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You don’t want to go to a college where they ain’t pretty.
— Marcus Lattimore, high school running back, Duncan, S.C.

I have no way of knowing this, but I know Lane Kiffin had that very quote in mind when he commissioned voluptuous Volunteers — Double Vs! — to literally recruit players to Rocky Top.

In one case, hostesses traveled nearly 200 miles to attend a high school game in South Carolina in which at least three Tennessee recruits were playing.

Marcus Lattimore, a running back who made an unofficial visit to Tennessee but said he would not enroll there, said multiple Tennessee hostesses attended a game at James F. Byrnes High School in Duncan, S.C., in September. He said they brought signs, including one that read, “Come to Tennessee.”

“I haven’t seen no other schools do that,” he said. “It’s crazy.”

There’s a reason Lattimore hasn’t seen other schools do that. It’s probably illegal.