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Why do we not have more football players from Texas???
Posted on 10/15/10 at 8:23 pm
Posted on 10/15/10 at 8:23 pm
Who recruits Texas for LSU? I mean we should be able to recruit just Louisiana and texas and stay at elite status. Oklahoma does it yearly.Every year we lose out on kids from all over the east and west coast because a kid gets pressure from their home state or decide just to play closer to where they live due to family. LSU usually has a weakness at LB, QB well texas produces those every year. University of texas only has 28 scholarships available right? That leaves probably over two to three hundred d-1 prospects that LSU could pick from. There's no reason we can't out recruit Oklahoma for texas players. You can't tell me top players don't want to play in the best conference in the nation right? Is this the reason why we are playing in Dallas to start next season? If we could recruit dallas and houston hard we could solve our qb and LB problems right there. Driving distance is reasonable so home sickness wouldn't be an issue. I mean if someone can tell me why we only have a few players from texas on our roster when they have top recruits that leave their state yearly then i would like to know? Can LSU have more than one recruiter in one area? I say we make inroads into texas then LSU stays elite for a long time.
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Posted on 10/15/10 at 8:28 pm to FLObserver
We do have a quite a few from TX. We have guys from all over The South
Posted on 10/15/10 at 8:28 pm to FLObserver
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Why do we not have more football players from Texas???
We have been getting our fair share every year. Not sure how much you could really ask for in this department.
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That leaves probably over two to three hundred d-1 prospects that LSU could pick from.
A ton of other schools from around the country go to TX for players.
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Who recruits Texas for LSU?
Stud, Crowton, & Ensminger were our recruiters for the TX players we got in 2010 and 2011.
This post was edited on 10/15/10 at 8:36 pm
Posted on 10/15/10 at 8:34 pm to c on z
off the top of my head
Lee
Shep
Brockers
Loston
Ron Brooks
Tolliver
We recruit Houston area hard
As a recruiter, it hurt a little when Peveto was shown the door. It will pick back up though.
Lee
Shep
Brockers
Loston
Ron Brooks
Tolliver
We recruit Houston area hard
As a recruiter, it hurt a little when Peveto was shown the door. It will pick back up though.
Posted on 10/15/10 at 8:37 pm to c on z
Oklahoma does so well there for 2 reason.They have to because their state does not produce a lot of talent and because their name has much more prestige to kids in NE,east and mid Texas.We are strong particularly in the Houston area.We do well there.A lot of our resources go to LA and the southeast states like GA,AL,FL and recently VA and the Carolinas.I'd love to get more involved in Texas but UT and Oklahoma are hard to beat there.
Posted on 10/15/10 at 8:39 pm to lsufanva
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Oklahoma does so well there for 2 reason.They have to because their state does not produce a lot of talent and because their name has much more prestige to kids in NE,east and mid Texas.
Adrian Peterson agrees.
Posted on 10/15/10 at 8:44 pm to FLObserver
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QB well texas produces those every year
So someone like Lee or RS would be good?
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There's no reason we can't out recruit Oklahoma for texas players.
I am going to have to disagree with you there. Being in the same conference as Texas, Texas a&m and Texas tech gives OK a leg up in recruiting.
People in Texas generally think Louisiana is shite. They might hate Oklahoma but they don't respect Louisiana. Mainly because Texas people kinda suck.
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You can't tell me top players don't want to play in the best conference in the nation right?
Seriously, finding people here that have any clue about football is difficult. They don't know shite about other conferences other than the big Texas conference.
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Is this the reason why we are playing in Dallas to start next season?
Yes.
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If we could recruit dallas and houston hard we could solve our qb and LB problems right there.
Again, we already do. And do we really have a big lb problem?
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I mean if someone can tell me why we only have a few players from texas on our roster when they have top recruits that leave their state yearly then i would like to know?
Louisiana has some pretty good recruits too?
Posted on 10/15/10 at 8:49 pm to FLObserver
We have 20 on our roster.
Posted on 10/15/10 at 8:55 pm to Geauxtiga
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Posted by Geauxtiga
We have 20 on our roster.
This. In 2007 I'm pretty sure it was 30ish.
I get the OPs point, but it's tough to have beef with a system that is netting you top 10 classes for the past half decade.
