re: LSU has an in home visit w/Hootie Jones Sunday night

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To this point it seems that LSU is willing to let Bama spend away while making sure it has good contacts in Texas and other areas to ensure it's base spans a wide number of top recruits. Landing Paris, Brown and Adams out of Texas would be huge.

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There is some logic to this. And lets be clear, LSU is ok with in-state leaving when they have a shot at equal (or better) out of state. You just have to maintain the image as not to let it get out of control.

Two problems (temporary?) with the current situation:
- they're going to LSU's biggest block to both SEC Champ and Natl Champ
- (this is what I'm trying to point out) there IS a developing image problem.

About fences...
I agree with LSU about not caring if "the fence is down". Fences keep people out as much as in. So in the case of Random LB X in Shreveport, if you devote your resources there, you may be missing on Random LB Y in Carrolton. LSU is a natl brand now. They have made the conscious effort to utilize that and choose to economize their resources taking advantage of other soft areas. Monroe is not a "soft area", it's heavily recruited. This is not popular with us fans, but if done right (lets assume Frank knows how to do it right) it works.

So at the end of the day:
- does LSU care that it's getting outworked in N LA? [maybe not]
- does LSU care that they could lose a huge chunk of the area for a very long time (i.e. it got out of control on them) [probably so]