Saw that list of schools with the most number one draft picks and it got me thinking about the 2003 Rose Bowl squad. We had Jason Gesser slinging it all over the field and that offensive line just mauling people. Three of those guys played on Sundays but you know what they did first? They stayed four years and built something together. That 2002 team that went 10-3 and took Oklahoma to double overtime in the Rose Bowl was full of kids who started as freshmen and grew into men in Pullman. Now it's all about who can cobble together the best rental roster. The portal window just closed for good and I still cannot get used to the idea that a kid can suit up for three different programs before he turns 21. When I see USC sitting on top of that number one draft pick list with all those Heisman winners it just reminds me that those programs built dynasties on continuity not on transfer shopping sprees. The 97 team that went to the Rose Bowl had Ryan Leaf and that was a kid we recruited out of Montana who committed to us because he trusted the coaching staff not because of some NIL package. I will take a four-year starter who bleeds crimson over a one-year mercenary any day of the week and twice on Saturday.