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<blockquote data-quote="cpf2001" data-source="post: 922518" data-attributes="member: 6459"><p>Without really rigoursly inspecting the number of schools in P5 in cities vs number of schools in P5 in college towns, which I'm too lazy to do myself right now, I don't know how skewed the ratio is of contenders in cities vs college towns. USC, Miami, UCLA, Texas have all done well for themselves at times recruiting-wise; TCU starts to feel borderline city-wise but Fort Worth feels a lot more like Austin than it does College Station or Lubbock, and it's bigger than all but a few of ACC cities.</p><p></p><p>Just in the ACC, you've got city schools (BC, GT, Miami, Pitt, Louisville) dramatically outnumbered by college town schools. (Is Louisville -> Syracuse the population change separating "city" from "town" here? I dunno.) The SEC is even more lopsided. You might say that that's a result of historically the towns being more appealing, which I wouldn't necessarily argue with (but it's also history and how a lot of large state universities were founded), but even then I don't think that means cities are unappealing today.</p><p></p><p>Maybe the appeal of the city just "generally" counteracts the un-appeal of the smaller crowds... but then in that case, marketing more on the city elements to recruits to emphasize the positives and de-emphasize the negatives could be a good move.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="cpf2001, post: 922518, member: 6459"] Without really rigoursly inspecting the number of schools in P5 in cities vs number of schools in P5 in college towns, which I'm too lazy to do myself right now, I don't know how skewed the ratio is of contenders in cities vs college towns. USC, Miami, UCLA, Texas have all done well for themselves at times recruiting-wise; TCU starts to feel borderline city-wise but Fort Worth feels a lot more like Austin than it does College Station or Lubbock, and it's bigger than all but a few of ACC cities. Just in the ACC, you've got city schools (BC, GT, Miami, Pitt, Louisville) dramatically outnumbered by college town schools. (Is Louisville -> Syracuse the population change separating "city" from "town" here? I dunno.) The SEC is even more lopsided. You might say that that's a result of historically the towns being more appealing, which I wouldn't necessarily argue with (but it's also history and how a lot of large state universities were founded), but even then I don't think that means cities are unappealing today. Maybe the appeal of the city just "generally" counteracts the un-appeal of the smaller crowds... but then in that case, marketing more on the city elements to recruits to emphasize the positives and de-emphasize the negatives could be a good move. [/QUOTE]
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