Sponsor note. Maybe you've noticed something: Ohio State fans complaining endlessly about minor digs. They're soft. Well, maybe that's a business opportunity. You could peddle OSU-branded fainting couches, opium, and handkerchiefs. Wait… wait, what's that sound?
That's Richard Hoeg informing us that opium isn't legal and we can't sell it! Thanks, Richard. I bet he knows a bunch of other stuff about forming your own small business, and can be employed to make sure you don't run into any hiccups like being arrested for selling opium. Which, to be clear, you should not do. The fainting couches, though? That's gold. Leveling out. The top of college football's recruiting rankings doesn't look a whole lot different than they did before NIL came into play, but with the #1 recruit in America signing up for an HBCU and some weird stuff happening in the top twenty—hello Kentucky, Missouri, and Indiana—there's clearly some impact. Also, Clemson has just 13 guys committed, ranks 17th, and saw both coordinators take head jobs this offseason. Dabo's mad: "It's crazy, it's really sad to be honest with you," Swinney said Wednesday at Clemson's signing day. "There's right around 2,000 kids in the portal and most of them don't have anywhere to go. There's so much tampering going on and so many adults manipulating young people. It's sad, but you know, it it what it is from that standpoint. You've got a lot of young people that ... there's a time and a place, but most of the kids are in there when they shouldn't be in there. "Some are and some shouldn't. Some of the lessons we're teaching young people I don't think is going to benefit them well as they move through their life. It is something everybody has to manage and deal with. There's no consequences. There's no rules."
You could do worse than living your life by the mantra "would Dabo Swinney complain about this?" I will be fascinated to see what happens to Clemson now that Swinney has to find new coordinators and recruit in a world where it's all perfectly legal. [After the JUMP: boom!]