re: Does Sumlin need to ban his players from going to Northgate

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the only other SEC school that deals with the same amount of competition in state that we do is Florida.

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Disagree. Both Alabama and Auburn have each other to deal with. South Carolina has Clemson. There's a lot of talent on a per capita basis in Mississippi, but the Rebs and Grinders have trouble keeping them home. And Georgia gets raided by EVERYONE. Case in point, last year Richt got commits from only 5 of the top 20 in Georgia. 2013 was the same story, and only 2 of the top 10 went to Athens.

UTx just isn't a 300# gorilla right now. They aren't an SEC school, and they aren't even the "sexy" pick in the B12. If Strong can win there, he can elevate them again, but never to the point where we will be worse off recruiting-competition-wise compared to most of the other SEC schools. Only LSU is in a better situation than are we.