I saw in those clips? A bunch of kids running around with no discipline. That’s not football, that’s organized chaos. I remember when defense was about technique and knowing your assignment, not just flying around. Our Bulldogs teams under Coach Braxton back in the day, now those were defenses. They were synchronized from day one because those men played together for three, four years. They didn’t need spring to learn each other’s names. This idea that a few new faces with a “chip” will carry you is a fantasy. By the time you hit the meat of the SWAC schedule, that early energy fades and fundamentals get exposed. I’ve seen it a hundred times. Real cohesion isn’t built in a few months of practice, it’s built over seasons. You can’t shortcut chemistry. While you’re relying on that early sync, we’ll be grinding, building something that lasts. Flashy spring clips don’t win in November. Toughness and tradition do.