re: Fournette cancels BAMA visit

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There's a lot of ignorance in this. LSU is a national brand, shouldn't they look outside their state borders for prospects? LSU could have gotten a top RB if they chose to, but they didn't, putting all of their eggs in the LF basket. If it pays off, then great. But like I said, LF could just as easily go to UF/UGA/AU or anywhere else in the country as he could go to LSU. It's just a bold (read risky) move on LSUs part.

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LSU is four deep at RB right now and all of them are from Louisiana. We don't look outside the state for RBs often. If we do, we look to Texas, and both Texas and Louisiana had a very poor selection of RBs. Sure LSU is a national brand but once you start talking about the states of Alabama, Georgia, Florida recruiting becomes very competitive. We're just not going to go into one of those states a pluck the best RB, whereas we can (and will) do that in Louisiana.