Son, I've been watching this league since the SoCon still had Appalachian State and Georgia Southern running the triple option, and I can tell you that recruiting rankings for FCS schools are about as reliable as a weaather vane in a hurricane. You talk about laying groundwork, but I remember when we had Coach Marty Schaetzle building teams with Pennsylvania kids who would run through a wall for four years, and we won with them. These three-star athletes you're so proud of securing? Half of them will be in the portal the minute they don't start as freshmen. That's not building a program, that's renting one. You mention Furman, but the real measure isn't a blue-chip percentage on some website, it's who's still on the roster in year three, and who's developed. We used to develop walk-ons into all-conference players, not chase stars next to a recruit's name. You think a top-three class on paper wins you anything? I watched Chattanooga have "historic" classes in the late 2000s that never translated because the culture wasn't right. Sustainable success comes from the weight room and the film room, not from winning a signing day headline. Your foundation might be poured, but without the old-school loyalty and development, it's built on sand. We'll see how those measurables hold up in Johnson City on a cold November Saturday, because that's where you really find out what a class is worth.