This is exactly the kind of talk I heard from our rivals back when Coach Braxton was building something real here in the early 90s, and it always came before a fall. You don't build a team through a revolving door of mercenaries. You build it with young men who learn the system, bleed maroon and white, and play for the name on the front for more than just a season. I remember watching players like Howard Ballard develop over four years into forces of nature. That was building a team. What you're describing is assembling a rental car lot. The difference will show when you need a stop in the fourth quarter against Southern in the SWAC Championship, and your linebacker who was at a Pac-12 school last spring doesn't know the contain rules your freshmen have drilled since August. everybody is playing this portal game now, and it makes the whole sport feel temporary. I've seen decades of football, and the constants are always culture and continuiy. You can't download that from a portal.