage...***
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Dec 7, 2023, 12:43 PM
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Re: This is where the Friends and Family Plan should engage...***
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Dec 7, 2023, 12:47 PM
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Why? We are stocked at RB but have real needs at other positions.
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Clemson Conqueror [11452]
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"Brothers for life"
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Dec 7, 2023, 12:47 PM
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Hey man take advantage of the system and go get your bag; but I think we can dispense with all of these love letters to the school and teammates you're leaving. If they were your brothers then you'd ride or die with em money be dayumed.
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Orange Beast [6538]
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Re: "Brothers for life"
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Dec 7, 2023, 1:20 PM
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I don’t know I think today’s version of brothers for life is they all pull for each other to get that bag more than they want to stay together.
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Solid Orange [1326]
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Re: "Brothers for life"
Dec 11, 2023, 8:52 AM
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Exactly! It is obvious that for many of the scholarship players it is not about the school or the free education. They are all NFL farm leaguers looking to cash in. They don't give a hoot about getting a degree. They pull for the money and for each other to get 'em sum. Bitter as that sounds, more power to them. Let'em chase the dream that only 5% will ever get to. However, you can't tell me that Florida would not be a great place for a running back like Ettienne to make his mark. If you are a great talent you'll make your mark anywhere that you play and you'll be drafted. The NFL does not overlook talent. So it has to be NIL money and other teams wispering in a player's ear with that.
The big change in NIL I would like to see is for the NCAA to add huge penalties for schools or boosters contacting players on other teams prior to them being in the portal. Not so much as a text saying, "Great Game" should be allowed. If a player decides to get in the portal it should be in a total vacuum of recruiting him with money or other promises.
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Rival Killer [3078]
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Dont hang your hopes on him coming to Clemson
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Dec 7, 2023, 12:53 PM
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Word is he’s going to Georgia. They’ve been working on a deal with him for the past two weeks. A lot of these A-listers already have deals in place when they hit the portal. He’ll likely be in Athens before Pearman even knows he entered the portal.
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is that considered tampering?***
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Dec 7, 2023, 1:03 PM
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Rival Killer [3078]
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Of course, and yet nothing will be done about it***
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Dec 7, 2023, 1:06 PM
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Re: is that considered tampering?***
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Dec 7, 2023, 1:08 PM
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Only if you get caught 
lol.. sad, but true. I am sure there are a lot of under the table, "what if", talks going on.
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Re: is that considered tampering?***
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Dec 7, 2023, 1:54 PM
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Well yeah, Drake Maybe flat out said last year - and he wouldn't name the school - that he was offered like $5M in NIL to leave Carolina.
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anyone who signs big names in the transfer portal is due to tampering
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Dec 7, 2023, 1:47 PM
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to some degree. Theres no way you can convince me that everyone is being good little boys and just waiting until they're fully free from the other team in the portal. And they always go to the usual suspects (UGA, LSU, Texas, FSU, Ole Miss) the known cheaters through the years. They do it through 3rd party headhunters.
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Re: anyone who signs big names in the transfer portal is due to tampering
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Dec 7, 2023, 1:56 PM
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exactly...it's amazing how many people on here b^itch about Dabo and the portal. allthewhile not having a clue how it works and the fact that any of the players we'd want (better than what we already have), have likely already got a deal in place; and hence is 'why' they're in the portal. And we don't have that kind of money to compete so it's a moot point - guess the sheep just like to get worked up over it because they truly don't understand it beyond other click bait.
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Re: anyone who signs big names in the transfer portal is due to tampering
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Dec 7, 2023, 3:21 PM
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The transfer portal is actually the Bidding portal!!! You go in and listen to see who is bidding the most $$$$ for your services!!!
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Re: anyone who signs big names in the transfer portal is due to tampering
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Dec 7, 2023, 3:46 PM
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And then there's the 50% or so of portal entries that never land at another school.
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National Champion [8046]
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Re: anyone who signs big names in the transfer portal is due to tampering
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Dec 7, 2023, 4:10 PM
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And then there's the 50% or so of portal entries that never land at another school.
Exactly right!
The very top of the line portal entry athletes; likely already know where they are headed prior to entering.
People - think about some of the folks who left Clemson. Did they become stars? The WR who went to Miami. Ajou Ajou. Mike Jones Jr. Nyles Pinckney - who did start at Minnesota but wasn't a game changer. The list could go on and on; Lavonta Bentley.
Every player in the portal in other words are not "game changers"!
The Trevor Etiene's of the portal already know where the are going! No need to get upset at all or worry about it.
P.S. I can't stress this enough: Clemson didn't have scholarships to offer since the TP got in full swing. So, cool your jets about Dabo being a victim or blah blah blah. You are just being a hater at this point and it's not good.
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"The very top of the line portal entry athletes; likely already know where they
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Dec 7, 2023, 4:56 PM
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are heading prior to entering." Is the part that has to stop b/c it is the contact that more than likely started (meddling) prior to said elite player expressing any interest in transferring. Clemson is at a disadvantage (for championships) if we're deciding not to meddle yet the other elite programs just do what they want.The meddling needs to be investigated and punished if it in fact is occurring and if I had my wish I would want the 1 year sit out rule to be re-instated. That would fix alot of this flash in the pan FSU type re-builds that occur b/c they push the envelope. How many of their starters this year were transfers from the portal? And they were undefeated. They wouldn't have been so successful had these transfers been mandated to sit out a year.
