The best hope for the Mississippi schools is they have an alum that turns into a T Boone Pickens/Phil Knight/Walton family that decides to drop $300 mill on the program. Don't know who that could be though. I honestly think if they had the cash the Mississippi schools could go toe to toe with the rest of the SEC West, especially Ole Miss. Right now it's just hard to recruit there against the other powers.

A&M has 3 Billionaire Former Students of note, 2 of which have given heavily to the school and a 3rd that has flirted with it in the past but none of the 3 has given big to football as of yet. We have a ton of grads in the "8 and 9 figure" group though. Oil money is good and A&M has the best Petroleum Engineering school in the world, though that isn't where all the big money guys are.

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Posted by olemissfan26

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Posted on 9/17/12 at 10:55 am to aggressor

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especially Ole Miss. Right now it's just hard to recruit there against the other powers.

Coach Ed Orgeron brought in 3 top 15 recruiting classes to oxford without winning anything and most all of those players are in the NFL. Freeze was one of his assistants back in the day and learned how to recruit from him. Its not impossible to get talent to oxford. Our recruiting class coming off a 2-10 season last year is proof. You just have to recruit your arse off.

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Posted by Mstate

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Posted on 9/18/12 at 11:15 am to aggressor

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The best hope for the Mississippi schools is they have an alum that turns into a T Boone Pickens/Phil Knight/Walton family that decides to drop $300 mill on the program. Don't know who that could be though.

That's going to be me.

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