A Hot Take About Auburn That I am Sick of Hearing

This is not directed to anyone here, but just me venting.

Anyway, I have heard this stupid myth a million times and am tired of it:

quote:

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"At Auburn you have Kirby and Nick in your back yard. It's hard to compete with that and makes Auburn less attractive."

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Hey, dipshits. Every school in the SEC has to compete with Nick and Kirby. It doesn't matter where the school is located geographically. Not only do all schools have to play one or the other every year, but they are recruiting guys in your state too.

UGA and LSU are the only two state schools that have both of the following:

1) Are in an elite recruiting state.
2) No other in-state competition.

(Florida is an elite recruiting state, but UF must share it with Miami and FSU, so UF doesn't fit both of the above criteria).

But even in Georgia and LA, everyone else goes down there to recruit anyway. Sure, UGA and LSU traditionally get "first dibs" but that has changed with Nick and Kirby. Nick is pulling guys out of both GA and LA and Kirby is pulling guys out of LA. (And not just leftovers, but their top recruits). Hell, AU has pulled a lot of guys out of both LA and GA too.

Bottom line: If you have 4 and 5 stars in your state, Nick and Kirby are going after them. This means all SEC schools are "in their backyard." This notion that somehow only Auburn has this problem is preposterous.