Yeah he gets it. The posters that use the "UT doesnt have great in-state talent, so they are disadvantaged" crap come off as SEC newbs to me. Anyone who knows the SEC knows that UT has been fully aware for decades of it's lack of instate talent within a 4-5 hr drive mainly. The recent talent uptick is just a positive, but doesn't have the UT dedication though. Which is one counter to saying UT can depend on it, and stop it's national recruiting.

UT wrote the handbook on national recruiting.

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Posted by BamaGradinTn

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Posted on 9/24/17 at 10:36 am to TOSOV

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Anyone who knows the SEC knows that UT has been fully aware for decades of it's lack of instate talent within a 4-5 hr drive mainly.

It's not merely that Tennessee has a lack of in-state talent. Many Tennessee fans buy in to the myth of allegiance simply because of state borders. The cold reality is that a 4 star player in Memphis is closer to 75% of the teams in the SEC than they are to Knoxville. Washington, DC is almost as close to Knoxville as Memphis is.

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Posted by BamaGradinTn

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Posted on 9/24/17 at 10:49 am to TOSOV

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UT wrote the handbook on national recruiting.

Wow. It's unbelievable that Alabama was able to win a national championship in 1978 and 1979 with a total of almost 40 out of state players on its roster, including players from Illinois, California, Indiana, Ohio, Michigan, and Virginia...including probably the best center to ever play in the NFL...long before this amazing handbook was written.