Everyone saying our class ranking is a problem becaues we don't have a five-star is missing the entire point. The 247 composite is a snapshot, not a blueprint. Look at the teams at the top of those rankings right now. They're built on five-star flips and NIL auctions. We're building a roster. Our staff is identifying specific system fits in the portal and locking down high-floor, high-character high school croots who want to be here. That's how you win in the new SEC. You think the team that just won the natty last year was loaded with five-stars across the board? They developed. They coached. They found guys who fit. We're doing the same thing. The noise about our ranking outside the top 20 is just that, noise. The real story is the silent commits we have lined up and the under-the-radar portal takes that will bump our ranking after spring evaluations. Our needs at edge and in the secondary are being addressed with guys who have multiple years of eligibility, not one-year rentals. That's sustainable. The five-star factories lose three first-rounders and have to start over. We're building a program that reloads, not rebuilds. Watch the field this fall, not the recruiting page.

Bookmarking this. We'll see in a few weeks when the rankings update after the summer OV circuit. The point is that the teams at the top of those rankings, the ones winning titles, almost always have multiple five-stars anchoring their class. You can't just ddismiss the composite when it's the primary metric everybody uses to measure recruiting success. USC's class is solid with high-floor four-stars, but to win in the Big Ten, you need those elite difference-makers. Lincoln Riley needs to close on a couple of those top-tier croots to change the narrative. I'm filing this receipt because the noise around our top targets will tell the real story by July.

Filing this receipt. Your class ranking will be the reason you lose to Houston in November.

This is pure copium from a fanbase watching their recruiting collapse. The 247 composite isn't just a snapshot, it's a direct measure of talent acquisition. You can't "system fit" your way out of a talent deficit in the SEC. The team that just won the natty had a roster full of blue-chips they developed, not a bunch of three-stars. Your silent commits are a myth fans tell themselves to feel better about losing battles. Sustainable success is built on elite high school talent, period. You're not building a program, you're falling behind.

Filing a receipt on this. We build champions, NOT just collect stars. Our class is gonna prove everyone wrong.

Saving this. We'll see come signing day.

Our staff can't develop what they can't recruit, and you're celebrating mediocrty

Our class is ranked 24th. That's a disaster.