Non-Key Tweets

[HuskyHawk]

Well as a state Georgia leads by a lot.

Might not be true or it might be defined in a silly way - but I still wouldn't write of Memphis.

I seem to remember Louisville being written off.

Pretty sure, Florida, Texas and CA lead...but maybe not on a per capita basis.

 

[whaler11]

Pretty sure, Florida, Texas and CA lead...but maybe not on a per capita basis.

Specific to the SEC.

 

[Fishy]

I think you guys are making a mistake dismissing Memphis.

I would be shocked if they invited Memphis.

Memphis is a toxic mix of bad academics, NCAA trials and marginal athletics.

Their football program has been to nine bowls in 100+ years of football - we've been to six in about 11.

 

[nelsonmuntz]

Memphis is not a factor in realignment. If Memphis is even on a list somewhere, it is just to tweak the SEC.

If you want to read the coach tea leaves: Fuente and Mendenhall bolted for jobs that aren't great, and Herman stayed despite getting some serious interest. UVA is where hot young head coaches go on their way to being middle aged position coaches, and I think Fuente is nuts to replace Beamer. You want to be the guy that replaces the guy that replaced Beamer. I would expect that Fuente's and Mendenhall's agents would know where those schools were in the mix for advancement. Herman got paid and has a monster team returning. He might be waiting for Strong or Sumlin to get fired.

 

[Marty Jackson]

I would be shocked if they invited Memphis.

Memphis is a toxic mix of bad academics, NCAA trials and marginal athletics.

Their football program has been to nine bowls in 100+ years of football - we've been to six in about 11.

that would be a logical way to sum things up. but you are forgetting Rule #1 trumps all logic with respect to CR.

 

[tzznandrew]

Herman got paid and has a monster team returning. He might be waiting for Strong or Sumlin to get fired.

I agree pretty much with everything, but this last part is most important. He recruits Texas well; when one of those positions opens, he's taking it in a heartbeat.

 

[whaler11]

I would be shocked if they invited Memphis.

Memphis is a toxic mix of bad academics, NCAA trials and marginal athletics.

Their football program has been to nine bowls in 100+ years of football - we've been to six in about 11.

All true but I'm not shocked by anything. When people start making compromises strange things happen.

 

[Fishy]

All true but I'm not shocked by anything. When people start making compromises strange things happen.

I think the strange thing in this instance would be something like UConn being invited.

I really think Memphis is just a non-starter for any major conference - forget all the problems, they're just so far below even the Big 12 academically that I think the presidents would never, ever bite.

Plus, is anyone really interested in the third-best program in Tennessee?

 

[nelsonmuntz]

I agree pretty much with everything, but this last part is most important. He recruits Texas well; when one of those positions opens, he's taking it in a heartbeat.

The surest way to never get the Texas or Texas A&M job is to take the Virginia job.

 

[CallMeBruce]

I think the strange thing in this instance would be something like UConn being invited.

I really think Memphis is just a non-starter for any major conference - forget all the problems, they're just so far below even the Big 12 academically that I think the presidents would never, ever bite.

Plus, is anyone really interested in the third-best program in Tennessee?

If the Big 12 is going to invite Memphis, it's going to have to happen before next football season starts, and it becomes clear that their success was a mirage. Losing Fuente and Lynch in the same offseason = UCF.

 

[billybud]

Alabama's roster has 8 Florida kids ans 4 from anywhere in Tennessee.

Georgia's roster has 16 Florida kids....4 from Tennessee (a couple from Columbia Ms...150 miles from Memphis)

LSU's roster has 4 Florida and 3 Tennessee kids...

Ole Miss has 8 Tennessee kids...6 from Memphis...only 3 from Florida

Arkansas has 13 Florida kids...3 from Tennessee (2 from Memphis)

South Carolina has 15 from Florida...zero from Tennessee

Just from my perusal of the six SEC rosters, I'd say the the Vols are the big users of Tennessee recruits...

 

[CL82]

I would be shocked if they invited Memphis.

Memphis is a toxic mix of bad academics, NCAA trials and marginal athletics.

Their football program has been to nine bowls in 100+ years of football - we've been to six in about 11.

Key... f---ng... tweets.

