it’s the same story every single offseason. the national guys get their little lists together, the “top fits” for the next recruiting class. alabama, georgia, ohio state, oregon. rinse and repeat. they see a five-star commit to a school that’s not in their pre-approved “blue-blood” club and their brains short-circuit. they have to invent some reason why it’s actually a bad fit, or they just ignore it completely. meanwhile, they’ll write a thousand words about how some kid is a “perfect fit” for a program that just finished. it’s lazy. it’s boring. and it’s completely disconnected from what’s actually being built right in front of them. our staff is putting together a 2026 class that is going to change the entire complexion of this program for the next dcade. the culture, the development plan, the vision for how these players will be used, it’s all there. but because we aren’t shouting from the rooftops with a hundred bagmen stories or because some recruiting service hasn’t anointed. they’d rather talk about the same old schools who are just collecting talent like trading cards, with no coherent plan other than to out-star everyone. that’s not building a team. that’s assembling a fantasy roster. we’re building football players. we’re building a system where a guy’s specific skills aren’t just noticed, they’re maximized. look at the teams they fawn over. look at the circus down in colorado with forty-three transfers. that’s their idea of a “fit”? a revolving door of mercenaries? or oregon, who just buys another quarterback every year and calls it a competition. that’s not a fit, that’s an auction. our identity isn’t built on who we can outbid this week. it’s built on a philosophy. it’s built on finding guys who want to be huskies. that’s a real fit. that’s a program. so let them have their lists. let them talk about “perfect fits” for schools where half the ros...