They talk about building a team with “juice” and all these portal transfers, but nobody wants to run the football anymore. The triple option was a thing of beauty, a system that demanded discipline and toughness for four quarters. I watched our Cobbers teams in the late 80s grind teams into dust with it, controlling the clock and the game. Now it’s all about these five-star quarterbacks slinging it fifty times a game, and if it doesn’t work, you just hit the portal for a new one. That Kentucky coach on Finebaum talking about building a team full of juice, what does that even mean? It means nothing. It’s empty talk. Give me a fullback who can get three yards on 4th and 1 every single time. That’s football. The option taught accountability, it taught execution. You can’t portal in that kind of chemistry. It’s a lost art, and the sport is poorer for it.