ESPN list all these "contenders" with their portal questions just proves they don't understand what builds a team. The 1997 Cougars, the ones who went to the Rose Bowl, were built on grit that you can't find in a transfer portal shopping spree. That kind of toughness takes years to forge, not 15 practices in the spring. These new guys coming in have no idea what it means to wear the crimson and gray for the long haul.