The winter portal window being the only one is the single biggest advantage for a program like ours that can close on elite talent when the pressure is on. Everyone else is scrambling in December, but our staff has been building relationships for months, setting up the official visits for the second the portal opens. This isn't about grabbing 50 bodies like Oklahoma State, it's about surgical strikes for two or three immediate impact starters who can change a season. The noise about other teams loading up is just that, noise. Our focus is on plugging the exact holes we identified the day the 2025 season enedd, and we do it with guys who have multiple years of eligibility left, not one-year rentals. The fact that the spring window is gone means there's no safety net for programs that failed to evaluate properly in the winter. It rewards preparation and punishes desperation. Look at the teams making the real moves right now. They aren't waiting. They're using the dead period now to lock in their summer official visit lists based on who entered the portal months ago. The entire rhythm of roster building has shifted, and programs that still operate on the old calendar are finished. We need a lockdown corner and a disruptive interior lineman from the portal, and you better believe the groundwork for those conversations was laid in February. The bagmen have to work faster, the pitches have to be sharper, because you get one shot at the roster reset now. This system separates the true recruiters from the pretenders. It's why you're seeing a massive gap between the top ten classes and everyone else. The portal isn't a separate entity anymore, it's the second wave of the recruiting class lol. If you're not in the top tier of the 247 composite for high school kids AND hitting on...