re: 2007 Alabama vs La Monroe Highlights

The difference being that Louisiana and Texas area of the country has tons of talent to more than sustain LSU, particularly when the Texas schools were down. Alabama has to battle Auburn for all of the quality in-state recruits, and frankly there aren't as many to split between two schools as there are for LSU to have on its own. Therefore Alabama has to take a more national approach to recruiting.

Think about it this way. If LSU would have locked down Cam Robinson and Tony Brown, both from LSU's backyard, LSU would have had the number one class. Instead, Les got outworked by Saban. This had little to do with money and everything to do with work.