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Here's a little perspective on recruiting by TT(excerpt from interview with TT):

"Our recruits are mainly going to come from a 200-mile radius around our campus," he said. "For one reason, there's a better chance they'll stay with you. To these schools that recruit nationally, good luck. But with the APR the way it is, it's a risk. It's too hard to keep them on campus."

Tuberville said that recruits who come to a campus expecting immediate playing time are difficult to retain if stardom doesn't come instantaneously.

"All these kids are blown up by these recruiting sites," he said. "These kids read so much about themselves while they are in the 11th and 12th grade that they're brainwashed about how good they are.

"That's not to say all of them are. Obviously, some of them are good enough to play right away. But some of them aren't, and it puts us in a real bind in terms of de-recruiting them, so to speak.

"Terry Donahue (the former head coach at UCLA) gave me some great advice about 15 years ago when I became the head coach at Ole Miss. He said that you've got to do it yourself. He said 'I recruited out of (recruiting) magazines, and it was a mistake. Don't take anybody else's word about a kid, go and see for yourself.

"We try to tell our fans. I'll tell them that I'll take a three-star every time over a four or five-star if he has good character and good athletic ability. The problem with all these services is that they rate players strictly on athletic ability. They don't include a kid's character or his work ethic, because they don't know those things. A player has to have athletic ability - I'm not saying he doesn't - but it's important to have those other things."