Just saw ESPN's offseason rankings and I had to scroll through every single team to find where they put us. Reminds me of the old Southwest Conference days when we'd get overlooked every year until we knocked off somebody in November. The difference now is back then we earned respect on the field, not through some portal shopping spree in April.
You know what I miss? When the only way to build a program was through summer workouts in the Texas heat and fall camps where you found out who really wanted it. Not this carousel of kids jumping from school to school because the NIL deal got better somewhere else. The 1998 team that went 6-5 didn't have a single transfer starter. Those kids grew up together in that weight room.
I look at this roster and I honestly cannot tell you who will even be here come August. The portal killed continuity. Coach Fran would have had a stroke watching this. We used to have battles with Texas and Texas A&M that meant something because the kids on both si...