Well WV, I'll give it a shot. Last time I checked we were only behind ND in terms of recruiting budget. That's a biggie because the staff has no limit to resources.
We also have fantastic facilities, like top 5 in the country facilities.
If you can ever take the time to look at the army, literally, army of folks employed by UT to get these kids in the best shape, eating the right things, doctors...the support staff for the kid's education alone is ridiculous. I guess there's the VFL in there somewhere too.
Because we aren't winning too many games, there's early playing time, and even though we have some depth now, what kind of depth is it? 5-7 type depth? Kids want to play, they don't wanna ride the pine and wait their turn, and it requires little effort to see that Dooley isn't afraid to play a freshman.
His last name is Dooley, and he has the Georgia drawl. He played college football, got a law degree and then became a coach. All that plays well for "momma" in the living room.
Finally, with the new numbers/roster requirements, Bama and LSU can't land them all and if you want to play for a National Championship, ya gotta be in the SEC.
Hope CDD can win some games next year. He's been pretty good at everything else.