'24 GA WR Mike Matthews (Tennessee)

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jasonvol18 said:
They do have a lot of homeless people but that's misleading considering LA has 4Million people and Knox 190,000. I have visited Hollywood and it's awesome but no way in hell I'd live their. But I wouldn't move up North to the cold either.
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Definitely not misleading.

42K homeless people (LA) in 500 sq miles compared to 1.2K-2K in 100 sq miles (Knoxville)

If you count metro, LA is close to 70K
 
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RiseToTheTop said:
They will be in the big ten playing in cold ass weather half the yr. They better get a lot tougher fast. And as far as bright lights go, it sure won’t be at their own stadium.
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That is true, but they are still top 25 in attendance, just not what most SEC schools are used too. But they do ok for a University
in a state with so many Div 1 schools for fans to pull for. But definitely not a rabid fanbase like we have.
 
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Maxwell865 said:
Definitely not misleading.

42K homeless people (LA) in 500 sq miles compared to 1.2K-2K in 100 sq miles (Knoxville)

If you count metro, LA is close to 70K
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Definitely misleading, I personally don't care about homeless rates and doubt college kids do either. I wouldn't base my college choice off that and very few kids would either. Sad thing is Knox has had a 50% increase in homeless rates the past year and getting worse. I feel sorry for anyone homeless and 1 is too many. Some kids love the smaller town college feel, while others need a big city to share what they had for dinner last night.
 
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jasonvol18 said:
Definitely misleading, I personally don't care about homeless rates and doubt college kids do either. I wouldn't base my college choice off that and very few kids would either. Sad thing is Knox has had a 50% increase in homeless rates the past year and getting worse. I feel sorry for anyone homeless and 1 is too many. Some kids love the smaller town college feel, while others need a big city to share what they had for dinner last night.
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I mean we are talking about literally the nations worst homeless problem and you are saying that it is misleading to say that it is worse than Knoxvilles. I’m not saying it has anything to do with his decision. Just commenting on your wild take
 
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Maxwell865 said:
I mean we are talking about literally the nations worst homeless problem and you are saying that it is misleading to say that it is worse than Knoxvilles. I’m not saying it has anything to do with his decision. Just commenting on your wild take
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I said it was misleading because of the population in LA and how much it's doubled in Knoxville the past year. In Knoxville it's 1 in every 97 people that's homeless, LA is 1 in every 93, that's what makes your numbers misleading. LA is a helluva lot more populated, so the best way to compare the rates of the 2 is by per person. I didn't even bring up this homeless thing. It has nothing to do with anything involving our recruiting. That's my wild take.

Knoxville 194,507-2k homeless-1 in 97
LA.-3.89M - 41,980 homeless= 1 in 93
 
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swchandler1988 said:
They don’t have anything to offer that we can’t, other than the beach obviously. Both schools have a good qb, good offense, team on the up. Only thing that LA has that Knoxville doesn’t is the smog, crime, bad politics and traffic. USC isn’t located in Manhattan Beach!
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Great weather almost year round, hotter women (albeit more fake), liberal culture which is what most young people want, significantly more posh, and better nightlife. That’s just from the perspective of younger folks but if you have the money, LA’s probably much more preferable for 18 to 22 year olds.
 
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cncchris33 said:
Without taxes? Property taxes, sure (if he lives on campus or apartment), but he'll be paying income tax on that NIL money.
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Y’all really think a kid is thinking about the taxes he’s gonna pay? Lol

Objectively speaking if I were a kid with no ties to UT and had to pick LA and Knox, and I was banking, Knox wouldn’t even be on my radar. With that said if I had to pick UT be USC, USC wouldn’t even me on my radar, no other school would be.
 
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SweetasSoda said:
Most definitely not
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I’m Tennessee born and raised but if you did a survey of kids across the US and asked whether you would rather live in Southern CA or Knoxville, Southern Cal would win hands down. Might not be the right choice but, I will bet you that’s the way the poll would go.
 
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OrangeVolMan said:
I’m Tennessee born and raised but if you did a survey of kids across the US and asked whether you would rather live in Southern CA or Knoxville, Southern Cal would win hands down. Might not be the right choice but, I will bet you that’s the way the poll would go.
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I'm from TN, love the Vols and I'm surprised some fans don't believe this.. it wouldn't be close...
 
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I love Tennessee and wish all the great recruits would come to Knoxville but if I was a high school player from like Texas and the choices were USC or Tennessee i’m taking LA and Southern Cal all day over Tennessee. Great beaches , beautiful women and a much bigger club and nightlife scene. If Lincoln Riley can ever find a defense to go with that offense then USC can win a natty in the next few years.
 
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LittleVol said:
Man they saying Matthews is going to be another Heisman like Bush.

They just now had Addison go in round 1.

You all don't know what they have to sell out here.

Y'all thinking of cost of living and all that crap, these kids are being set to live like kings in Los Angeles with a top notch education. Then they go wherever they want.

Look, I've went to college in Tennessee, Texas, and California. I'm telling you all it's different out here.

If Tennessee holds on to Matthews then I'd be super shocked.
I'm being facetious about Boo Carter ( i have no inkling regardless UM or UT) but when it comes to USC and who they recruit....when they really want someone they'll get them more times than not.
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Of course he will pay more in California for those things the university doesn’t pay for like $666 a gallon gas and any non campus food and other items he buys that cost more in California.

The cost of living on items not paid for by the university is higher in California.
 
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Dadof2Vols said:
Of course he will pay more in California for those things the university doesn’t pay for like $666 a gallon gas and any non campus food and other items he buys that cost more in California.

The cost of living on items not paid for by the university is higher in California.
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i'm sure the cost of gas and property assessment costs are going into Mike's decision.
 
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Voldog1998 said:
I love Tennessee and wish all the great recruits would come to Knoxville but if I was a high school player from like Texas and the choices were USC or Tennessee i’m taking LA and Southern Cal all day over Tennessee. Great beaches , beautiful women and a much bigger club and nightlife scene. If Lincoln Riley can ever find a defense to go with that offense then USC can win a natty in the next few years.
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Of course there is also the opportunity to play in front of 100k fans instead of 60k….
 
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