Saw ESPN dropped their 2027 recruiting rankings and we are sitting there in the top 25 which is fine I guess but it does not mean what it used to mean. Back in the 90s when Coach Alvarez was building those lines you would find a kid in some Wisconsin farm town nobody else wanted and three years later he was pancaking some All American from Ohio State. Now these rankinggs just tell you who bought the best class. The portal killed the whole concept of building through recruiting anyway. Why develop a freshman when you can just go grab a junior from some Group of Five school who wants a bigger NIL check? We used to have walk ons who would bleed for this program now they jump ship the second somebody offers a few thousand more dollars. Makes me sick.