re: What is the outlook for LSU recruiting in the state of Alabama?

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That's a shame. I will admit that I don't know too much about recruiting so perhaps it's naive of me to think that if we pursue some highly sought after recruits in Alabama, Saban will be more inclined to stay out of Louisiana.

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that's not the way it works. recruiting is a "shotgun" approach at the beginning where just about every highly rated player receives a letter and then the follow ups begin to narrow down who is interested. this process continues until a master board is erected containing targets. a target would be players that continue to be graded highly and are still interested in the school. the fact that a louisiana player signs with bama and an alabama player doestn't with lsu doesn't necessarily mean bama recruits harder in la than we do in alabama. believe me, if a 4 or 5 star player shows interest, we go after them.