boger2337
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We are far more closer to Harvard and Princeton's viewed "tradition" than we are Bamas and Ohio States.Did you miss the part where Nick Saban is better than Bear Bryant? Bama has M O N E Y. Tech does not have alums that care about athletics at the same level and have the resources that they have. Auburn and Tech haven't played consistently for over 40 years. The history is just that, it's old and becoming more irrelevant as each national championship passes. The modern state of the program is bad as a whole. We are not classic as we have not maintained a winning tradition. It happened, but who does it matter to now? Only people over the age of 60.
When kids think college football they don't think Harvard having 7 titles and Princeton's TWENTY EIGHT claimed titles.
They think uga made it to the playoffs, has hype, and a large fanbase. They think ohio state wins the Big 10 75% of the time and they have MONEY and a huge fanbase.
To think winning 4 championships 3 of them being before these kids grandparents were alive matters to them is wrong. We have won 1 big game when these kids were 9-11 yrs old. That was beating Miss State. They are too young now to even remember the ACC championship that was revoked. And even then we ran the TO, so they just move past it as if it didn't happen.
Kids want to know, can you get me to the NFL? And will I be playing in primetime and be a public figure. Almost every kid wants to be like Reggie Bush and Matt Leinart were at USC. Essentially playboys. They want that Star NFL experience in college. That's what the factories can give their players. Need this in bold for obvious reasons. This is not speaking in absolutes. But I am willing to bet over 50% of the high 4 star and 5 star recruits would succumb to those offers. Not many kids in America would pass up having the lifestyle Reggie Bush had as USC in the early mid 2000s.