Stop pretending that the only recruiting that matters happens in December and February. Everyone is obssesed with the high school signing day rankings, acting like if you aren'tt in the top ten on 247Sports you have no shot. It's a lazy, outdated way to look at team building, especially now. The real program builders are the ones who master the second and third waves of roster construction. Look at the landscape right now. You have teams like Colorado bringing in 43 transfers, a complete circus act, and Oklahoma State turning over 50 spots. That isn't building. That's panic. That's a coaching staff admitting they can't develop what they have. That's not a strategy, it's desperation, and it rarely builds the culture you need to win championships. Our approach is the exact opposite, and it's why we're set up for sustained success while these other programs are just chasing headlines. The staff isn't just looking for the highest-rated guy in the portal. They're identifying specific needs, specific fits for our system, and more importantly, specific fits for our locker room. They're finding the guys who maybe weren't five-star recruits out of high school but have been in a college weight. That's how you build depth. That's how you build a team. Anyone can go grab a bunch of four-star transfers with big NIL deals and hope they gel. It takes real evaluation to find the three-star who plays like a five-star because he's been developed and is ready for a bigger stage. And let's talk about development, because that's the secret sauce everyone ignores when they're just staring at the recruiting class composite ranking. What good is a top-five high school class if half of them transfer out in two years because they can't crack the lineup? Our strength is taking those high-floor, high-character guys and turning them into NFL players. We build them in our system from the ground up, physically and mentally. The players we're bringing in no...
