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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.