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<blockquote data-quote="Techster" data-source="post: 72108" data-attributes="member: 360"><p>I know what you're saying, but how many kids have we pulled from California, or Oregon, or Arizona, or Texas, or Wisconsin, or Utah in the last 10 years? We played BYU the past two seasons...how many kids have we gotten to even visit from Utah? Like I said previously, GT is getting kids where we've traditionally gotten them: Large majority from the Southeast, with a smattering of kids from the Northeast and Midwest. We're just targeting football rich areas we've historically recruited with an emphasis on great academic districts more now. Nothing really new there.</p><p></p><p>SI did research a few years ago, and the vast majority of kids stay within a 2 hour flight or a 4 hour car ride from where they came from. Playing a college in another state doesn't necessarily equate to recruiting access or more exposure because at the end of the day kids still want their parents and friends to come and watch them play. It's very expensive for families to pay for flights and hotels 6-7 times a year to watch their son play. If you read a post by Will Bryan's dad, he pretty much said Will would have gone to a prestigious out of state had it not been for the distance and cost to make to the games. </p><p></p><p>Of course there are some kids like Taj Griffin and James Vaughters who go against the norm and are willing to head to the opposite coast, but they are the exception and not the norm.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Techster, post: 72108, member: 360"] I know what you're saying, but how many kids have we pulled from California, or Oregon, or Arizona, or Texas, or Wisconsin, or Utah in the last 10 years? We played BYU the past two seasons...how many kids have we gotten to even visit from Utah? Like I said previously, GT is getting kids where we've traditionally gotten them: Large majority from the Southeast, with a smattering of kids from the Northeast and Midwest. We're just targeting football rich areas we've historically recruited with an emphasis on great academic districts more now. Nothing really new there. SI did research a few years ago, and the vast majority of kids stay within a 2 hour flight or a 4 hour car ride from where they came from. Playing a college in another state doesn't necessarily equate to recruiting access or more exposure because at the end of the day kids still want their parents and friends to come and watch them play. It's very expensive for families to pay for flights and hotels 6-7 times a year to watch their son play. If you read a post by Will Bryan's dad, he pretty much said Will would have gone to a prestigious out of state had it not been for the distance and cost to make to the games. Of course there are some kids like Taj Griffin and James Vaughters who go against the norm and are willing to head to the opposite coast, but they are the exception and not the norm. [/QUOTE]
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