You know, I was totally wrong about something until listening to a couple of podcasts, and it changed my thinking. I always thought the portal was the way to go. I mean, you can have a sophomore coming to you as a junior for, say, offensive line. I was thinking, this guy has college playing experience, probably built more physically than a high school recruit. But these guys are coming to a school/team because the opportunity is there, not because it was necessarily their top three choices. You have to have high school recruits. Relying on the portal is more like bringing in mercenaries to "fill" a spot.
I feel like some coach coming to Boulder after Deion is gone will have a major clusterF to deal with. And the Buffs really can't do any worse than what Florida did with Napier, Callahan did with Nebraska, Fuente did with Virginia Tech (later years), etc.