“You haven’t been watching practice, huh?” Sanders said. “We’re good. We’re good. I trust our recruiting team. I trust our coaches. But please have some faith in me. We’re good. We’re alright. We’re alright. What happens with the portal, man, and you guys need to know — a lot of people are fighting for backups. When a guy is a starter and he transfers, you gotta really think about that. I mean, is he really that?
“I don’t know how many starters have really transferred around the country. I think we’ve got some coming in for visits pretty soon, maybe even this weekend. But we can attract those type of players, but I don’t think we’re losing those type of players. And if we do, we’re good. We’re good. Quit making a big deal out of nothing.”
Carter Bahns contributed to this report.