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re: State of the program: Texas vs Texas A&M
Posted on 10/26/22 at 4:09 pm to Basura Blanco
Posted on 10/26/22 at 4:09 pm to Basura Blanco
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That is an interesting way to look at it and it certainly seems plausible. I am too lazy to look it up, but it seems the move to the SEC certainly improved the talent level A&M has been able to bring in.
Night and day difference. Baylor and Tech should have been left behind when the SWC folded. Having 2 additional P5 programs in the state diluted everyone's rosters. TCU joining the Big 12 made it even worse. Plus UH as a high level G5 program.
Assuming you're an LSU fan, imagine having 2-3 other SEC programs in Louisiana recruting against LSU for LA talent every year. Every time LSU drops a big game, those coaches are in your recruits living rooms telling the kids they can rep Louisiana in the SEC better than LSU can. Play for the same conference title, on the same national stage, and everything. Would LSU have had the consistent success they've enjoyed under those circumstances?
Now with all the major programs in the SEC together, there will finally be some real differentiation between A&M/Texas, and those other programs. And I think A&M and Texas both will have more consistent talent pipelines because of it.
Posted on 10/26/22 at 4:36 pm to Krampus
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Assuming you're an LSU fan
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Every time LSU drops a big game, those coaches are in your recruits living rooms telling the kids they can rep Louisiana in the SEC better than LSU can. Play for the same conference title, on the same national stage, and everything. Would LSU have had the consistent success they've enjoyed under those circumstances?
Now with all the major programs in the SEC together, there will finally be some real differentiation between A&M/Texas, and those other programs. And I think A&M and Texas both will have more consistent talent pipelines because of it.
Yep, totally agree about being the only SEC school in the state helping us. There is no way La could support two SEC schools. We would be in the same boat as Ole Miss/Miss State.
I do believe however that A&M joining the SEC helped LSU with TX recruiting in a back-arse way. You guys obviously were selling the SEC to kids which created trickle down exposure to us as we were the closest non-Texas conference school.
Now that Texas and to a lesser extent OU is joining, I am torn on how it will affect recruiting. A&M and LSU both can now sell the fact we will be playing more games in the state, and again get that trickle down recognition as Texas becomes more of an SEC state. Of course, diluting the overall talent pool with more SEC schools will likely offset that, but as to how much, I have no idea.
Hell, I have given up on getting a handle on recruiting and why kids go where they go anyway. With the Top 100 kids, its definitely a national game (or at least vastly regional) with state ties being less important than ever. A little less so in say Louisiana and Alabama maybe.
Posted on 10/26/22 at 10:33 pm to Krampus
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Night and day difference. Baylor and Tech should have been left behind when the SWC folded. Having 2 additional P5 programs in the state diluted everyone's rosters. TCU joining the Big 12 made it even worse. Plus UH as a high level G5 program.
This is pure Aggie right here.. “if it wasn’t for Baylor tcu and Houston we’d be good!”
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