How does a tiny state like South Carolina have so much homegrown football talent

well it's the like 24th most populous state, so it's not like it's "tiny"

Its the hormones in the chicken.

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College football is cyclical.

There were times when OM > South Carolina.

And plenty of talent comes from Mississippi. He's not talking just about SoCar.

Yu won thred startin sumbitch

You are correct. That is a secondary question. I.E. with all the talent from the state (per that map ) why is Ole Miss not a power.

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So why does Ole Miss suck? It's not like they have Vanderbilt's academics.

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1. South Carolina has almost 2 million more people than Miss.

2. Both South Carolina and Miss. have two big schools dividing their population (USC/Clem. & OM/MSU), however 1/2 of nearly 5 million is a larger pool to draw from than 1/2 of 3 million

3. The South Carolina schools generally supplement players from a huge border state, Georgia. The Miss. schools on the other hand, can't do as good of a job in supplementing players from its two prominent border states, LA and AL (which combined only equal GA's population). LA and AL do a good job of keeping their guys "in state"

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Seems like they just keep producing tons of talent, and not just the guys that go to USC or Clemson but ones that go out of state. Do they have an East German 1970s program going up there?

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Crazy thing is we nearly have the exact same demographics as AL but the two schools have but a shadow of the combined history of AU and 'Bama. Clemson does have their one national title and some success so I can't speak for them.

However, as Spurrier has mentioned in recent interviews, SC fans have always supported their team and attended game but they were never expected to or asked to donate serious bucks to make the program worth something. That has changed, and now SC and Clemson are routinely in the top 10 over these last couple of years.

The state itself may not be as deep in high school talent as our neighbors but we do produce some legitimate top talent. SC has been able to grab those the last few years and then get some good ones out of NC, GA, and FL.

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well it's the like 24th most populous state, so it's not like it's "tiny"

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This. It's one spot behind Alabama, which also churns out enough football talent to support 2 SEC schools while also being cherry-picked here and there by other schools out of state.

I'd hardly call either of those "tiny."

See that tiny spot in Seattle,Washington? That's where all the NBA players come from.

Per Seattle Weekly:

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The 14 high schools that make up Seattle’s Metro League have more alumni playing in the NBA than New York City’s high schools—all 799 of them. More than all the high schools in Dallas, Houston, and Philadelphia, too.

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