One of the hottest trends in college football recruiting is for a college to mail a stack of letters to a kid in one day.
Last month, Tennessee sent 102 letters in a day to Monroe Area High School quarterback Stanton Tuitt, one of the state’s top prospects for 2014.
Chris Spognardi, assistant to Tennessee coach Butch Jones, explained the strategy to USA Today:
"You're going to hit the kids that are hitting social media … A certain kid from Georgia: We know he's a very active social-media guy on Twitter. So when we sent him the 102 letters we knew within days that he's going to send these out – send out pictures. Every single time we've done it, it's hit the media.
“... One, you want them to start saying, 'Hey, I want to get the 102 letters.' The next thing you know, they get it, and they're going to post it. And the next thing you know, it gets legs and takes off."
Last year, Alabama turned heads by shipping 105 letters in a day to Alvin Kamara, the AJC’s Mr. Georgia Football. Everyone knows how that turned out.
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In BYU, Georgia Tech will face a defense that is one of the toughest in the nation to score against and has a playmaking force in outside linebacker Kyle Van Noy.
Tailback J.J. Green said he can’t say for sure how many times he has heard “you’re one play away from playing” from Georgia offensive coordinator Mike Bobo and running backs coach Bryan McClendon.
Here is a clue that your trip to sunny south Florida may not be a carefree vacation: You’re a football team, and you lose one of your starters during warm-ups.
If nothing else, Georgia has ensured at least one thing about its season. Regardless of where the rest of the schedule takes them, whether its to an SEC championship, a BCS bowl bid or a national title, there will be no claims from outsiders that this team received too many breaks and escaped health issues, no suggestions that the road to success was lined with lollipops and unicorns.
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