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Re: anyone who signs big names in the transfer portal is due to tampering
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Dec 8, 2023, 7:43 AM
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I have said the same thing until I am blue in the face. Dabo is not going to condone tampering so the whole Dabo doesn’t use the portal narrative is irrelevant. Dabo should just come out and say that. He hinted at it at the presser about who would play in the bowl. He should just say “ I would love to use the portal more but by the time we are officially allowed to talk to kids, they already have a NIL deal in place with someone else.”
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Re: is that considered tampering?***
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Dec 7, 2023, 2:47 PM
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Of course it is. Deals are brokered well before these top players enter the portal. This is a clear violation of rules, but when there is zero ability (or will) to enforce, it is essentially legal. This is how top programs fill annual gaps in their roster (sometimes just 1-3 spots) with high caliber experience players.
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Re: This is where the pumpers say that Georgia must've cheated
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Dec 7, 2023, 1:14 PM
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Pump the brakes or my nuts JK. You're choice
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Re: This is where the pumpers say that Georgia must've cheated
Dec 7, 2023, 3:16 PM
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Re: This is where the pumpers say that Georgia must've cheated
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Dec 7, 2023, 1:21 PM
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No, but I doubt Clemson will outbid the competition for experienced players. The other issue is available pool of NIL money at Clemson. Tampering is out there, but you have to buy players now. UGA, Michigan, UT, Oregon, Louisville, FSU are willing and able to pay. Clemson?
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Orange Blooded [2266]
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Re: This is where the pumpers say that Georgia must've cheated
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Dec 7, 2023, 2:49 PM
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None of this is NIL. It is pure pay-for-play. I wish everyone would call it like it is.
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Re: This is where the pumpers say that Georgia must've cheated
Dec 7, 2023, 10:23 PM
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This is true.
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Rival Killer [3078]
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I figured youd chime in
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Dec 7, 2023, 1:59 PM
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But honestly thought you’d at least wait until he announces he’s headed to UGA to come on here with statements about how Dabo and Spiller have failed you again lol. But here you are already, spouting that just mentioning what’s going on in cfb is “sunshine pumping.”
Call it whatever you want, but I’ve seen Georgia fans say for weeks that they were working behind the scenes to get Etienne. Now he’s in the portal and all signs point to Athens. A deal has already been struck. But go on anyway with your nonsense.
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Re: This is where the pumpers say that Georgia must've cheated
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Dec 7, 2023, 2:59 PM
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Why do yo whine and cry constantly about Dabo, who has brought us trophies and recognition, yet defend Brad who's brought us nothing but disappointment?
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Re: This is where the pumpers say that Georgia must've cheated
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Dec 7, 2023, 3:27 PM
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Some either wasn't old enough to remember or they have bad memories and forgot what our program was before Dabo becoming our HC!!!
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Re: This is where the pumpers say that Georgia must've cheated
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Dec 7, 2023, 5:00 PM
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I wish it wasn’t about the money, but everything is about the money these days.
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Re: Dont hang your hopes on him coming to Clemson
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Dec 7, 2023, 9:16 PM
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If there are deals made or offered before he enters the portal then that is considered tampering. That's the kind of stuff that coaches are speaking out against and needs to be stopped.
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Re: TNET: Travis Etienne's brother headed to the transfer portal
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Dec 7, 2023, 2:58 PM
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So, money trumps being near his brother, which was his reason for choosing Florida.
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Ring of Honor [22967]
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Travis encouraged him to transfer
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Dec 7, 2023, 3:21 PM
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according to UF fans. They both play a relatively underpaid position that has the shortest average career length in the NFL. Get what you can, while you can.
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Re: TNET: Travis Etienne's brother headed to the transfer portal
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Dec 7, 2023, 3:31 PM
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I will ask what would you do, stay at a school that was giving you a few hundred thousand and had a 5-7 record, or go where you have been offered a few Mil?
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Re: TNET: Travis Etienne's brother headed to the transfer portal
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Dec 7, 2023, 5:01 PM
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Trevor is the one who made the big deal out of playing near his brother.
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Re: TNET: Travis Etienne's brother headed to the transfer portal
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Dec 7, 2023, 5:03 PM
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Come on Travis - let's get little brother in the fold here! Nobody needs a true threat more than we do - unless we have some folks we have not seen!
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Re: TNET: Travis Etienne's brother headed to the transfer portal
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Dec 7, 2023, 6:46 PM
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I love all my teammates. Yall are my brothers My coaches are wonderful. And Gator Nation has been so good to me. That said
SCREW YALL I’m goin for the moolah!!
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Re: TNET: Travis Etienne's brother headed to the transfer portal
Dec 8, 2023, 9:26 AM
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With those stats you know he already has talked to a team and knows the playing time and money he'll receive. Not a fan of current collegiate football landscape with money and tampering. They should get rid of college teams, and just have affiliate minor league professional teams for each school. It's kinda silly that a higher learning institute that prepared me for my adult life is associated with professional sports. It's like Maine Univ hiring Stephen King to be their competitive author, i.e. a totally disparate area.
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