Aaaaaaaaaaaand some of those teams could still beat up on MSU and Ole Miss. Some day people will figure out recruiting websites are a made up money making business and they prey on the southeast because they know we'll keep coming back for more every single january through august.
One of my buddies is a writer for USM's rivals site and he's a pretty realistic guy... which is why I believe him when he told me that their Rivals was one of the top 10 most visited. So yes, even the 20 USM fans who have zero reason in the world to follow recruiting follow it more than #35 Stanford, #38 Oregon, #42 Arizon, #49 USC, and #50 Cal.
If I ever get a time machine I'm not going back to prevent any war or horrible event from happening, I'm going back to prevent recruiting services from being formed.