Georgia ranked by ESPN as easiest place to recruit top talent

Interesting

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USCe #34 Mizzou #36

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Shitstorm inbound

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Just need someone who can handle the Lamborghini

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I feel ya

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.

I don't think this surprises anyone. This, more than anything, was one of the reasons it was not a hard decision to let Richt go. GA is a national brand now and our state is overflowing with recruits..just need the right coach to pull it all together.

I understand the logic, all I'm saying is there are 5-6 major programs whose distance isn't enough to be a factor who will come in every year and poach some of those away from an already pretty transient area.

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I took that as code for middle class amd upper middle class black families

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There are parts of the metro area known as the "blackburbs"...South Dekalb,South Fulton and parts of Fayette County that fit that mold but also mixed suburban areas in Gwinnet and N. Fulton that also produce kids like that.Not that you still don't prospects from some very bad backgrounds.

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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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Its easiest because its next to one of the largest metro areas in the southeast

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Lots of large metro areas across the country that don't come close to producing the same amount of prospecfs.

Ga ranks second to Florida when it comes to FBS signees per HS FB participants.

This list is the exact reason why I have always said that in the long run, the premier programs in the SEC will be LSU, UF, UGA, and Texas A&M. The recruiting and college football landscape is light years different now from where it was when Bear was the coach at Bama. Back then it was much easier to win based on coaching alone. Nowadays talent matters so much more, that the only way they will maintain is if they can hire coaches like Saban who are incredible recruiters. Its possible, but it will be harder for them to do than the 4 programs I mentioned above. Kids don't give a shite about tradition anymore. Its about location and the coaches.