We don't go up against LSU or Bama or even Florida as much for their instate kids.
The battles we need to win (outside of the state of TN) are in the Carolinas and Georgia. The teams we battle most often for kids willing to leave their home state of NC, SC and GA are Clemson, Auburn and Georgia.
Those are the battles we need to win.
I think with Georgia having an unproven head coach and Malzahn possibly on the hot seat, the best thing that could happen for us is Saban go to the Colts and Dabo goes to Bama. That would give us a leg up in the Carolinas and in Georgia IMO.
That would mean Clemson is looking for a new head coach and we aren't battling Dabo nearly as often.
We already have FSU recruiting against UF in their home state and I think Richt is going to start pulling more coveted players to Miami away from Gainesville.
Dabo to Bama would be great for us IMO. I know it is a reach at this point but a guy can dream, right?