Posted on 10/15/10 at 8:56 pm to Geauxtiga
i think we should build the wall around louisiana. then cherry pick guys from hou/DFW, then up into mississippi, and down into mobile(although that well has kinda tried up last few years b/c of shorty).
i think we do a great job in TX. im not sure what the OP thinks we should be getting. and i would argue OU is much stronger in DFW than houston. in houston, UT is the biggest obstacle, then aTm IMO
i think we do a great job in TX. im not sure what the OP thinks we should be getting. and i would argue OU is much stronger in DFW than houston. in houston, UT is the biggest obstacle, then aTm IMO
Posted on 10/15/10 at 9:03 pm to ZereauxSum
quote:Plus if you factor in that, with Miles, we've plucked one here and one there out of our normal recruiting beds.
I get the OPs point, but it's tough to have beef with a system that is netting you top 10 classes for the past half decade.
One from Michigan, one from Nebraska, one from Maryland, one from Kansas, one from Ohio, one from New Jersey.
7 or 8 from Georgia
Posted on 10/15/10 at 9:05 pm to Geauxtiga
This was more about THE TEAM demographics than "recruiting" per se. Nit pik move imo, especially on a McNeese week.
This post was edited on 10/15/10 at 9:06 pm
Posted on 10/15/10 at 9:10 pm to Angry LLAMA
Lee was a top QB recruit was he not? But, I can see us getting a couple QB's every 2-3 years and 1 nof them from Texas would give us a good cross section of QB Talent.
The other thing is when we lost ground to NE Louisiana a few years back it hurt us big time. If we can get back to keeping our better recruits here at home it will do so much more for our good than going elsewhere.
Granted the next 2-3 years are going to better than the last 2-3 years but, if we get 15-20 of our best kids here in the state we will not have a problem in recruiting whatsoever.
The other thing is when we lost ground to NE Louisiana a few years back it hurt us big time. If we can get back to keeping our better recruits here at home it will do so much more for our good than going elsewhere.
Granted the next 2-3 years are going to better than the last 2-3 years but, if we get 15-20 of our best kids here in the state we will not have a problem in recruiting whatsoever.
Posted on 10/15/10 at 9:11 pm to c on z
Toliver, Russell Shepard, jarret lee are all from Texas to name a few
Posted on 10/16/10 at 7:15 am to dreaux
I love how we want more Texas kids ,but the first time a La. kid leaves for another out of state school, it is"how could he?,don't expect to live here afterwards". We can't have it both ways. Only 2 players have turned down U Texas offers in 8 yeards, A Peterson and J McFarland,both went to OU.We will continue to recruit Tx, but La. should come first.
Posted on 10/16/10 at 7:46 am to FLObserver
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Who recruits Texas for LSU? I mean we should be able to recruit just Louisiana and texas and stay at elite status. Oklahoma does it yearly.Every year we lose out on kids from all over the east and west coast because a kid gets pressure from their home state or decide just to play closer to where they live due to family. LSU usually has a weakness at LB, QB well texas produces those every year. University of texas only has 28 scholarships available right? That leaves probably over two to three hundred d-1 prospects that LSU could pick from. There's no reason we can't out recruit Oklahoma for texas players. You can't tell me top players don't want to play in the best conference in the nation right? Is this the reason why we are playing in Dallas to start next season? If we could recruit dallas and houston hard we could solve our qb and LB problems right there. Driving distance is reasonable so home sickness wouldn't be an issue. I mean if someone can tell me why we only have a few players from texas on our roster when they have top recruits that leave their state yearly then i would like to know? Can LSU have more than one recruiter in one area? I say we make inroads into texas then LSU stays elite for a long time.
Posted on 10/16/10 at 8:21 am to LSU4ever15
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Only 2 players have turned down U Texas offers in 8 yeards, A Peterson and J McFarland,both went to OU.
:rotflmao: Texas has lost plenty of recruits. Off hand they lost a guy to BYU last year
Posted on 10/16/10 at 8:30 am to FLObserver
If I seem to recall a lot of the Texas players that have signed ended up leaving-One of our problems with the OL over the last two years.
Posted on 10/16/10 at 8:40 am to CaseyMc2
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The other thing is when we lost ground to NE Louisiana a few years back it hurt us big time.
Huh? If there is one area of the state that has it's kids go to LSU, it is NE Louisiana.
Posted on 10/16/10 at 9:08 am to FLObserver
They have four major in state programs and OU recruits strong there as well. I think we do fine there.
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