re: Besides more hardware, what makes a recruit from Louisiana go to a hated rival?

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So how do kids from as close as Baton Rouge go to Bama?

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Three reasons;

They consistently play for and win SEC and National Championships,

ps - top athletes thrive on playing for titles

They get coached up and put many players in the NFL.

and last but certainly not least

They pay players they really want, and apparently they pay more than others.


That is tough to pass up for any player, put the elite players it is basically impossible