re: Hypothetical for you guys

Been pondering this one a bit. I'm leaning towards "no" based on seeing a lot of the top talent leave the state last year, but we've had previous years where I think we could have landed almost all of them if OM was out of the picture. On a multi-year timescale I think you have to assume it works in our favor, actually.

I wonder how big of a boon having a competitive in-state rivalry is for keeping the fence up around MS? If OM does get nuked into irrelevance for a long enough period, do recruits start filtering out of the state at a higher rate? Does this happen if we manage to achieve and sustain some success over the next 2-3 years? All possibilities.

I don't think any kind of advantage is just gonna fall in our laps. Mullen will have to work at it, but the opportunity will be there.