Blue Chips:
88% of the blue chip players were signed by just 6 ACC teams (Clemson, FSU, VT, Miami, UNC, NC State).
The top 4 teams signed 73% of the blue chippers (Clemson, FSU, VT, Miami).
The top 2 teams signed 45% of them (Clemson, FSU).
Wake Forest signed 2 blue chips, and UVA, Duke, GT and Louisville signed 1 each.
No chips at the table: Syracuse, Pitt and BC.
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Turf Wars:
In 2018, ACC teams were recruiting champs of 4 of the 9 ACC footprint states. That's unacceptable, but it gets worse - in 2019 it was just one state (and not a particularly rich one - New York).
The galling thing: it's bad enough losing the recruiting battle to your in-state P5 rival (Pennsylvania, Kentucky, S. Carolina and Georgia), but four ACC states were conquered by out-of-state P5s:
Massachusetts was raided by the Michigan Wolverines
Virginia was invaded by Nittany Lions from Penn State
N. Carolina was robbed by the Tennessee Volunteers (despite 4 ACC teams!)
Florida has an SEC home team, but the Alabama Crimson Tide walked away with the prize.
BOTTOM LINE: ACC teams did a miserable job defending the home turf. I can deal with losing half of the battleground states, and some of the Northern states don't have a lot of recruits anyway - but to lose in 8 out of 9 states? TOTALLY UNACCEPTABLE!!!
Rx: BC, Syracuse, Pitt, Louisville, UVa, VT, UNC, NC State, Duke, Wake, Clemson, Miami and Florida State - do a better job of recruiting your own states! BUILD THAT WALL!
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