I remember when recruiting meant something, back when Coach Rich Lackner was building our Tartans teams with players who actually stayed for four years. This whole "number one class" talk is meaningless when half those kids will be in the portal before their sophomore year, chasing NIL deals instead of building a legacy. You want to talk guarantees? The only guarantee in this sport now is that flashy recruiting rankings don't win championships, discipline and development do. We learned that back in the 80s, and it's even truer today. Texas A&M could sign every five-star in the country and it wouldn't matter if they don't have the culture to keep them. I've seen dozens of these "historic" classes come and go since the Reagan administration, and most of them fizzle out because they're built on sand. Real teams are built in the weight room and the film room, not on signing day. So go ahead and crown them, but I've watched this movie too many times. It always ends the same way.