Yes. SoCal had them beat until they didn’t.
Speaks to the strength of the SEC that the 11th place team is playing for a Natty.
Honestly, I don’t have much interest in watching OK and UNC. I thought Georgia would get it going tonight but they did not.
Gut feeling says UNC will win it all.
The catch with many of the Tupelo recruits is that the athletes parents often already drive to the Tupelo area to work, so It works smooth if the kid is a natural athlete which then makes the coaches look better. Some coaches are way more RaRa than scheme in preparation. Look no further than the 2A championship game last December.
In all honesty, why should any of us as fans care if a team openly recruits or not? If you are say a Brandon fan, why would you be upset if Petal or Oak Grove had numerous D1 players from other high schools transfer in. Its really not any of our business what other schools do.
That’s nonsense. That’s the excuse these bigger schools use to recruit… “these kids just want exposure”. It’s not 1998 anymore. If a player is good, they will get exposure even if they play 1A ball. The internet has made the whole “exposure” talking point a myth.
I laughed at boonevile fans for that because hadn’t it been for sumrall, St. Patrick would’ve had a few championships themselves and no one would’ve said a word
It is amusing that, for years, the chatter was that MAIS teams would be unable to compete with MHSAA teams. Now that they've been successful, the chatter is that they're too good to compete with schools of the same size.