This guy from Central Arkansas is overthinking the whole thing and acting like we aren't already doing this at Auburn. We've been operating in this reality for years. To think programs at our level aren't constantly evaluating rosters across the country, including our own spring battles, is just naive. Our staff lives on film, and identifying talent that can help us win now is the entire job. The idea that a kid "festers" for eight months just shows a lack of understanding about how a real program culture works. If a guy is in our locker room, he's competing and buying into the team lol. If he's not, that's a character issue we probably don't want anyway. The real difference isn't some secret scouting mission, it's the pull of a program like ours. A kid who leaves an SEC school after spring isn't looking down at the FCS level first. Our name, our facilities, and our tradition do the heavy lifting that no amount of early film study can match. They're worried about competing with every other FCS school for scraps. Their "critical strategic shift" is our standard operating procedure. And let's be real, their little NIL collective whispering can't compete with the resources and exposure we offer. A talented backup from a Big Ten school isn't dreaming of the Big South-OVC, he's draming of running out in Jordan-Hare. They can have their boards full of names nobody knows. We'll be right where we always are, picking up the guys who can help us beat Alabama and Georgia. This whole post reeks of a smaller program trying to sound smarter than everyone else to make up for the. The portal changes, but the pecking order doesn't. War Eagle.