Wait wait wait. So ESPN drops their offseason rankings and I am supposed to care what some national writer thinks about our program. Fine. Let them slot us wherever they want in the middle of the pack. But here is what I actually watch every single offseason and what nobody in Bristol seems to factor into their little spreadsheet. We are building something in the SEC that does not rely on flashy one-year portal rentals that leave after a single semester. I look around this conference and I see programs that went all-in on the quick fix model and sure some. But we are stacking classes the right way. We are developing players through our system and letting them mature into contributors instead of plugging in random bodies every February. The SEC is still the deepest league in America and we are doing it the hard way which means when. I keep hearing about LSU locking up the No. 1 tight end in 2027 and good for them that is a nice get. But that kid is two years away from playing a snap. Meanwhile we have been quietly building the kind of roster that wins in this league over the long haul. Not just one good portal class. A foundation. People forgot what Auburn football looks like when we have a program built on stability and player development instead of. The SEC is not won in April. It is won in November when your offensive line has been together for two years and your defense knows the system cold. We are getting there. Let them sleep. Let them write their offseason rankings. We will be ready when the real football starts. The SEC still runs through the teams that can actually develop talent and sustain success not just the teams that win the offseason press conference. We are coming.