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UTRGV only has to compete with A&I.
I think people forget just how far SOUTH that is. They would be a big fish in south texas recruiting pond.
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UAalum72
Nah, Texas is the antithesis of Vermont
UNH's David Ball, FCS career record-holder for TD receptions until Kupp broke it in 2016, is from Vermont
Re: UTRGV FB feasibility study
People think of Texas as a hotbed of talent and it is, but FBS level athletes are not evenly spread around the state. Dave Campell’s Texas football broke down FBS signees last year by region. Of the 360 recruits last year:
134 came from the Metroplex
119 from Houston
27 from San Antonio
18 from Austin.
14 each from Central Texas and East Texas
the rest were we’re scattered around the state. The Rio Grande Valley where UT RGV is located produced 1 signee. Neighboring Laredo had none and the coastal bend area 3.
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The RGV is NOT known as a hot bed of Football Talent. The state HS championships from the Valley are few and far between.
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Which was my point.
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McNeese75
The RGV is NOT known as a hot bed of Football Talent. The state HS championships from the Valley are few and far between.
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Catatonic
People think of Texas as a hotbed of talent and it is, but FBS level athletes are not evenly spread around the state. Dave Campell’s Texas football broke down FBS signees last year by region. Of the 360 recruits last year:
134 came from the Metroplex
119 from Houston
27 from San Antonio
18 from Austin.
14 each from Central Texas and East Texas
the rest were we’re scattered around the state. The Rio Grande Valley where UT RGV is located produced 1 signee. Neighboring Laredo had none and the coastal bend area 3.
If you're good, it doesn't matter if you're in Dumas or Dime Box, the schools will find you. But less than half the major college recruits are ever going to play in-state, and a lot of out of town recruiters focus on Dallas and Houston because they can fly in, build relationships with a lot of schools, and get good talent. It's a stretch for an eastern school to fly down to Harlingen and work the US. 83 corridor for that diamond in the rough.
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DFW HOYA
If you're good, it doesn't matter if you're in Dumas or Dime Box, the schools will find you. But less than half the major college recruits are ever going to play in-state, and a lot of out of town recruiters focus on Dallas and Houston because they can fly in, build relationships with a lot of schools, and get good talent. It's a stretch for an eastern school to fly down to Harlingen and work the US. 83 corridor for that diamond in the rough.
Year in, year out disproportionate numbers of those really good blue chip athletes are from 6 and 5 A schools along the I 35 corridor. The rest are scattered around the state, with the Rio Grande Valley at the bottom of the list.
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That UTRGV acronym is an abomination - maybe their genius marketing plan should start with that.
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AmsterBison
That UTRGV acronym is an abomination - maybe their genius marketing plan should start with that.
What is wrong with it?
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NoVABison
I could care less about these schools that are going to make a 3 year stop in the FCS on their way to "big time" football... no history, no culture of winning -- and they are heading to some crappy G5 conference to become the doormat, a team that is a freaking embarrassment... but fans and alums of the school comfort themselves in knowing they are being destroyed at the "highest level," in stadiums at 10% capacity on a Wednesday night -- but it is on ESPNU :)
LEARN HOW TO WIN... then consider a move up!
This made me literally LOL. Comfort themselves knowing they’re getting destroyed at the highest level.