participation, fan interest in college and professional football and the percentage of NCAA Division I-A recruits and NFL players.

 

1. MS

2. GA

3. LA

4. OH

5. AL

6. TX

7. VA

8. SC

9. KANSAS Baby!

10. FL

 

 

Is there a link to this list?

Top 5 from both living there, coaching and recruiting, would be Texas, Alabama, Georgia, Fla., and though haven't lived there but have recruited it, Pa.

My Top Three would be:

 

1.) Florida

2.) Texas

3.) California

 

4-10 are pretty much interchangable to me but i would think that Pennslyvania, Ohio, Georgia, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Michigan, and Alabama or Louisiana.

Who is creating the list you have? Needless to say, many of us find fault with it.

Here is the link, Iwanted to wait on providing it so some posters could weigh first, by the way I dont agree with it myself but thought it made for interesting debate

 

http://www.usatoday.com/sports/preps/football/2006-08-25-mississippi_x.htm

Who is creating the list you have? Needless to say, many of us find fault with it.

 

 

I believe NFL.com did. One of the criterion was interest in the NFL if I'm not mistaken.

http://sports.espn.go.com/sports/news/story?id=2561681

 

Additional story

Since this is my first post, I'm almost giddy, and since I used to live in Texas, I will go with Texas. In many towns they are miles and miles from other towns, especially in west Texas, and people drive from as far as 150 miles away to the "local" high school game. It's not just a game, it's an event. And the recent quality of athletes is second to none IMO!

Since this is my first post, I'm almost giddy, and since I used to live in Texas, I will go with Texas. In many towns they are miles and miles from other towns, especially in west Texas, and people drive from as far as 150 miles away to the "local" high school game. It's not just a game, it's an event. And the recent quality of athletes is second to none IMO!

 

 

Welcome OSMRDux! :thumb:

 

 

Great Name!:lol: :banana: :thumb:

Here is the link, Iwanted to wait on providing it so some posters could weigh first, by the way I dont agree with it myself but thought it made for interesting debate

 

http://www.usatoday.com/sports/preps/football/2006-08-25-mississippi_x.htm

 

Based on the listed criterion, I can see MS being up there. While CA and FL produce a lot of talent, the interest per capita is probably not that high.

1 - Texas

2 - Florida

3 - California

4 - Georgia

5 - Alabama

6 - Ohio

7 - Pennsylvania

8 - Mississippi

Based on the listed criterion, I can see MS being up there. While CA and FL produce a lot of talent, the interest per capita is probably not that high.

 

I cant agrue with your point but my problem with this list is in the criteria used. I would have used different criteria or atleast weighted some items heavier than others. I can say one thing for sure, there is no right or wrong answer because it all boils down to what criteria is used and how that criteria is weighted

1. Texas: look at how many colleges are in texas, way more than fl. and all the teams are filed with texas hs players

 

2. Florida

 

3. cal

1 - Texas

2 - Florida

3 - California

4 - Georgia

5 - Alabama

6 - Ohio

7 - Pennsylvania

8 - Mississippi

I like this list.

1 - Texas

2 - Florida

3 - California

4 - Georgia

5 - Alabama

6 - Ohio

7 - Pennsylvania

8 - Mississippi

:thumb: That looks more like it.