re: Georgia ranked by ESPN as easiest place to recruit top talent

It is the easiest because it is next to the largest metro area in the southeast. There are 20 top 100 players all within 200 miles of campus every year.

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I agree Georgia is definitely up there. However, I think people really underestimate the effect of proximity to so many major programs other than UGA to that talent. Alabama, Auburn, Tennessee, Clemson all extremely close to where distance isn't really a factor. And you have the likes of Florida State and Florida coming in from the south.

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This- FSU, AU, Clemson, USCe, and to a lesser extent Bama and even UF are closer than Athens to many of Ga's hotbeds (Voldasta, Columbus, Augusta, Savannah, Thomasville, etc.) Hell, FSU gives in state tuition to Thomasville residents....as does AU to Columbus residents.

Add the before mentioned transient nature of ATL (plus the fact that UT cant survive withouth NG and ATL talent) with every major program hitting ATL/ Ga. Talent is there, keeping it not so easy. If we could hand pick 30 kids from metro ATL and no one else we'd be top 5 every year.

Awake the beast and you could have one helluva run.