re: Georgia's economy larger than Alabama, Mississippi and Louisiana's combined

The entire state government is red you moron.

That is getting lost in translation here.

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Once Georgia state government goes blue

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please elect 2 solid red US Senators

I mean that does have something to do with it but Atlanta is biggest factor here

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Healthcare drives Nashville economy. Music is a distant 4th or 5th behind other segments like manufacturing, education & logistics

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IN Nashville, sure. That would just be live acts. I could see how music would be down the list.

But music from Nashville or made in Nashville is pretty big all over the country and probably the world. I don't know how that would be counted.

Louisiana guvna trying to help kill oil and gas along with feds not allowing much in the way of offshore oil and gas. Texas may not mind having west Texas but the other 4 states are missing out and it's billions.

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can remember what he had for breakfast.

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I'm sure it won't be hard to remember later either when he's in prison getting those 3 square meals

frick Trump

frick Biden

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The biggest difference in Tennessee and Georgia politics is that while Atlanta dominates the state Nashville doesn’t. The 3 grand divisions of Tennessee West Middle and East do not allow Nashville to dominate the state.
Population density is insane
Nashville metro 258/sq mi
Atlanta metro 3,685.45/sq mi

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Nashville has never ruled the state because the two powers have been East and West. For the longest time, West, TN ruled the state with West, TN democrats pretty well letting East, TN republicans do as they pleased when it came to E. TN as long as they came along on other things. As the old machines (Crump and Houk) broke down, E. TN Repubs made a play for the squishy hearts of repub leaning voters in West and Middle, TN and have been able to not only seize power but continue to rule via that.

TN Democrats have yet to figure out that their problem is they're still thinking in terms of Grand Divisions. They've made no attempt to capture democratic leaning voters in the East while the TNGOP has been scooping up voters in the West and Middle. The TNDP overvaluing Nashville cost them the state and the lack of realization that they have to go after voters in the East the way the TNGOP has gone after Middle and West, keeps them from doing anything meaningful.

And it still amazes me that with all the resources, the nearly singular position as a football school in the state ... And in a state that has a ton of HS football, that UGa has not been more dominant.
Clemsoning became a thing but realistically UGa was "clemsoning" more and esrlier than Clemson

But it seems things are heading the right way now...

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And it still amazes me that with all the resources, the nearly singular position as a football school in the state ... And in a state that has a ton of HS football, that UGa has not been more dominant.
Clemsoning became a thing but realistically UGa was "clemsoning" more and esrlier than Clemson

But it seems things are heading the right way now...

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I think people overvalue large recruiting pools. What being located in a large one like Florida, Texas, or Georgia does is give you a higher floor for incoming talent and make it easier to exceed that floor with less work than someone located outside but it's not an automatic thing. Your baseline incoming class should be marginally higher with minimal effort compared to a school further outside. But because recruiting is capped - only so many scholarships per team per class the effect isn't quite as big as it would've been say, 40 years ago when there was less travel and people were less likely to want to go too far from home.

Now, your brand, facilities, tradition, coaching staff, NIL collective, campus, etc. are far more important. Unlike in years past, grandma and your 3rd cousin twice removed can watch the games from virtually anywhere on the planet (and for Vol fans - on the International Space Station) and mom and dad can hop a plane if they want to be there in person.

UGA's struggles in the past had more to do with trying to cross from being very good to great but while they were doing that they were also surrounded by strong rivals that were also competing for talent. The past few cycles, however, have been a great time for UGA to build up their program and take advantage (and they finally did). Florida and Auburn have been trainwrecks,