(09-19-2022 11:28 AM)MeepMeep Wrote: Anyone’s opinions changed? Assuming it’s 3/5/5
These were my originals:
My Picks: Memphis, Navy, USF
Guess on AAC Picks: UNCC, Temple. USF/FAU
My guess on the AAC picks is the same. Temple is on an island. If Navy doesn't want to be stacked with East Coast teams, then we pretty much HAVE to be one of Temple's three.
I have changed my personal picks. I would prefer
UNCC/USF/FAU. We don't recruit North of D.C. very heavily, but do recruit Florida pretty hard. One of the things the trolls have missed with all these "market add" jabs is that they are also placed where we recruit heavily. We want to be able to walk into a recruit's living room and tell his mom that she can watch her kid play in town locally every other year.
That's big. It's something that ECU is going to be able to benefit from in Charlotte and Miami/F. Lauderdale/Boca, and SMU in Houston and San Antonio, more than we would have in Huntington, Boone, Lafayette, or Hattiesburg.
That said, Georgia State(Atlanta) and ODU(Hampton Roads) would have been good adds in that sense. Although, Norfolk is more ECU heavy than having universal appeal. Either way, more AAC teams recruit from SE Florida than both of those and everywhere else mentioned but not chosen combined.