re: SEC East versus West recruiting

well that should do it for the West vs. East argument.

What was head to head record in actual games played

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Mullen is just not that great at recruiting

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What Mullen is good at is identifying kids that slip through the cracks when it comes to rankings and MS always has a pile of them, it was his bread and butter at MSU.

Not so sure that opportunity presents itself in the same manner at Florida as the state is so thoroughly covered by the recruiting services unlike small podunk MS towns.

Jerry Rice, Brett Farve, and Walter Payton were all small town MS kids who slipped through the cracks, you just have to beat the bushes a bit to find them.

Makes you wonder if they took the sanctions seriously

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I came across the below information on another forum and thought it was very interesting. The gap in the east is substantial relative to the west, as the west's last place ole miss' class is rated above the east's third place florida Gators. What do y'all think this is a function of? I know UK, mizzou & vandy are all starving for talent, but Tennessee and florida's low ratings make me raise an eyebrow. Both schools are historic powers with new coaches. Generally, a new staff is capable of generating some buzz and obtaining talent.

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I get what you are hoping to convey, but .... you’re trying to make it as if there are huge gaps here, when there are not.

Look at the difference in class sizes. Compare average per player composite ratings. Look at what needs were filled. Look at who signed trench players vs who signed skill players who are typically higher rated and draw more accolades than say would a very strong OLine and/or DLine class with fewer numbers.

You mentioned Ole Miss’ class ... but it’s a numbers class, and that’s great, that’s what they needed, but it’s quantity over quality.

It’s all relative. As of right now, and The West clearly out-recruited The East, however you gotta take into account the needs of each program, impact players, and trench players vs skill players.

247 Composite - Bold = Really strong classes

Bama 24 commits - 93.59 - 301.42
UGA 20 commits - 93.43 - 289.83

A&M 24 commits - 91.12 - 282.55
UT 21 commits - 89.29 - 243.9

LSU 20 commits - 91.49 - 279.43
SC 19 commits - 89.06 - 233.84

Auburn 16 commits - 92.09 - 253.76
Florida 18 commits - 89.41 - 228.79

Miss State 23 commits - 88.72 - 241.02
Kentucky 22 commits - 86.31 - 203.08




Arkansas 26 commits - 88.34 237.67
Mizzou 16 commits - 86.36 - 185.86

Ole Miss 27 commits - 87.49 - 232.08
Vandy 22 commits - 84.18 - 179.33