re: The State of Out of State Recruiting?

Well, for you all who think that recruiting in state and regionally, here's some food for thought for 2013....

just as a reference point, 247 lists the top two players in LA as #77 and #103 nationwide. I'd hardly call that a deep pool - and neither has committed to LSU, although there are offers

Of the Top 10 recruits, almost all have LSU offers or "show interest" - but guess what? Almost all of them also show interest in - you guessed it - Alabama.

Now we know they won't all get Bama offers (most won't), but like I said very early on in this post, state allegiances are important, but not like it used to be.

I know that I can't convince many that the old "throw up the fence/driving distance" guard that it's not the way to go. So I encourage you all to look for yourself at the top 100 athletes in the 247 for 2013 and see where they are either committed to, or are interested in and/or been offered.

Despite the BCSNCG, we still went 13-1, have great facilities, great coaching (well, we do), and a great tradition. We need to build on this season and get some of the 77 players ranked ahead of our state's best player.