there are a good number of large public universities in or near large cities.
UGA is 1.5hr from Atlanta.
UNC and NCSt - Raleigh.
UF is 1hr from jax.
UCF - Orlando.
Atm - 1.5hrs from Houston.
Texas - Austin
OU - Oklahoma City
Washington- Seattle
UCLA - LA
CU- Denver
Ole Miss- 1.5 to Memphis
OSU- Columbus
ND- 2hrs from Chicago
Michigan- 40 min to Detroit
Auburn is 1.5 to Atlanta.
Always argued this has to be the most aggressive sell.
Elite prospects get 6-7 home games per year x 3 years. Max 21 days out of your 1000+ days in college if you stay three years. Of those 21 games, 6 or so will be crap games that won’t matter. So 15 days out of 1,000+ you better LOVE that small *** town. And with NIL and the elite kids making six figures plus every year, the Oaks Mall in Gainesville and Steve Spurrier grill don’t hit the same way after a few visits haha
We have to stop thinking that these kids are looking for excitement and fun. We keep selling them that bs and then call them turncoats and sell outs when they leave to a small town that they can’t wait to get away from.
Check the receipts I’ve said that bs for a long time. I had to look at the big picture and see why Jeudy and smith did what they did and it’s not because they were drag racing hellcats in some long Alabama straightaway and going to frat keg parties.
Yes they’re still young college kids but elite players are built differently.
You just had Mario talk about Cam and how no matter when you come on campus he’s there working and watching film.
You think Cam came to UM for poon and partying?
You think Flo went to Oregon over Clemson because of Seattle?
These kids are focused and on a mission as opposed to JDub aka Smokey from Friday.
The elite kids want to be elite and will gravitate to tuskkaloosa because of the nfl and not because of nil.
Nil is to feed the fam while your sharpening that blade.
You think navy seals want to be on some ship watching movies and waiting for the next port to hit up some strip club?
Those dudes party sure but they are mostly training like a mthfcker and while the rest of the ship is gulping soda and Oreos.
Any kid who picks a school just cause nil is short sighted and should be looked at with caution.
Everyone knows about Miami and the beaches and weather and females.
But it should absolutely not be the thing we use as a recruiting tool any longer.
We keep getting talent but not the mindset and heart.
Streeter from caneville said one of the best young receivers he has ever seen was JT4. He said during 7 on 7 his release speed and routes were better than Jeudy.
But talent alone will get you a job at Saban motor works.
The relentless grind plus the talent will get you to the league as a day one pick.
