Genuinely lol
Nah I read it. You might be right and you might be wrong. But honestly, your take is definitely outdated at the very least. I think the plan is portal heavy again in 2026 and less so moving forward, they have been focusing hard on 2027+ as far as high school recruiting goes. What Cody Campbell thinks doesn't really matter, he's just the one of the many money men. He's not making the decisions, he's not involved in talent evaluation, he's just the most visible dude writing checks (and not even the largest one). The money is effectively immaterial, it's not running out any time soon.
These kinds of takes are pretty amusing, not because I think it's dumb or anything, it's just the default take that's been true for years and year so why not now? I can't really fault you for holding onto the same opinion, at least until we prove otherwise. That said, anyone that has actually watched us play and/or understands how our system is set up for us to continue to do what we're doing from a recruiting standpoint has a very different opinion.
We pulled 21 transfers out of the portal to overhaul a team that had excellent/talented skill players but lacked talent and depth on defense and on both the O-line and D-lines. 15 have been high impact, and basically every defensive transfer we brought in has been a hit. So far, we're getting an excellent ROI by literally every available metric. We have talent and depth at every position. We have, by every measure, one of the best front sevens in the country, including probably two of the top 3 edge rushers in the country (the Miami dude is probably the best overall) and arguably the best linebacker in the country, etc.
It's a pretty decent turnaround from year to year from a team that could barely block and couldn't play defense worth a shit. It was pretty jarring/telling to see one of our starting OTs from last season starting at LT for UH this year and just getting his ass absolutely handed to him the entire game by our D-line.
Would we fall flat on our faces against a playoff team from the SEC/B1G/ACC? I think it's pretty unlikely, and so does pretty much everyone else that's paying attention. You mention the "Texas', Bama's, Oregon, Ohio State, Notre Dame, and Georgia's", but if we're being honest here it's fairly questionable if half those teams are even good this year. I think we're much more comparable (this season) to a team like Indiana. I also am pretty confident that we are not just better than last year's ASU team, but better by a pretty decent margin.
At any rate, there's still half a season to play and we'll certainly see how it all plays out.