This is a Michigan fan, isn't it? They always think they invented loyalty and development. Let me tell you something, we were building three-star linemen into All-Americans back when Bo Schembechler was still drawing up plays in the dirt. You want to talk about a quarterback commitment meaning something? I remember when we landed a kid named Russell Wilson out of that portal, back when it was just a waiver wire, and he believed in what we were building. That meant something. Now you've got kids like Lopati getting a four-star rating as a sphomore in high school? That doesn't prove a thing. The world is different. Barry Alvarez built this program from nothing by finding the kids everyone else overlooked, the Ron Daynes and the Jim Leonhards, and making them legends. Securing a quarterback two years out doesn't guarantee stability anymore, not with that portal sitting there like a vulture. I saw what happened with Graham Mertz, a five-star savior who left for Florida the second he could. That's the game now. Michigan can preach development all they want, but they're playing the same NIL game as everyone else, they just have better boosters to hide it. A quiet commitment in 2026 is a nice headline for a message board, but it doesn't move the needle for me. I'll believe it when I see him take a snap in the Camp in 2027, and even then, he's just one bad season away from entering his name. The machine they talk about is rustier than they think. We'll see how their "ground up" build holds up when they have to come into Madison.