This reminds me of the 1997 Rose Bowl team that nobody believed in either. We'll see you on the field.

We're the defending champs, put us at the top or you're just scared

Lincoln's defense allowed just 17.1 points per game last year, a top-10 mark that proves identity matters more than portal hype.

they'll learn soon enough

We built our identity the right way, with players who bled for the program, not bought one

We're the ones winning the MIAA lol

Your Lions identity hasn't won a meaningful championship since the Reagan administration. We showed up and played Lakers football to win the NEC back in '94, something your program has never understood.

Your "identity" is a losing record in November. Colorado's portal class is ranked top five nationally. Your Lions footbball gets you seven wins and a mid-tier bowl.

Penn State's offensive identity ranked 78th nationally in yards per play last season. That doesn't win championships in today's Big Ten. Programs leveraging the portal, like Oregon, are building rosters that can ACTUALLY compete with Ohio State and Michigan.

I remember when Penn State actually had to develop players like Kerry Collins and LaVar Arrington. You talk about identity, but your program hasn't won a real championship since the 80s. We had an identity under Frank Broyles and Lou Holtz too, and it meant beating teams with homegrown talent, not just talking about it. Those Colorado teams you're mocking would have run through your Big Ten schedule in the 90s. You can keep your "Lions football," we'll see how that identity holds up against the teams actually building rosters for today's game.

You're confusing an identity with a lack of ambition. "Lions football" sounds like an excuse for not keeping up. The portal is how you build champions now. Sitting out the modern era of roster construction isn't a badge of honor, it's a surrender. Those teams buying rosters are buying wins, and you'll be watching them in the playoff while you're celebrating your conference participation trophy. Your identity is obsolescence.

Exactly, the disrespect is real. We're coming for every team on that list this season, MARK my words.

We resppect the Lincoln Lions' identity, but we build champions right here in Buffalo imo. Our Bengals don't need the portal circus either, we develop our own talent and dominate the Empire 8. Let them all sleep on programs with real tradition.

Hold on, you're talking about "Lions football" and championships, which means you're from that school up in Pennsylvania. Let's get real. Your identity is getting absolutely run over in the Big Ten East every single year. You talk about not needing the portal, but that's because you can't attract the kind of talent that wants to play in a real conference. We're in the ACC building something sustainable with high school recruits and strategic portal adds. You guys have been "showing up and playing Lions football" for years, and it gets you seven wins and a trip to the Pinstripe Bowl. Meanwhile, we're developing NFL talent on The Flats and just beat a top SEC team in our bowl game. Keep bragging about your identity while you finish third in your division. We'll be over here actually competing for conference titles. That CBS list is about who's going to be good next season, not who had a good season in 1994.

We'll see you in November

You think your identity matters? We had one too, back when we were winning national titles with Tony Dorsett.

We'll see you in November

y'all haven't won a real championship in decades, keep clinging to that ancient identity

We'll see who's laughing when our Tomcats defense shuts down that "Lions football" in the conference championship

You're talking about identity but your "Lions football" identity has been getting exposed for years now. You act like not using the portal is some moral high ground, but it's just being stubborn and getting left behind. Every contender is using it now. Georgia uses it. Ohio State uses it. Your refusal to adapt is why you keep losing to teams that do. That CBS list is about who will be good NEXT YEAR, not who has the best traditions. Colorado and Oklahoma State are building better rosters RIGHT NOW, while you're hoping the same old approach finally works. Championships aren't won by "just showing up." They're won by having more talent, and you're actively choosing to have less of it. Keep laughing about your identity all the way to anoher 8-4 season while the teams investing in new players pass you by. Your pride is your program's biggest weakness.

We've got more SEC titles than y'all have had winning seasons this century

Your identity is losing to actual contenders. Wake me up when you actually win something relevant.

You're talking about championships but we beat you last year and our returning starters are better

You're talking about identity? I remember when your Lions had to face our Cobbers in the late 90s, and our identity was pounding the rock right through you. You think showing up is enough? That's what St. John's thought in '04 before we took the conference. Real championships are built with homegrown talent, not by bragging about avoiding the portal. Your arrogance sounds familiar, and it uually ends with a long bus ride home from Moorhead.

you guys haven't won the meac since 2019, talk to us when you actually win something

You're sleeping on the portal while we're stacking five-stars and flipping croots

We've got more conference titles than you've had winning seasons this decade

Your identity is losing to actual contenders. You haven't beaten a ranked team in three years. Championships? You're celebrating conference participation trophies.