The absolute worst part of this entire offseeason is the constant, non-stop glorification of the portal mercenary. Every single story is about the team that brought in 50 guys, or the 43-man class. It's treated like the only legitimate way to build a winner now. And it makes me sick. What happened to building a program? What happened to developing a kid for four years, watching him grow from a freshman into a leader. That used to mean something. Now the narrative is that if you're not hitting the portal like a shopping spree, you're falling behind. It's a complete disrespect to everything that makes college football special. We are sitting here with a top-four recruiting class, a class built on identifying talent early, building relationships. And somehow, that's considered the "conservative" approach. No, it's the right approach. It's the approach that builds culture. It's the approach that means when we run out of that tunnel. You don't get that by assembling 50 strangers in May and hoping they figure it out by September. That's a fantasy. That's building a house on sand. Look at the teams getting all the hype right now. The ones with the massive portal numbers. They're being set up for the most spectacular crashes. You cannot create loyalty, you cannot instill genuine toughness, and you cannot forge an unbreakable bond in a few months of summer workouts. It's impossible. The moment adversity hits, and it will, that house of cards collapses because there's no foundation. There's no shared suffering. There's no legacy to protect. It's just a collection of hired guns looking for their next stop. Meanwhile, we're in spring practice right now with a core of guys who chose this place. That p...