Five-stars. We keep hearing about Oregon stacking five of them and Texas loading up and Georgia locking down elite talent. Meanwhile our 2026 class is sitting there with exactly zero five-stars on the 247 composite and I am supposed to be patient. The crystal balls are quiet on the top-end guys and that scares me more than anything.
I keep watching the five-star tracker every single morning hoping to see a flip or a silent commit pop up for us. Sources close to the program keep telling me we are in good shape with a couple elite targets but talk is cheap until the NIL bag hits the table and the LOI comes through. We cannot keep winning the portal battles and losing the blue-chip wars if we want to hang with Ohio State and Oregon in this league.
The dead period is the worst time for this anxiety because there is nothing to do but refresh the 247 page and stare at the same rankings. We need at least one five-star to anchor this class or we are going to get left behind while the SEC ...