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Message: [QUOTE="NJCuse97, post: 5058092, member: 5058"] I grew up in North Jersey and now live in Central (yes Virginia there is a Santa Claus) Jersey. I can’t deny that I too don’t love a 7-8 hour round trip in a day, so that’s fair, but I think for me “backyard” is more concept or state of mind than geographic criteria. By your argument, and to some extent [USER=158]LeMoyneCuse[/USER] too, Dallas and Houston are not UT’s backyard. Nashville is to far from Knoxville to be considered Vol territory. VaTech has no business in Newport News. A vast majority of Nebraska has no business being backyard recruiting territory for the Cornhuskers, and on and on. As I’m suggesting, there are other factors beyond geography that factor in and the include state school status/tuition and enrollment preference, brand reach, and a shared culture or personality. [/QUOTE]