So recruiting doesn’t have much to do...

It's no different now than when Bear bryant was there.
It seems the recruits love Tu$caloo$a.
Don't know their secret. A player from New Orleans, Wilcox, was the Bear's first wishbone QB. When he graduated from Bama, he was asked why he chose Alabama over LSU, he answered, they offered me more. He didn't say what or how much.

I mean, LSU has what 1 win over Bama now in the last 8 years? We need to show some level of consistency, not just lightning in a bottle. Losing to State and Mizzou before playing any real SEC contenders ain’t it...

Look I’m from LA and I love LSU, however, until Louisiana pulls its arse out of being rated the lowest in education, obesity, job prosperity, there will be negative recruiting. There have been Democratic governors and republican governors with the same results. LSU needs to get out of the basement of education ratings in the SEC. When weighed out against UGA’s, Clemson’s, and OSU’s of the world it is a negative recruiting tool that is more difficult to sell when dealing with recruits from around the country. Go ahead and downvote...

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LSU will have to always win that game with less talent on the field.

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In 2019 LSU clearly had more talent on the field than Bama. The strength of Bama’s team was in two position groups: QB and WR, and LSU was better in both. The offensive lines were about even, as was running back and TE.

LSU had big advantages at LB and defensive back, and were about even on the defensive line. LSU’s punter was better and field goal kicker.

The reason LSU was better was because of the spectacular 2017 recruiting class, which was ranked #7 but was actually the #1 class in the nation by far. We followed that with a crappy 2018 class, which was ranked #15 but was probably #30, or so. The 2019 and 2020 classes, while not as good as 2017, are very good classes, and the 2021 class looks very good on paper.

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A player from New Orleans, Wilcox, was the Bear's first wishbone QB

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I remember watching Tommy played QB in HS at Bonnabel. Bear Bryant moved him to Safety where he started 4 yrs and was a 2-time All-American. Never left Tuscaloosa and has done very well for himself.

Absolutely none. I was going to continue with my post but figured that was enough. I believe for a large portion of these really high recruits it doesn’t matter that much but to believe other head coaches don’t use this is a little naive. To go get a highly rated offense lineman in the upper Midwest though it can play a huge part. I would think as a head coach it would be nice to say we rank at the top of the SEC in the educational field though.

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I’ve heard on this board several times that the next recruiting cycle is when you cash in on a great season.

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This board has 0 idea. Proven time and time again.

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it’s now clearer than ever that Bama recruiting is at a level that LSU will never catch

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it took the greatest team in cfb history ever to finally beat them

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DERP