re: Saban: It's virtually impossible to come up with a defensive scheme to stop RPOs

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You trying to tell me that you can recruit better at Alabama as opposed to Texas, all other things being equal? Do you think Alabama is a better recruiting situation than Georgia, Florida, or Texas A&M?

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Alabama still produces an inordinate amount of football talent. I haven't seen anything lately but we still have a majority in state kids. While its true a state like say Texas produces a high volume of players, there is a finite amount you can sign. Further, there is LOT more to being successful as a program than geographic location. Otherwise, why hasn't Texas A&M won more?, or Texas? or Georgia? Why is Miami a joke now?

Bama as program is far superior to those I just named.

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You trying to tell me that you can recruit better at Alabama as opposed to Texas, all other things being equal?

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There are 12 FBS schools in the state of Texas, five of those are in major conferences. Four of them compete in the same conference. They're all competing for the same instate talent while also having to fend off out of state competition from the likes of Alabama, Oklahoma, USC, and Ohio State.

Compare that with the state of Alabama where there are only two schools playing in a major conference. The other schools (South Alabama, UAB, and Troy) are virtual non-entities.

Saban would still be able to recruit at Texas but it wouldn't be as easy as you would first think.