Re: OT Laremy Tunsil...(8:35am CT ESPNU)
Even Max Howell was alluding to shady dealings going on in Oxford.
Even Max Howell was alluding to shady dealings going on in Oxford.
they seem very Bush League as a staff....Anyone sick of the Ole Miss love-fest on ESPN U right now? Coaches jumping up and down. Very clear what is happenning in Oxford right now. Ole Miss fans are very delusional. They do not care how they get players.
Reminds me of the 2010 Auburn signing class and the coaching staff's reaction.Anyone sick of the Ole Miss love-fest on ESPN U right now? Coaches jumping up and down. Very clear what is happenning in Oxford right now. Ole Miss fans are very delusional. They do not care how they get players.
Everyone who thinks it through logically knows what is going on here.
Also, if you notice, it seems Ole Miss really started picking up top tier guys once the NCAA started a new demonstration of their ineptitude (in the Miami case). This is how you can try to beat Saban...
Having said that, hard to believe some are buying into it. Ole Miss did not have a great season. If they are lucky, in the next few years they'll be in a dogfight with LSU and Texas A&M for second or third in the SEC West.
Personally, I believe they had a pretty good season. They might not have been world beaters but they were very competitive in every game that I watched. I definately think they were miles ahead from where they were the year before....the difference??? I think Coach Freeze has something to do with it....could it be money switching hands? possibly but it could be that young recruits saw what I saw throughout their season, a team that seems to be headed in the right direction with plenty of playing time available if you want on the field early, and with what seems like a good coach....just my opinion....RTR!
I think many people are incorrectly assuming that people are just shooting off at the mouth with baseless accusations. There is fire causing the smoke and to be honest can you blame Ole Miss? Auburn did it and won a NC. What do they have to lose? They get caught, which is unlikely unless there is actual, physical, hard evidence, they go back to a 5 or 6 win team. They have basically sacrificed nothing for the chance to be competitive and the NCAA is hamstringed right now by the Miami debacle. It's really not that hard to believe.Personally, I believe they had a pretty good season. They might not have been world beaters but they were very competitive in every game that I watched. I definately think they were miles ahead from where they were the year before....the difference??? I think Coach Freeze has something to do with it....could it be money switching hands? possibly but it could be that young recruits saw what I saw throughout their season, a team that seems to be headed in the right direction with plenty of playing time available if you want on the field early, and with what seems like a good coach....just my opinion....RTR!
They did show improvement, but that's kind of like saying a dead dog stinks less. It's bound to happen sooner or later.I definately think they were miles ahead from where they were the year before....the difference??? I think Coach Freeze has something to do with it....
And that goes right with my feeling that this Ole Miss class resembles Auburn's 2010 class.His recruitment was exactly like that of Cyrus Kouandjio. Thought to be a longtime favorite to sign with one program, visits an off-the-radar program at the last minute, and commits/signs with them. Except in this case, there was no one to step in and talk sense into him.
Did Golson have a legitimate committable offer anywhere else. I know that he was committed to FSU but that went south without much explanation (I read as he did not have anything but a contingent offer) and he was never really discussed as a Bama or Aubbie possibility (I read as no real offer in spite of being from Prattville).They did show improvement, but that's kind of like saying a dead dog stinks less. It's bound to happen sooner or later.
What did they do that Texas A&M didn't? New coach, much more success, but you didn't see that sort of recruiting class, even though Texas has much more native talent to begin with, and A&M both has more money and a much better history.
I think the scenario is more like this. Freeze had enough success for the boosters to seriously consider throwing their money around, and the NCAA happens to show that even getting caught red handed might not be enough to punish a school. The two factors combined to bring in some of the kids that were for sale. Ole Miss was able to close on a significant portion of the talent that was available, which could be interpreted as Ole Miss signed a lot of the top remaining free agents.
Mind you, I can see the logic for a few of these kids signing, but take someone like Tunsil, what he said, what he did up until he leaned Ole Miss and try to find the logic. Then, add in Golson, and the fact that he said he didn't want to play with Tunsil. Just take their recruitment, how they were leaning, what just those two said, two kids from Florida and Alabama, and try to figure out what really would draw them to Ole Miss late in the process.
Lightning doesn't strike in the same spot twice, and in the case of Ole Miss, who never even had a top 20 kid before, lighting struck several times recently. It's ridiculous and obvious what is going on.
I wouldn't know for sure, but his offer list was pretty extensive and it's hard to figure out why he would basically play the one place he said he didn't want to play.Did Golson have a legitimate committable offer anywhere else.