re: Recruiting Players From Amite..................

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Do they have any legit prospects on the horizon? I thought that Lee and Sophser were the last 2 for the foreseeable future.

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That's what I thought as well. And I think the biggest reason that area got their feelings hurt by LSU was because they hadn't had any SEC quality talent in 10+ years, so LSU didn't come around.

I read a Twitter thread this morning about Orgeron calling an AD at a high school in California and saying he was going to come visit that school. The AD told Orgeron they didn't have any USC caliber guys (they were like 0-10 that year, too). About 15 minutes later, Orgeron just shows up and wants to talk football with the guy. Their student video kid was a big USC fan and Orgeron spent a lot of time with him.

When the AD asked Orgeron why he came after he told him they didn't have anyone for USC, Orgeron responded "Because one day, you might".

Anyway, that story reminded me of the situation with Amite and some of the north Louisiana communities. How they kind of just got ignored when they didn't have legit prospects.