(sorry, couldn't resist)

 

[businesslawyer]

Key... f---ng... tweets.

(sorry, couldn't resist)

LOL. Would have been a better line if this was actually the Key Tweets thread though.

 

[CL82]

LOL. Would have been a better line if this was actually the Key Tweets thread though.

Lol, damn, I actually glanced up at the address and saw "key tweets" but missed the "non."

 

[junglehusky]

Any time you can grab the third-best school athletics program in Tennessee...

 

[UConnJim]

Here are the maps for where college football players come from as of 2 years ago. You can play with the maps and find total number, per capita, by position,...

Interesting takeaway: Connecticut produced 214 FCS and FBS players on college rosters.

http://mode.github.io/blog/2014-01-16-football-hometowns/index.html#

 

[HuskyHawk]

I think the strange thing in this instance would be something like UConn being invited.

I really think Memphis is just a non-starter for any major conference - forget all the problems, they're just so far below even the Big 12 academically that I think the presidents would never, ever bite.

Plus, is anyone really interested in the third-best program in Tennessee?

I wonder whether the people touting Memphis (whoever they are) and to a lesser extent, Houston, are even listening to what Boren says. He's driving the Big XII expansion bus. He wants national exposure for OU. That's his stated goal. He isn't talking about football, he's talking about OU the university. Certainly he also wants the Big XII to survive and thrive, meaning a network. But neither Memphis nor Houston do anything to further David Boren's goals for OU. That is not the company they want to keep.

 

[DarthGrumpy]

I've read it somewhere. Not sure how they defined the area or where I read it.

I don't know Tennessee well, so I do not now where in the state these high schools are; but, out of 348 SEC scholarship offers/signings in the SEC in 2015 according to ESPN, 29 or 8% were from the Tennessee. 70 were from the state of Georgia or 20%. Thus, I find that statement about the value of Memphis's recruiting base to be suspicious.

http://espn.go.com/college-sports/football/recruiting/conference/_/class/2015/id/8

 

[whaler11]

I don't know Tennessee well, so I do not now where in the state these high schools are; but, out of 348 SEC scholarship offers/signings in the SEC in 2015 according to ESPN, 29 or 8% were from the Tennessee. 70 were from the state of Georgia or 20%. Thus, I find that statement about the value of Memphis's recruiting base to be suspicious.

http://espn.go.com/college-sports/football/recruiting/conference/_/class/2015/id/8

It certainly could be. I don't know how they defined the geography, nor do I remember the time frame they looked at.

Also I'm an idiot so I could have completely misremembered whatever it is I think I read.

 

[HuskyHawk]

I don't know Tennessee well, so I do not now where in the state these high schools are; but, out of 348 SEC scholarship offers/signings in the SEC in 2015 according to ESPN, 29 or 8% were from the Tennessee. 70 were from the state of Georgia or 20%. Thus, I find that statement about the value of Memphis's recruiting base to be suspicious.

http://espn.go.com/college-sports/football/recruiting/conference/_/class/2015/id/8

Indeed. And Ole Miss is less than an hour and a half from Memphis and has more fans in the area than U Memphis does. It's pretty central really, to several SEC schools, and U Memphis landing in the Big XII wouldn't change anything with regard to recruiting the area. When Arkansas and Missouri were in the SWC & Big 12 respectively that might have been different. The SEC has walled it off pretty solidly now.

 

[Slasher]

Isn't it usually California, Texas, Florida, Georgia, Ohio, Pennsylvania for top five, but the group rotates a bit for which ones place higher?

 

[billybud]

http://www.scout.com/college/football/recruiting/story/1405582-d1-signees

 

[don356]

I think the theory was that they should have added wvu, louisville and cincy.

 

[pj]

I think the theory was that they should have added wvu, louisville and cincy.

If they had moved a few months earlier they might have added WVU, Louisville, and Pitt.

 

[DarthGrumpy]

It certainly could be. I don't know how they defined the geography, nor do I remember the time frame they looked at.

Also I'm an idiot so I could have completely misremembered whatever it is I think I read.

No need to apologize as 1) I lost my own mid years ago & can't throw stones while living in a glass house and 2) I recall seeing people brag about how valuable Memphis area recruits are also.