Quote Originally Posted by StarkVegasSteve View Post
And it gives us exposure in the DFW metroplex and Houston metroplex that we could use to start recruiting more of those students. Living out here now, it's incredible how much untapped potential is out here for Mississippi State. Because these kids would feel the same way about Starkville if we sold it the way Ole Miss sells Oxford to these kids out here. Basically by the time they actually go to campus when they're juniors or seniors to tour, they have been inundated from an info standpoint about how Oxford is this Mississippi oasis. They're told about the Velvet Ditch, The Square, The Grove, etc. and they go in with this notion that Oxford, while not big, is going to absolutely be everything they want in a college experience. Not that hard for us to start selling that dream too. But Lee Hall would rather us recruit Clarksdale Lee than Southlake Carrol and Allen.

Every family I know from Texas that visits campus for a potential academic enrollment is honestly blown away. It always moves up their list at that time. If MSU was closer to Texas it would be huge.