Everyone screaming about the portal being the only way to rebuild clearly missed what the spring dead period actually means for us now. The window is gone. No more panic grabbing a QB in May because your starter transferred. You have to actually evaluate in the winter and live with your decisions for a full calendar year. That benefits programs like ours that develop high school talent. Oregon can throw money at five star transfers all they want but when you miss in December you are stuck for ten months. The staff has been quietly stockpiling 2027 croots and building depth the old fashioned way. Let the transfer heavy programs panic when their portal haul busts in week three with no safety net.