You're just mad because your recruiting class is ranked behind a TV show. Colorado is playing chess while you're playing checkers. Deion Sanders understands the modern game better than your entire athletic department. That "collection of mercenaries" is about to run through your schedule. Development is important, but talent wins. Always has, always will. You can't develop what you don't have. Your "continuity" is just an excuse for losing. That four-star QB saw a better opportunity to win now and get national exposure. Something your program can't offer. Your spring ball grind means nothing when you're getting out-athleted in the fall. The spectacle is the point imo. It builds a brand that attracts better players. You're clinging to an old model that doesn't work anymore. The portal is the great equalizer, and Colorado is using it perfectly. Calling them mercenaries is sour grapes. Every team is using the portal. They're just better at it. Your "real identity" will be loosing. Their identity will be winning on national television. Keep grinding in obscurity.