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re: Can Only 1 Mississippi School Dominate at a Time?
Posted on 9/25/13 at 4:10 pm to lsutothetop
Posted on 9/25/13 at 4:10 pm to lsutothetop
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lsutothetop
Really good post
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There are four states in the SEC that can realistically support multiple elite schools at once: Alabama, Georgia, Florida and Texas. Of them, only one actually has multiple SEC schools, and for the past 15 years, they've never been elite at the same time for more than one-year flashes in the pan (2005, 2010, for instance).
Auburn and Alabama have rarely had successful coaches at the same time i.e Dye/Perkins, Tubberville/Mike 3. Im excited to see how Malzahn performs in the shadow of Saban as this may be our chance to put this theory to the test.
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Basically, Mississippi is one of four states in the SEC (South Carolina, Tennessee, and Kentucky being the others) that has to support multiple BCS teams without the large population and financial base needed to do so. When these states have produced contenders (basically only Tennessee and, more recently, South Carolina), it's been due to strong out-of-state recruiting to supplement in-state recruiting. So yes, they more or less "cancel each other out," and it'll take one of the schools going out-of-state and poaching recruits for them both to be successful, something that neither of them is really incentivized to do (why not just dominate Mississippi as the core, pick up a few good recruits out-of-state, and keep the rival down?).
So the question becomes, how badly do the Mississippi schools want to compete on a national level
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Posted on 9/25/13 at 4:29 pm to undecided
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So the question becomes, how badly do the Mississippi schools want to compete on a national level
I should have phrased that last part better. They don't have either the resources or the willingness to invest them at present both to lock down the state of Mississippi and to bring in the out-of-state talent they would need to compete nationally alongside the MS talent. It's kinda like how Louisiana has enough talent to keep LSU strong, but how we supplement with Texas and some FL/GA talent to stay with college football's elite. A Mississippi school would need to do the same -- lock down MS and pull from hot spots nearby (Memphis, Birmingham, and a couple of guys from TX/FL/GA). They don't have the resources or willingness to do both. So the choice becomes de-emphasizing Mississippi, and letting the rival get stronger by letting them pick up the leftovers, or de-emphasizing out-of-state, and not getting the talent needed to put them over the top. (ETA: And of course you're not going to pick the route that endangers your core recruiting ground.)
This post was edited on 9/25/13 at 4:31 pm
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