Worrying about transfers in the first half of the winter portal is the new worrying about high school recruiting in the summer.
Players whose teams are in the playoffs have an additional 5 days in January to portal. And it’s safe to assume numerous players will enter after this weekend once their teams are eliminated in the first round.
Maybe our coaches are anticipating a wave of players entering after the CFP is over and are content letting other teams blow their wads before that wave hits the portal. Maybe they're content to let the market settle and not get caught up in bidding wars when we don’t need stars as much as quality depth that buys into our culture. Maybe they know they may have to spend more money to retain our roster following our CFP run and are being more measured than aggressive until they get more clarity on that. I don’t really know, but Texas football didn’t all of a sudden get broke and stupid so I imagine we’ll be fine.