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re: Tennessee will never be back
Posted on 8/19/13 at 12:34 pm to VFL1800FPD
Posted on 8/19/13 at 12:34 pm to VFL1800FPD
quote:Which is a great selling point for family vacations, not so much for 18 year old males.
Also, East TN is beautiful, and sitting on the doorstep to the most visited National Park in the nation.
UGA (and Auburn to a degree) have the pitch that Atlanta is just an hour or two hours away. Florida sells itself with beaches, LSU has NOLA so very close.
Bama is able to land the big time recruits because they are winning.
UT will be back, but it won't be an overnight success. First the wins have to start coming, 7 or 8 a season and then a trip to the SECCG every two or three years. Once that happens, kids will want to come there to play and be part of something. But until then, it is going to be tough. Tenn has always had to recruit nationwide, and with the successes Bama, UGA and USCe are having, the chances of pulling kids from those states who might have given Knoxville a look 10-15 years ago are much much lower.
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Posted on 8/19/13 at 1:30 pm to PJinAtl
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hich is a great selling point for family vacations, not so much for 18 year old males.
UGA (and Auburn to a degree) have the pitch that Atlanta is just an hour or two hours away. Florida sells itself with beaches, LSU has NOLA so very close.
Bama is able to land the big time recruits because they are winning.
UT will be back, but it won't be an overnight success. First the wins have to start coming, 7 or 8 a season and then a trip to the SECCG every two or three years. Once that happens, kids will want to come there to play and be part of something. But until then, it is going to be tough. Tenn has always had to recruit nationwide, and with the successes Bama, UGA and USCe are having, the chances of pulling kids from those states who might have given Knoxville a look 10-15 years ago are much much lower.
Knoxville doesn't have to sell that a major city is an hour or two away, because Knoxville is a major city. It's got everything you need right there.
And We can still recruit just fine nationwide, we have top tier facilities and have kids from 10 different states committed to our 2014 class.
Posted on 8/19/13 at 2:02 pm to PJinAtl
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UGA (and Auburn to a degree) have the pitch that Atlanta is just an hour or two hours away.
"You should come to Auburn because, despite the fact that there is nothing to do here in Auburn or the surrounding area, you're only a two hour drive to Atlanta."
Worst. Pitch. Ever.
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