Son, I've been watching recruiting wars since Frank Broyles was handing out scholarships himself, and let me tell you something. Wisconsin's AD leaving isn't gonna suddenly make the Midwest fall into our lap. That program is built like one of those old Big Ten offensive lines, it doesn't crumble because one administrator leaves. We had our shot at dominating the Midwest back when we were in the Southwest Conference and could pluck a kid out of Texas or Oklahoma on a whim, but those days are long gone. This reminds me of when everyone thought Nebraska would fade after Tom Osborne retired, and they kept right on pulling kids for another decade. A school's identity, especially up there, is bigger than one man. Besides, our focus needs to be on locking down our own backyard and the usual spots we've fought for. I'm still bittter about losing those classic rivalries with Texas that made recruiting battles mean something. You think a kid from Minnesota or Ohio is suddenly gonna dream of calling the Hogs because some suit changed offices? That's not how this works. Loyalty and tradition still matter, at least they should, even if the portal makes a mockery of it. We need to build our own pipeline, not wait for someone else's to spring a leak.