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Originally Posted by TSteven
I think y'all are both saying the same thing.
When barbino and I attended UK - and I should add I had family (black sheep of course  ) who attend that school down in Knoxville around the same time - both schools didn't always get a lot of students from other states within the SEC footprint - like Georgia, Florida or Alabama. However, I happened to know quite a few Mississippians who attended Kentucky. Go figure. 
To be clear, UK and UT are now - and have always been - SEC schools through and through. And when it comes to rush, both are competitive. However, perhaps not at the level of say Bama, Ole Miss and Auburn. At least not yet.
However, over the years, more and more students attending UK now come from other states within the SEC footprint. As such, some of the so called "uber-competitiveness" that some may feel is the "norm" at their "home" SEC school, is now being brought to Kentucky. And I suspect to Tennessee as well.
At least that is how I interpreted barbino's posts. |
Except, my experience at Tennessee was that a ton of students attended Tennessee who are from Georgia, the Georgia kids that I worked with were more often likely as not to be trying to get into Tennessee (the fact that I had attended UT was serendipitous), and now this same demographic is having a more difficult time getting in because of the Hope Scholarship now being in place in Tennessee. My expectation is that UT is going to be increasingly challenging from an admissions standpoint, just as has happened with UGA. I have no clue as to what's happening at UK, even though I am friends with some alums.
LOVE the old school photo!
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