re: Serious question for you Ole Miss fans concerning your recruiting...

There's a lot of factors here:

1) Hugh Freeze is a heck of a recruiter. Does well with kids and family. Stay in contact with these kids as much as he can within NCAA guidelines. He's also one hell of a speaker.

2) The Nkemdiche brothers gave credibility to the program and are great recruiters for Ole Miss. Once they got Laquon Treadwell on board, they had two five star recruits trying to poach every other big name at the Under Armor game. The power of Laquon to convince kids to come to Ole Miss cannot be underestimated.

3) Going from 2-10 to 7-6 in one year and having the energy this Ole Miss team played with in every game definitely gave recruits something to think about.

4) Oxford is a great college town.

5) Almost every recruit that has visited has talked about the great family atmosphere at Ole Miss. It means quite a bit to young kids to feel like they are part of a family than out there on their own.

6) Our fans do such a good job in assisting with recruiting. They know the recruits by name and treat them like royalty when they visit. They each feel like celebrities in Oxford. Hell, Denzel Nkemdiche gets so many twitter pictures posted every day with fans in Oxford that it is ridiculous.

7) The coaching staff is full of guys who are great coaches and recruiters. Maurice Harris, Matt Luke, Chris Kiffin, Wesley McGriff, and Grant Heard all do a great job and these kids tend to like them quite a bit.

8) Other coaches likely did not take us seriously in recruiting this year until it was too late. They probably didn't spend the time trying to deep six our efforts, spending more time badmouthing the Bamas and LSUs of the world.

9) We have the best uniforms in college football. Duh!

10) Kids like bears.