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

Winning team - I remember when we were L6U, now we are Louisiana St8 University. Bama is going to the playoffs every year and winning national championships every other year.

Bama sending guys in the first round on either/both offensive and defensive lines EVERY SINGLE YEAR. Mingo was the last guy sent to the NFL in the first round on either side of the line.

Bama's coaching on both lines have been better for a long time now.

I mean other than playing for your home state, what does LSU offer a guy in the trenches over Bama?

Just hope that O and the guys can convince the top lineman to stay home. I mean do you really want to go the route of why they pick Bama over LSU? Everybody on this recruiting board that isn't a giant homer or biased understands, so again, let's just hope they can be convinced not to go out of state.