Insane talent, relentless work habits, structure, leadership and development-- in this environment, a team thrives. Uncommon unity, discipline born of a desire to be great, fierce connection, shared purpose, a zeal to prepare and grow: A team with these can achieve anything.
Dan Lanning writes his goals on his bathroom mirror. His players have embraced them all. For four recruiting cycles he stacked talent with the goal of winning a national championship, and in the culture he's created, it's coming of age very quickly.
The wins over Montana State and Oklahoma State weren't flukes. The wire-to-wire excellence, the blitzkrieg of high-level execution, with eight players scoring and 80 players taking snaps, it was a bellweather, a warning, the first wave of the storm.