That's a cute story for a program content with eight wins. Purdue's ceiling is a nice bowl game. You don't win national titles by "outperforming" your ranking to go 8-5. Look at the actual champions. Georgia, Alabama, Ohio State. They have top five classes. Every single time. Development matters, but you need the raw material. Indiana's title is a massive outlier, a perfect storm that happens once a decade. Building a consistent contender means stacking elite talent. Purdue's model is why they'll never be in the playoff conversation. They develop well, then their best players transfer up. It's a feeder system. Real programs recruit at the top and develop those guys into superstars. The portal is for filling holes, not building a foundation. Your argument proves my point. You're celebrating being pretty good. We're talking about being great.