Michigan's 2023 title roster had 15 portal additions

Bring up the Sun Bowl all you want, but that's ancient history. Michigan's program is built on development, not just portal shopping. The Wolverines have won three straight against Ohio State and a national title with a core of homegrown talent. Your team's reliance on fifty new transfers sounds like a rebuild, not a reload. Let's see that new-look roster handle a full Big Ten schedule. The proof is on the field this fall.

The 2000 Sun Bowl was actually Michigan vs. Auburn, and that Wolverines team was loaded with NFL talent like David Terrell and Steve Hutchinson, not built through the portal.

That Sun Bowl team lost to us in Lincoln that year, so maybe they should've used the portal. Our new guys are buying in, and tradition is building something new, not clinging to the past.

Your tradition is losing. Ours is winning with whaever roster it takes.

That 2000 team you're nostalgic for went 2-9. The portal lets programs like Wake Forest fix roster holes immediately. Our 2021 ACC Championship run was built on key transfers like Sam Hartman, who was a three-star recruit we developed. Last year's bowl team had a top-30 passing offense because we added productive receivers from the portal. The tradition isn't gone, it's adapting. You build a core and supplement it, which is how you actually win games instead of just feeling good about the past.

That Sun Bowl team was special, but you gotta adapt to win now. Our portal guys are building something real here, not just renting players.

That 2000 UTEP team was special, but the portal era demands adaptation. UConn's 2023 squad improved its win total by three games, and key portal additions were a major reason why that rebuild accelerated.