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jwonder said:
Really? No its more about hit people with the truth and they deflect.

Same could be said about bum Notre Dame. Them chips came to a screeching halt when black people played. The last time they won a chip I rocked stone wash jeans. :mjlol:
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It's not just when they started letting black people play. The big shift happened when TV started airing every college game. You gotta remember back in the day there were only 3 channels (ABC, NBC, and CBS). So only the biggest name schools were ever on TV (i.e. Notre Dame, Nebraska, Ohio State, Alabama, etc.) For schools like Notre Dame and Nebraska that don't have a strong in-state talent pool, the fact they were on TV allowed them to get whatever players they wanted anywhere in the country. However, in the last 20 years because everyone is on TV, kids don't have to travel across the country to play on TV and be seen.

Recruiting is a lot more local now. Basically if you are a school located in a state that produces a lot of talent, you became a power. That is how the Florida schools and the SEC rose to prominence the last 20 years. They are located where the players are. And its also why schools like Notre Dame, Nebraska, and Tennessee fell off in recent years. They were schools that relied on the high profile that came from being one of the few schools on TV to attract kids from across the country to their school. Tennessee for example has risen back to national prominence the last few years in recruiting in large part due to the fact the in-state talent pool in Tennessee has improved DRASTICALLY. Tennessee is now approaching Louisiana when it comes to elite instate talent pool.

In-state talent pool now matters more than ever. If you don't have a strong in-state talent pool, then you need an amazing coach like Urban Meyer that can trick kids from the south to come to your school or be like Oklahoma where you play in a weak conference and winning it every year attracts kids to your school.
 
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Dr. Narcisse said:
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Can't believe we fukked it up so badly with Fields. Tennessee whiffed on No. 1 dual-threat QB Justin Fields early in his recruitment

“Toward the end of Justin Fields’ sophomore year at Harrison High School in Kennesaw, Georgia, he and his father wanted to take a recruiting visit to Tennessee,” Yahoo! Sports wrote. “Ivan Fields called the Volunteers’ director of on-campus recruiting, who viewed Fields’ film, questioned his height and finally asked, ‘Are we even recruiting you guys?’ Ivan and Justin Fields ended up begging to get into a Tennessee game that year, but didn’t exactly receive Southern hospitality. ‘They barely shook our hand,’ Ivan Fields said, ‘and didn’t know who we were.'”
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Classic Butch Jones. Always finding a way to fukk things up.
 
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Swagnificent said:
It's not just when they started letting black people play. The big shift happened when TV started airing every college game. You gotta remember back in the day there were only 3 channels (ABC, NBC, and CBS). So only the biggest name schools were ever on TV (i.e. Notre Dame, Nebraska, Ohio State, Alabama, etc.) For schools like Notre Dame and Nebraska that don't have a strong in-state talent pool, the fact they were on TV allowed them to get whatever players they wanted anywhere in the country. However, in the last 20 years because everyone is on TV, kids don't have to travel across the country to play on TV and be seen.

Recruiting is a lot more local now. Basically if you are a school located in a state that produces a lot of talent, you became a power. That is how the Florida schools and the SEC rose to prominence the last 20 years. They are located where the players are. And its also why schools like Notre Dame, Nebraska, and Tennessee fell off in recent years. They were schools that relied on the high profile that came from being one of the few schools on TV to attract kids from across the country to their school. Tennessee for example has risen back to national prominence the last few years in recruiting in large part due to the fact the in-state talent pool in Tennessee has improved DRASTICALLY. Tennessee is now approaching Louisiana when it comes to elite instate talent pool.

In-state talent pool now matters more than ever. If you don't have a strong in-state talent pool, then you need an amazing coach like Urban Meyer that can trick kids from the south to come to your school or be like Oklahoma where you play in a weak conference and winning it every year attracts kids to your school.
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You are correct. Staying at home is also the reason why they suck. The best athletes come from the south and Cali. These kids are staying home now. Jimmy Johnson started the whole powerhouse in MIami by keeping them home and going to the U. Now instead of going to the U, they go to FSU :mjlol: But still staying in state. The best black athletes aren't going to bum Michigan and ND. You can tell the proof of this because neither programs have done much in years. Well I guess ND getting blown out by Bama counts in the Chip game. But teams like Michigan and the rest haven't sniffed a chip game in decades.
 
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