From: dhead@comanche.ess.harris.com (David Head)
Subject: Re: Florida IS the College Football State!
Date: Mon, 11 Jan 1993 13:40:28 GMT
Reply-To: dhead@comanche.ess.harris.com
Organization: Harris Corporation, Government Aerospace Systems Division

In article 630@ods.com, richard@ods.com (Richard Thompson) writes:
>Ron Frank (ron_frank.lds.loral.com) wrote:
>: There is a lot of discussion on who the college football state is.  Let the
>: statistics show that, of recent, it has been and still is the state of
>: Florida!  This year's results - having all three of the colleges in the top
>: ten - demonstrates this. 
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>: The fact that Texas and California export more high school football players
>: than Florida proves that there are a lot of good high school players in
>: those states,  but not college players!!  Look at the win/loss percentage
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>: of Texas and California colleges versus Florida colleges.  How did the Pac
>: Ten and the SWC do in their respective bowls this year?  It may shed some
>: light!
>
>How many major colleges are in the state of Florida compared to the number
>of major colleges in Texas and California?  
>
>In Florida, you've got FSU, Miami, and Florida competing for a good number
>of bluechip college players.
>
>In California, and if I leave someone's school off this list I apologize,
>there is San Diego St., UCLA, USC, Cal-Berkeley(sp?), Stanford, Fresno St.,
>San Jose St.;  UDub pulls a lot of their players from California.  
>I'm sure that the Oregon and Arizona schools do, also.
>
>In Texas, there is Univ. of Houston, Texas, Texas A&M, Baylor, Texas Tech,
>TCU, SMU, and Rice.  Look at the University of Oklahoma's roster;
>at least half are from Texas. I won't even bring up Notre Dame and other
>prominent colleges that recruit nationally, they probably pull from 
>Texas, California, and Florida equally. 

Many of the schools you list in both Texas and California would be hard pressed
to be called "major" colleges in terms of football capability.  For example I
can't see Stanford losing too many "blue chip" recruits to San Jose State.
And your inclusion of UDub and Oregon/Arizona schools in the mix opens another
can of worms.  Don't you think most of the big schools on the East Coast try
to recruit from Florida?  Even all the way up in Syracuse, they have quite a
bit of Florida talent on the roster.  
 
>
>If there are no Texans on the rosters of FSU, Miami, and Florida, then your
>statement MIGHT have some merit;  I know that Jessie Armstead and Kevin
>Williams (Miami) went to high school in Dallas, and I'm sure there are
>Texans on the roster of FSU and Florida, too.

I never said that Florida's big 3 didn't recruit outside of Florida, but they
do find most of their talent in Florida and the results are 3 top 10 teams.
You're also correct that Texas and California produce a lot of high school
talent for Texas and California colleges.  Its just that Florida's high
school talent contributes directly to 3 top 10 teams.  How can you reasonably
argue with that kind of success?

>
>: I am sorry that some of us out here in NetLand don't have access to Texas
>: newspapers.  Regardless, a bit of bias is expected.
>
>Whatever.
>
>
>-- 
>Richard Thompson
>richard@ods.com