A Sea Of Red

Starting this thread early so that you can post your pre-portal and post-portal comments. To say the 2 weeks from Jan 2-16 is critical is an understatement.

Oh yeah, the transfer portal at Liberty might as well have a revolving door with HCJC’s name engraved on it. Players aren’t entering the portal anymore—they’re being politely escorted. Blink and you miss another commitment tweet turning into a “thankful for the opportunity” graphic.

It’s honestly impressive. HCJC is running players off faster than you can imagine—faster than fans can learn jersey numbers. At this point, the roster is more of a suggestion than a lineup. Liberty football has become the first program where “next man up” really means “next man already packing.”

But hey, it’s all part of the plan, right? Culture! Accountability! Nothing builds stability quite like half the locker room looking for a new zip code by December.

If you want it even sharper—or more tongue-in-cheek—say the word and I’ll turn the sarcasm up another notch.

Dalegarz1 wrote: ↑December 29th, 2025, 6:24 pm Starting this thread early so that you can post your pre-portal and post-portal comments. To say the 2 weeks from Jan 2-16 is critical is an understatement.

It’s a crazy time we live in. Iowa St only has 17 returning players next year. Ole Miss basically turned over their entire roster and look where they are. Teams are now built year to year via the portal. It’s a tad unnerving to see all the transfers out etc but this is the College Athletics World we live in.
Chadwell knows his seat is warm and will be hot with a repeat performance next year. This will be very interesting to watch develop. We won’t know the results till the Fall

Oh, HCJC really needs to prove they can actually coach, recruit, and manage egos—because if not, next year isn’t just going to be worse than last season… it’ll be a full-on sequel nobody asked for.

Talent alone won’t save it. Neither will speeches, slogans, or pretending chemistry magically appears in August. If HCJC can’t juggle all three, buckle up—rock bottom might still have a basement.

https://www.tennessean.com/story/sports ... 09990007/#

This is embarrassing on the schools part.