re: Football Recruiting

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I chalk most of that up to losing our starting QB. And we did have the ball late third or early fourth down 7-0 so certainly not an arse whipping.

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And loosing key logs in the OL and it was rather obvious Libby didn’t game plan worth a shite.

Baylor’s D Line whipped Ole Miss O Line

Not sure but in my opinion this is gonna be the most talented we have been since Freeze. Don't think that's a necessarily hot take. While it sucks that we don't have a starting QB (think if Matt was a year younger and had to stay this year?) we at least know Dart is talented as hell and Luke is, if nothing, solid. LB is the only other position we will probably take a step back in. Other than that:

Secondary returns starters, added good transfer and HS depth

D Line lost sam but returns quality starters plus Pegues who arguably may be our most important defender this year

O Line returns quality starters and added some solid depth in portal

We have a top 5 running back room in the country, period. Could be the best depending on how Judkins looks (I'm expecting him to fricking eat)

Receiver room lost Braylon and Drum, but we got some really solid transfers and have some up and coming guys from HS. God dammit if we had deion smith...

Trigg is going to be a nightmare. Casey Kelly is underrated?

Don't like to count my chickens before they hatch but I'll do that. 4-0 is easily achievable. Kentucky will be a challenge, but thank god its at home. That's gonna be a lot harder game than people think. Then Vandy. Then Auburn, who we perennially struggle against (you would have to think we get them this year considering everything they lost). IF, and I'm saying IF, we win all those games...we go into Death Valley at 7-0.

and i'll leave it at that.

Most excited I've been for a season in a while. But like I said, can't count chickens especially as an Ole Miss fan. And especially because the second half of our season is going to be fricking brutal. But damn we have a lot to look forward to

Randy is a national champ now got to be him

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we at least know Dart is talented as hell and Luke is, if nothing, solid.

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I thought Luke had the lead? In any event, i think the winner of that competition will be fine for us. I worry about our pass rush and lb's. Also, do we have the personnel to run the weird D that brought us some sucsess last year.

If season started tomorrow Luke would be our QB.

that being said the ceiling is substantially higher with Dart IMO. From an arm strength perspective he can stretch the field way more than Luke can

Hopefully it’s just a cry for help :(

4 star EDGE Jamarious Brown from Moss Point committed last night.

As of now, we have Suntarine Perkins (#1 player in state), Brown, Brycen Sanders, and Marcel Reed just got bumped to a 4 star. I expect Perkins will be a 5 star at some point, especially if he decommits. Quality is there, now just need quantity, but if we have learned anything I'm expecting a more portal heavy class. Hopefully though, last year's season/recent momentum in recruiting will allow us to be more HS focused. we REALLY need to focus on the NIL aspect of things b/c bigger schools are going to try to pick some of these kids off

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Take a transfer kid who is already developed, more likely to contribute day 1, a

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Transfer kids aren't "likely to contribute day 1".

Chance Campbell took nearly half the season to hit his stride. You can't build a team mainly focused on transfers. That's sunk a lot of coaches in the history of this sport. Jackie Sherrill first comes to mind.

You need high school kids as a foundation. If you're successful enough as a program and honest with the kid during his recruitment, he's far more likely to stay and be a major contributor for 2+ seasons.

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Those were kids who had to sit a year and were transferring (generally) from a larger program where they couldn't start. I

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No...Jackie tried to build a program off Juco stars because they were already developed.

Until a team manages to win one with primarily transfers as their star players, you don't have any evidence to stand on. There is FAR too many benefits to having players in the program since their high school season.

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Transfer kids aren't "likely to contribute day 1".


Far more likely than any HS kid.

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well yeah....no shite. But an upper classment transfer is only going to take a minimum of half a season to fully gel and perform to expectations. Whereas, a kid in his 3rd year of the system will have FAR more of an advantage going into his Junior season.

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Disagree with you here - most kids want to play immediately.

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Where are freshmen going to play immediately? If they're good enough to play at a freshman at a major program, then they can come to play immediately for us as well. We aren't Alabama where 5*'s ride the bench.

You can absolutely patch holes in places that prior recruiting failed with transfers....but you won't go far with a program full of them. This isn't like Madden where the players are robots. They take time to develop.

Hell....even Brady took nearly an entire season to fully acclimate to the Bucs.