Are some of the departures asked to leave, to make room?

I am no insider, but I imagine that a frank conversation about potential playing time is had with all.

Some may not like what they hear and look for an opportunity to play more, elsewhere.

I look forward to hearing from other OBD fans with more insight!

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Yes, that's how it works. Some coaches are absolute trash in how they do it (see a certain worshipped fake coach in Colorado) and others are probably more direct and decent about it. This is big business and coffee is for closers, for lack of a better phrase.

I think many of the conversations were probably prompted by the players much sooner than this last couple of days, since we had a slug of defensive backs who were not going to play anytime soon declare for the portal a month ago.

And Dan goes out and gets the No. 1 Portal Safety.... Whew!

This has been going on for sometime now... coaches have been sitting players down and outlining their current trajectory towards playing time. Effectively being encouraged to leave.

It’s so prevalent it is actually an annual stage in the college football video game.

Edited 48 minutes ago48 min by JabbaNoBargain