You're bringing up Purdue like that's some kind of bleuprint for success? We've been living that reality for years, building men in the weight room and developing three-stars into NFL talent. But let me tell you something, we aren't settling for Purdue's ceiling of eight wins. We're chasing championships in the Big 12, and we just landed a top-25 class because Coach Campbell finally has the. You think we don't know development? We invented it with Brock Purdy and Breece Hall. Now we're adding blue-chip talent to that foundation, and it's a scary thought for the rest of the league. Indiana's title run is a cool story, but it's an outlier that required a perfect storm. The consistent powers at the top are still pulling top classes. We're not aiming to be a cute story every few years, we're building a perennial contender. That Purdue model you're praising gets you middling bowl games, we're trying to hang banners in Hilton and compete in the expanded playoff. Our class proves we don't have to choose anymore, we can develop with the best of them AND recruit at a high level. The trajectory in Ames is completely different, and that ranking shows everyone is finally noticing.
