Recruiting in the state of TX…

We also didn’t have Texas and OU in the same conference as us. That’s where they get the majority of their talent. Add in Texas A&M and now Texas Tech is throwing bags around, things are getting crowded. Even Oregon has made headway into Texas now. They have a few Texans on their roster.

That’s why I was against letting Texass and Oklahoma in. I felt it would hurt LSU the most. Houston area has always been good to LSU as well as east Texas. No more

Welcome to NIL.

Wait til next year and Lane Train having 1 full year to recruit instead of 4-5 days !!

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Houston area has always been good to LSU as well as east Texas

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Was it like that before Katrina? Or was that just the big crop of families that had relocated which have now come and gone

Because BK was lazy and not a great recruiter - maybe slighly above average.

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LSU’s relatively puny $25 mil NIL war chest can’t match combined Texas dollars

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Im fairly confident that CBK said this current team (Portal+Roster) cost approx $18 Million! And LSU had the #1 Rated Portal class & a Top 8 Recruiting Class. Considering those facts Ive just one question:

WTF are you comin up with the idea that $25 Million is a puny amount of NIL for 1 damn team???

This was a small class bc of the coaching change and we focused on keeping what we had committed and going after a few guys lane had relationships with already.
In normal years I still expect LSU to get a few Texas guys especially in the Houston area.
LSU still has a strong presence in Texas but yes the competition is fierce with 2 Texas schools in the sec. Of course Oklahoma gets most of its guy from Texas. Oregon and Ohio state hit it hard. Most of the sec spends time recruiting the state.

Aggies are on the come up. Texas Tech as well.

It's going to be a heavy lift to pull Texas players from here on. So many schools are over there throwing around desperate money. It's going to be a bloodbath. LSU will be able to bring in Texas players if they really want to but it's going to be costly.

Instead of getting into yearly bidding wars with Texas, OU, A&M, Texas Tech, etc., it might make more sense to buy proven players in the portal and focus on HS recruits in the old SEC footprint.

Hopefully the new GM is all he's cracked up to be because roster management is critical. The SEC is going to cannibalize itself while Ohio State bullies the Big 10.