Is that the case though? And what do you consider rural GA?

Valdosta/lowndes area is a hotbed but it's about 75 miles from FSU and 100 miles from UF..and 250 miles to Athens.

Columbus has some studs on a regular basis, which is 35 miles from AU and 175 from Athens.

The issue we as fans have is that we grew up die hard UGA fans and we sometimes think that these 17 year old kids are like us and should be dying to go to UGA because they live in GA. More and more often that's just not the case. The good thing is that we have an elite salesman and recruiter so the tide is already turning, that's 100% plain to see. All we gotta do now is win some games and we're on the right track.

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Posted by Crowknowsbest

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Posted on 1/10/17 at 9:19 am to WG_Dawg

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Is that the case though? And what do you consider rural GA?

Valdosta/lowndes area is a hotbed but it's about 75 miles from FSU and 100 miles from UF..and 250 miles to Athens.

Columbus has some studs on a regular basis, which is 35 miles from AU and 175 from Athens.

The issue we as fans have is that we grew up die hard UGA fans and we sometimes think that these 17 year old kids are like us and should be dying to go to UGA because they live in GA. More and more often that's just not the case. The good thing is that we have an elite salesman and recruiter so the tide is already turning, that's 100% plain to see. All we gotta do now is win some games and we're on the right track.

I understand the potential obstacles but think that's the road to UGA doing well in-state. Those areas are still more pro-UGA than ATL is on the whole.

Bobo cleaned up in South Georgia and that has continued under Smart so far. Columbus is tougher, but we've done ok there.

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