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Has recruiting gotten this desperate for Joe Moorhead?

Posted on 10/31/18 at 10:55 am
Posted by NoNotMe
Member since Aug 2018
805 posts
Posted on 10/31/18 at 10:55 am
A low rated OT from Alabama decomitted from Tulane and all crystal balls point to Mississippi State. He has offers from Cornell, Jackson State, Alabama State,Mercer, among other small schools. Is that what we are down to. This guy wasn't on State's radar a week ago. Desperate.
Posted by TideSaint
Hill Country
Member since Sep 2008
75839 posts
Posted on 10/31/18 at 10:58 am to
You ever heard of Josh Jacobs?
Posted by whitefoot
Franklin, TN
Member since Aug 2006
11181 posts
Posted on 10/31/18 at 11:12 am to
You're gonna have to just trust the coaches' evaluations. There are always low rated recruits who fly under the radar and offensive tackles are very difficult to project anyway. Who knows, this kid might be blowing up this year and more big offers will follow.

While I didn't think JoMo was great in the A&M game, he did show me that he's probably going to be at least a decent coach. And I also started thinking that maybe some of what I thought was bad coaching was really Fitzgerald not making the correct plays.
Posted by CarolinaGamecock99
Member since Apr 2015
21856 posts
Posted on 10/31/18 at 11:13 am to
Doesn’t state have a top20 class? Seems fine to me
Posted by NoNotMe
Member since Aug 2018
805 posts
Posted on 10/31/18 at 12:28 pm to
Said player just committed to Mississippi State. Damn some of you are stupid as hell. He's been throwing out offers left and right recently because he's been turned down by the upper crust players. Get a clue.
Posted by joshua2571
Member since Nov 2015
8137 posts
Posted on 10/31/18 at 2:32 pm to
When has State ever been able to recruit at a high level? We got still got some good recruits committed to State especially on the D-line. Coaching and development are probably more important than stars. Dak Prescott and Fitzgerald were high 2 stars or low 3 stars. They turned to be okay. It's more important to recruit to a system than stars.
Posted by Jalbow3
Trussville
Member since Oct 2008
4069 posts
Posted on 10/31/18 at 4:21 pm to
If you're expecting to get all blue chips with so many other SEC schools in fairly close proximity, you will be terminally disappointed.
Posted by NoNotMe
Member since Aug 2018
805 posts
Posted on 10/31/18 at 4:37 pm to
Yeah Stars don't matter. That's why Saban goes after 2 Stars so he can develop them. Mind numbing.
Posted by MSHawg1
Bad-assistan
Member since Jun 2018
5046 posts
Posted on 10/31/18 at 5:54 pm to
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Yeah Stars don't matter. That's why Saban goes after 2 Stars so he can develop them. Mind numbing

Melt
This post was edited on 10/31/18 at 5:54 pm
Posted by CockCommander
Haha
Member since Feb 2014
2897 posts
Posted on 10/31/18 at 7:19 pm to
This guy is an ole miss trol
Posted by MSBULLDOG
Member since Feb 2017
402 posts
Posted on 10/31/18 at 7:23 pm to
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Yeah Stars don't matter. That's why Saban goes after 2 Stars so he can develop them. Mind numbing.



Our present center Elgton Jenkins was a 2 star and he is currently projected as a first 2 round draft pick. Jones is a 3 star and a growing young man. You sir are an alter or a sidewalk fan who has never stepped foot in a Mississippi State class. I am an alum and a contributing member of the Bulldog Club, Stop trolling, you look like an idiot!

Posted by public_enemy
Member since Feb 2015
4368 posts
Posted on 10/31/18 at 9:40 pm to
That’s Saban’s game because Saban is a proven winner. I think state needs to focus on getting a good range of high 3 low 4 star guys in and develop them.

Player development and work ethic will take them further than projections. That’s how Moorhead will build this program. Next step is winning and exposure.

However, sometimes natural talent 5 star types do come in ready to work, and when they do you see the dominance emerge (bama, Ohio state, Clemson)
Posted by NoNotMe
Member since Aug 2018
805 posts
Posted on 10/31/18 at 10:55 pm to
I've never stepped foot in a Mississippi State class? Could have fooled me. Let's see. I lived in Hightower Hall freshman year. Suttle Hall sophomore and junior year. Had many a class in Allen Hall, Mccool Hall, Hand Lab. Spent many a day in Student Union, Cafeteria by the Drill Field. Was there when we beat the Bear in 1980. Sorry, Was not a Frat Boy. Try again Hamhock.
Posted by Reservoir dawg
Member since Oct 2013
14094 posts
Posted on 10/31/18 at 11:18 pm to
NoNotMe...you've got to be either under 16 years old, or brand new to football recruiting just the same. People that follow football recruiting can tell you that star ratings often have no bearing on how O-lineman will turn out. Our highest ranked OL recruits have often been strokes.
Posted by sand mountainDvalues
Member since Oct 2018
8718 posts
Posted on 10/31/18 at 11:22 pm to
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he’s been turned down by upper crust players


Have you forgotten that you’re Mississippi state?
Posted by BamaBo7
Madison,MS
Member since Jan 2017
5686 posts
Posted on 11/1/18 at 8:48 am to
Probably should stay focused on girls basketball.
Posted by thunderbird1100
GSU Eagles fan
Member since Oct 2007
68289 posts
Posted on 11/1/18 at 8:57 am to
Recruiting stars is the biggest crapshoot on the OL vs. any other position IMO.

So many underrated guys end up being big time players. LSU's best OLinemen right now is 3-star center Lloyd Cushenberry, who is the lowest rated scholarship offensive lineman on our roster. He was rated a .8238 3-star in the composite which is a LOW 3-star and #1,522 overall player in his class. He only had 2 SEC offers besides us, MSU and South Carolina.

Our top rated OLineman, 4-star Austin Deculus was the #48 overall player and a .9772 4-star in the composite (very close to 5-star). He's in his 2nd year and they have tried him out at RT but he's been plain bad there, and is losing his job once again to Adrian Magee, a .8772 3-star (#427 overall in his class). Deculus had offers from Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Miami, Michigan, Notre Dame, Oklahoma, Texas, Texas A&M & USC.

Magee's other offers were LA Tech and Oklahoma State.
This post was edited on 11/1/18 at 8:59 am
Posted by Dawgsrule
Member since Apr 2017
1007 posts
Posted on 11/1/18 at 11:09 am to
You do realize one of the best OL in the NFL is Gabe Jackson and he was a 2* right? You clearly show you know almost nothing about recruiting, especially on the o-line. But state is about to flip 4* Charles Cross to go with 4* Brandon Cunningham, the top 2 OL in the state, if that makes you feel any better.
This post was edited on 11/1/18 at 11:10 am
Posted by LittleJerrySeinfield
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Member since Aug 2013
7661 posts
Posted on 11/2/18 at 4:26 pm to
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4* Charles Cross


I saw him when he was on an unofficial to Bama. He's a speciman. Not an ounce of bad weight on him.
Posted by Gatorbait2008
Member since Aug 2015
22953 posts
Posted on 11/7/18 at 4:34 pm to
Meyer went after Jeff Demps and Brandon Jacobs in similar fashion. Sometimes a guy just fits what you want in a player. Usually it’s a failure like Mac had but sometimes they work out quite well. Especially Oline which seems to be a hard group to rank properly
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