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re: Why is it harder to steal recruits from Mississippi when compared to Louisiana?
Posted on 7/18/14 at 7:22 pm to TTsTowel
Posted on 7/18/14 at 7:22 pm to TTsTowel
Mississippi and Alabama are like brother states but at the same time are rivals, we play each other in the high school all star games, and each side has a thing about repping their state... Louisiana kids never come to Alabama until it's time to play college football they don't have that brother rival thing Alabama and Mississippi have. If Mississippi teams were good that would be a bigger rival game than Tennessee
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Posted on 7/18/14 at 7:29 pm to ProjectP2294
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Lsu gets a kid out Mississippi probably 2 out of 3 years or 2 out of 4 years. It's not uncommon, but it's not regular.
I'm sure you're right. It just seemed like it was more often to me than that. No biggie I don't begrudge the Mississippi schools keep their talent instate since they have to split them between two SEC schools.
Posted on 7/18/14 at 7:31 pm to NGATiger
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Devin Voorhies is a pretty good Mississippi recruit, Jalen Collins came from Mississippi as well. But, yes, generally we stay in Texas and Louisiana.
I'm guessing Stevan Ridley has got to be the best guy we've got from Mississippi in recent years.
Posted on 7/18/14 at 7:40 pm to Crowknowsbest
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This post was edited on 7/18/14 at 7:45 pm
Posted on 7/18/14 at 8:17 pm to TTsTowel
tDecline is real
Duh
Duh
Posted on 7/18/14 at 8:19 pm to TTsTowel
There are far less elite guys year in and year out in Mississippi. As for Alabama's effort, we only have one staff member with ties and he just came back to Alabama this year. Bo Davis is from Magee.
Posted on 7/18/14 at 8:24 pm to NGATiger
Fwiw, I believe Voorhies actually lived in La and commuted to Woodville. For all intents and purposes, several counties down there are basically La -- they just don't have elite recruits very often!
Posted on 7/18/14 at 8:31 pm to constant cough
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What are you talking about? We pull a recruit or two out of Mississippi pretty much every year. Don't Alabama and Auburn do likewise?
Occasionally, but a lot less lately.
Posted on 7/18/14 at 8:34 pm to houndstoothbandit
Instead of this
I think you really mean if Mississippi had just one SEC school.
If MSU and Ole Miss united, naturally we would be a much bigger player in the SEC.
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If Mississippi teams were good that would be a bigger rival game than Tennessee
I think you really mean if Mississippi had just one SEC school.
If MSU and Ole Miss united, naturally we would be a much bigger player in the SEC.
This post was edited on 7/18/14 at 8:35 pm
Posted on 7/18/14 at 8:37 pm to TheNorthPlace
And if the Alabama state legislature didn't separate the "blue collar" and "white collar" degrees, and there was just on "Alabama school" ?
Posted on 7/18/14 at 8:48 pm to CapstoneGrad06
Alabama can facilitate two SEC powers due to being almost twice the size of MS population wise. Thus more talent instate as well as natural recruiting inroads into Ga. for Auburn as well as both schools being able to go national due to their respective recruiting prowess. For a state like Mississippi to contend, it can't afford to have two schools who love to tear each other down.
Posted on 7/18/14 at 10:04 pm to TheNorthPlace
I agree Mississippi should have one team...my vote is for Southern Miss to be that one team.
Posted on 7/18/14 at 10:14 pm to houndstoothbandit
SMTTT
Posted on 7/19/14 at 6:55 am to houndstoothbandit
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I agree Mississippi should have one team...my vote is for Southern Miss to be that one team.
That makes sense. I mean why wouldn't we put the 1 main school in the absolute worst area, with absolutely no facilities.
Posted on 7/19/14 at 7:41 am to TTsTowel
The MS schools can usually offer quicker playing time instead of being buried in the depth chart
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Posted on 7/19/14 at 8:02 am to MaroonNation
I think the fact that Louisiana has an NFL team also plays into this. So many kids grow up diehard Saints fan but not LSU fans. In Mississippi/Alabama, your college team is first and NFL second if you even have a favorite NFL team.
Posted on 7/19/14 at 10:12 pm to TTsTowel
Louisiana produces more 4 and 5 star recruits than does Mississippi. I'd say LSU typically takes 15-18 instate and another 8-10 from Tx, La, Ms, Ga, Fla or another state.
Of those 15-18 instate recruits you have certain needs that absolutely must be filled. Plus you have other recruits that are "higher risk" a la Lacy that you might choose to not recruit and other top flight guys that you flat out miss on.
The ones you miss on aren't going to end up at Tulane, ULL or LaTech. They're going to Alabama, Ok, UT, AU or aTm.
It's a numbers game. Louisiana is more similar to Florida when it comes to recruits. There's a ton of quality recruits per capita.
Of those 15-18 instate recruits you have certain needs that absolutely must be filled. Plus you have other recruits that are "higher risk" a la Lacy that you might choose to not recruit and other top flight guys that you flat out miss on.
The ones you miss on aren't going to end up at Tulane, ULL or LaTech. They're going to Alabama, Ok, UT, AU or aTm.
It's a numbers game. Louisiana is more similar to Florida when it comes to recruits. There's a ton of quality recruits per capita.
Posted on 7/19/14 at 11:28 pm to MaroonNation
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The MS schools can usually offer quicker playing time instead of being buried in the depth chart
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Posted on 7/20/14 at 5:00 am to Five0
Let's look at the facts. UA is as close to Meridian and about as close to south Mississippi as MSU and Ole Flask are. Bama has better facilities, a far better record and the best coach in college football today.
We get commitments or make a big impression on a Mississippi kid, then one visit to a Mississippi school and bye bye. Now explain to me the process where that happens.
We know for a fact they bid on Cam Newton at MSU. And did not suffer any consequences to speak of.
So we know they will pay for a player.
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We get commitments or make a big impression on a Mississippi kid, then one visit to a Mississippi school and bye bye. Now explain to me the process where that happens.
We know for a fact they bid on Cam Newton at MSU. And did not suffer any consequences to speak of.
So we know they will pay for a player.
Comments?
Posted on 7/20/14 at 6:15 am to antibarner
You are a stupid frick. So MSU "bid" on Cam then turned around and reported ourselves to the SEC, which didn't do anything, so we then reported ourselves to the NCAA? Is that what you are sAying?
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