This is a wild take that completely ignores what's actually happening on the field. Atmosphere is great, but it doesn't win games if your team can't compete. Kenan is a nice setting, but Carolina's home record in conference play over the last five years is barely above .500. That "weight of every season" you're feeling lately is the weight of underperformance. Real home-field advantage is proven by wins, not just vibes. The portal is how you fix a broken roster quickly, and programs that use it effectively, like Colorado or Ole Miss last year, create immediate excitement that fills stadiums with genuine energy. Your "decades of loyalty" argument falls flat when the product on the field is inconsistent. Austin Peay understands this; we've built a contender in the UAC by blending program guys with key portal additions, and our home winning percentage shows it works. That creates its own new tradition. A loud, full stadium of 50,000 watching a 7-5 team isn't a better atmosphere than 50,000 watching a team competing for a conference title, regardless of how the roster was built. The obsession with "soul" over results is how programs get left behind. Facilities and talent acquisition are the foundation, and then the atmosphere follows success, not the other way around.