1)LSU- food, loudest stadium in America, John "Chief" Chavis, tradition oozing out the arse.
2)Michigan- not a huge fan, but I don't hate them either...kinda like LSU in that regard. Huge stadium, big time program, I LOVE cold weather football..possibly snow, get the chance to beat OSU 4 years.
3)Stanford- ejumucation, Palo Alto (sp), pro style football, chance to smash Oregon and USC each year.
4) Georgia Tech- close to home (Tennessee), ejumucation, Atlanta, beat UGA 4 straight years. But really, I've always kinda liked Tech. You always here about tradition, I think Tech's got a pretty intriguing history. Plus, they might not have the best stadium...but the Atlanta skyscrapers you can see from the stadium gives it on of the better backdrops in NCAA football.
5) West Virginia- family ties to school, my step brother lives in Pittsburgh and my fathers family in East Cleveland Ohio, both within driving distance...so I'd be close to family. Them thar snow bunnies lov'em some black athletes up thar. And that's fact. There's no denying WVU is a second tier school. But I think for what they've got to work with resource wise, they might get more out of it than almost any school in the country. ESPN likes to hype Vagina Tech, but it's WVU that does the damn thing when they get on a big stage. Ask Oklahoma, UGA, and Clemson. Also, cold football...possibly snow.
Top 3: Stanford, WVU, LSU in order
Stanford being the choice. The education, the area. One of the best coaching staffs in the nation hands down. They coach up 3*s into first round draft picks. Imagine what they would do with a 5* player. I'm guessing they would develop him into a top 10 pick with a Stanford degree...possibly win a NC. And think of the names, the Stanford grads. You'd be in that group.