[Farm93]

How many recruits do we lose to Vandy and how often do we play them?  I worry more about UCLA, the University of Dead Fake Girlfriends, University of Spoiled Children , Texas, the top B1G schools (Penn State, Michigan) and maybe Low APR U as programs who we lose recruits to, and frequently play.  Vandy and Duke I don't worry about much.

BC

Stanford does not really lose recruits to Vandy or Duke because they have both been terrible.  If either program had a run of winning, presumably the recruits Stanford gets from Georgia, North Carolina, Tennessee and other southern states might opt for this mythical Vandy/Duke powerhouse program.  In that sense, the rise of Vandy/Duke could probably impact Stanford in a unique way.  Notre Dame will always be very cold to a kid from Atlanta.  USC and UCLA are also very far away from home preventing the family from driving to the games.  Vandy and Duke are close to home AND have rather strong academics.  Their theoretical rise would hurt Stanford.

Over the last 20-40 years they have not been good, but if they get a string of winning seasons Stanford fans would discover a new worry that would hurt because proximity to home is a powerful recruiting tool.

[Farm93]

How many recruits do we lose to Vandy and how often do we play them?  I worry more about UCLA, the University of Dead Fake Girlfriends, University of Spoiled Children , Texas, the top B1G schools (Penn State, Michigan) and maybe Low APR U as programs who we lose recruits to, and frequently play.  Vandy and Duke I don't worry about much.

BC

Stanford does not really lose recruits to Vandy or Duke because they have both been terrible.  If either program had a run of winning, presumably the recruits Stanford gets from Georgia, North Carolina, Tennessee and other southern states might opt for this mythical Vandy/Duke powerhouse program.  In that sense, the rise of Vandy/Duke could probably impact Stanford in a unique way.  Notre Dame will always be very cold to a kid from Atlanta.  USC and UCLA are also very far away from home preventing the family from driving to the games.  Vandy and Duke are close to home AND have rather strong academics.  Their theoretical rise would hurt Stanford.

Over the last 20-40 years they have not been good, but if they get a string of winning seasons Stanford fans would discover a new worry that would hurt because proximity to home is a powerful recruiting tool.