Mark Grote

That wasn't my sigh.

I'm excited.

Let's go.

Let's get in the mix here.

Let's try to sort all this chaos out.

Yeah, I mean, I just think there's a long way to go in here.

And I had a conversation within the last hour with somebody connected to the project.

And I brought up one of your favorite analogies, Grody, the Duncan race.

Thank you.

You've always used it for the for the class of 2024 quarterback class.

Well, it's similar here now in this stadium thing where it's.

In one moment, it feels like Arlington Heights ahead, then it's Chicago's ahead, and then it's Hammond, and then it's Arlington Heights again.

And until there's actually a finish line visible on the scoreboard, you don't need to freak out.

And one of my favorite things to post during times like this, which I already did today, was the Will Ferrell locker room pep talk from old school where, you know, we got to keep our composure.

We can't have anybody freaking out out here.

And so it's just...

matter right now i think of everybody taking a deep breath trying to read words and understand the meaning of words and then filter through everything for what is actually happening versus what is perceived to be happening and so there's a lot of layers to this in that regard you're asking a lot in 2026 for the average person to read words and understand words

That's the struggle.

That's why we're here, right?

That's why you and me and everybody else here is here to help.