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re: Arizona and Arizona State football
Posted on 4/9/15 at 11:20 am to Forkbeard3777
Posted on 4/9/15 at 11:20 am to Forkbeard3777
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Arizona is a highly populated state...roughly around 7 million.
New York, Illinois, North Carolina, New Jersey, Virginia, Washington, and Massachusetts all have greater populations than Arizona, and none of these states have what I consider to be dominant football programs.
You can argue that the University of Washington has achieved that next level of success, but they haven't done so for quite some time.
And Virginia Tech has also been a highly successful program, but that is due in large part to the achievements of a future hall of fame coach.
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Posted on 4/9/15 at 11:28 am to saint amant steve
You can argue that the "transplant" thing hurts them. But what doesn't hurt them is telling a kid from Ohio or Pennsylvania that you can go to a top ten party school with lots of babes and warm weather year round if Ohio State doesn't want you. With very little effort and momentum, the school just sells itself. That's why it's always amazed me that nobody can win at UNLV anymore either.
And Arizona could just tell some meathead teenager "Gronk Went There" and they would at least listen.
And Arizona could just tell some meathead teenager "Gronk Went There" and they would at least listen.
This post was edited on 4/9/15 at 11:32 am
Posted on 4/9/15 at 12:33 pm to saint amant steve
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New York, Illinois, North Carolina, New Jersey, Virginia, Washington, and Massachusetts all have greater populations than Arizona, and none of these states have what I consider to be dominant football programs. You can argue that the University of Washington has achieved that next level of success, but they haven't done so for quite some time. And Virginia Tech has also been a highly successful program, but that is due in large part to the achievements of a future hall of fame coach.
The HS football in Virginia is some of the best in the country. VT was good because they were able to keep all the talent in state. Now they can't.
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