Dust10
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Absolutely. We may not have one of the top high school football states in the country (although it's getting up there) but we have a unique advantage with our 8 border states. Most of which are among the best high school football states in the country.Tennessee's natural recruiting grounds should cover:
Tennessee
North Georgia
Virginia
North Carolina
If we can own that region of the South, we'll consistently put together great classes.
Obviously we can and should venture beyond those borders, but dominating that area would go a long way.
Absolutely. We may not have one of the top high school football states in the country (although it's getting up there) but we have a unique advantage with our 8 border states. Most of which are among the best high school football states in the country.
Two of the best of those border states don't quite have the dominant in-state programs that can keep the majority of their top kids home, in North Carolina and Virginia. Va Tech is a good program, but they haven't been that in recruiting over the years and Beamer is getting old. I feel like Butch is going to make UT the quasi big in-state program over there, even though we aren't in those states.
I agree with the states listed but you should have added GA. We always recruit well there and it is absolutely loaded with talent year in and year out.
totally agree...the Carolina's,VA and GA are the keys for us in out of state recruiting...then UT can go for a few big names in FL,TX,OK,CA,but the base needs to be set in those states...
Correct. The amount of Georgia, Carolina, Va, and Florida players on our roster seems to go up when we're more competitive. Say what you will about Kiffin, but he was spot on when he said that Georgia is the key that pulls all the recruiting together, and how well we recruit in Georgia (metro Atlanta specifically) is usually a barometer of the state of our team. I thought this was an interesting map showing the geographic distribution of our recruiting, which supports what's being said on the matter. SIAP.
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The link where this map can be tinkered with can be found here: (Interesting to compare us to other SEC schools, SIAP)
How local recruiting dictates scheme: Mapping college football's elite talent - SBNation.com
Lol Erik AingeCorrect. The amount of Georgia, Carolina, Va, and Florida players on our roster seems to go up when we're more competitive. Say what you will about Kiffin, but he was spot on when he said that Georgia is the key that pulls all the recruiting together, and how well we recruit in Georgia (metro Atlanta specifically) is usually a barometer of the state of our team. I thought this was an interesting map showing the geographic distribution of our recruiting, which supports what's being said on the matter. SIAP.
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The link where this map can be tinkered with can be found here: (Interesting to compare us to other SEC schools, SIAP)
How local recruiting dictates scheme: Mapping college football's elite talent - SBNation.com
NCAA ethical?The NCAA can not ignore former players going to the press and telling about the level of corruption at an institution. IF they do ignore it then they are just as corrupt.
But then again they did ignore the Yahoo story about the agents paying the Alabama football players a couple of seasons ago.
How can you expect players and coaches to be ethical when the NCAA and their institutions are unethical?
