If you squint your eyes, college football’s daily activity in the transfer portal and the upcoming vote on a one-time transfer waiver really does kind of look like free agency — without the contracts and agents, of course.

These are times of roster fluidity we could not have realistically imagined even five years ago, and they’re bringing the college game and its offseason themes (old faces, new places) closer and closer to the NFL. But unlike the shield, and even if college football players are one day earning a profit off their likeness or even receiving a salary of sorts, we remain confident trades will NEVER be a thing.

Except for this exercise.

You’ve probably read your fair share of “cool trades that would shake up college football articles.” It’s an offseason staple. But what made this project different was how we incorporated our experts at various team sites across the 247Sports network. Weighing the needs of their team, and even how their fan base might react should a fan favorite be shipped off, they were the ones who authorized each of the below 11 deals. How it worked: A message was sent out to everybody in the network, asking for team needs and team strength spots, aka, trade chips. The responses of those participating were inputted into a document, where best matches located. Top-secret slack channels were the next move, as our writers hashed out what they needed, what they had, and what they wouldn’t give up.

The next, and final step, was 247Sports national analyst Barton Simmons assigning a grade for each team’s haul. Many were positive. Some — sorry, Florida State — were brutal.

A few deals fizzled out. The Georgia Bulldogs really wanted stud left tackle Walker Little, but Stanford wouldn’t give him up, not for anything short of Uga. Some were simple. Others involved plenty of back-and-forth and moving parts; one unnamed deal involved Stern-esque commissioner involvement.

None of them are real ... which is a good parting message to remember, in case any of them get you a bit too worked up. On to the deals.