Who's in vs. what's left: Texas A&M's transfer portal haul takes shape

We are basically halfway through this winter portal window, and Mike Elko and his staff have a lot of the proverbial hay in the barn.

The watch list names, offers and visitors have come and gone in a flash. Stories of exorbitant NIL demands, agent interventions, trip preventions and seedy late-night dealings are in and out of the news almost instantaneously because the fluid nature of this gargantuan circus necessitates a short memory from both coaches and fans alike.