2008 featured a 5 loss LSU team, and 7 loss Auburn and Arkansas. So Ole Miss finished 4th in the entire SEC (behind Florida, Alabama and Georgia). Weeeeeeee
Ole Miss better not end up in Birmingham in January anytime soon...
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2008 featured a 5 loss LSU team, and 7 loss Auburn and Arkansas. So Ole Miss finished 4th in the entire SEC (behind Florida, Alabama and Georgia). Weeeeeeee
Ole Miss better not end up in Birmingham in January anytime soon...
This is one of the more popular boards, but let's face it cfbgaf is rather a small piece of GAF overall. And for the recruits thing it's more about the family, see Tom Savage's father fight in the stands and the fallout from that, and in recruiting family already hurt us this year with Skai Moore's family (although that had 100% nothing to do with the boards).
He would probably leave if he's offered to coach there. It's not like A&M is a destination job.
I don't think most recruits really care what fans say. Most of them are really full of themselves from being the best player by far in any of the games they've played and think they're going to walk in and start over everybody that's been there for several years. They don't realize they're about to be playing with people that are as good, or better, than they are. So yeah, I think most of these kids think they're so good they can beat anybody (and a few of them can), but I don't think they really care what random people on a message board say.
Alot of it depends on the kids too, SEC schools target different types of players then the rest of the country, but thick skin is a commonality for the majority of the kids like you and sirpop say.
They also don't have the time to troll message boards as frequently as their family does, and family gets ugly when they don't get their way (who is that Bama player from Lousisania whose mom freaked out over him going to Bama?)
Landon Collins :lol
Man, that should of been a candidate for gif of the year, it was such an amazing moment.
Well, 30th in the world (according to Big Board) ain't too bad. Though, behind some strange "boards", but the obvious 4chan and SA.
Imma go ahead and use Occam's Razor here: Ole Miss went from an utterly mediocre program to possibly putting together the top recruiting class in the country out of nowhere.
Perfect storm, or... they're cheating. Which is more likely?
Guileless
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2008 also featured 12-0 Alabama and 11-1 Florida (which lost to Ole Miss in the Tebow Sobs game). So it was top heavy with lots of losses among lower teams, like 2012. But there have been years where divisional winners have had 2 or even 3 losses. Not lately though.
Add this to your theory: Ole Miss has a great shot of getting the #1, 2, and 3 recruits in the entire country.
At least going by 247sports player rankings (Robert N. and Tunsil are generally considered top 10/top 5 players, and Chris Jones has a bit more slide to him-some sites have him outside the top 10).
Yeah, that year was top heavy, and Ole Miss had enough umph to get past the rest of the mediocre teams, and finish 4th. With a hot QB (Snead, who should have left after that year, rather than staying for a horrible final season the next year)
Found a picture of this infamous SWAT warehouse. Yep...maybe CNN was right to drop SI in favour of Bleacher Report...
I wouldn't really give a shit if they hadn't paid of Laquon Treadwell.
At least we're deep and talented at WR, but it's still galling for us to get beat out for a WR by Ole Fucking Miss.
Expansion News:
Prevailing thought is that the Big 10 is going to strike first (McMurphy from Espn, the czar of realignment, and Matt Hayes from TSN) to grab from the ACC. The Big 12 and Sec will strike afterwards.
The problem is that the most likely targets for the Big 10 from the ACC are ACC either tobacco road diehards (Virginia/NC) or would much rather join the SEC (no chance in hell) or a south eastern bloc BIG 12 (much more likely) in Gtech. While the school that mostly wants to get out isn't a prime Big 10 candidate (FSU).
Basically, Big is going to leak nonstop rumors off ACC teams going to the BIG/B12/SEC to loosen that rock.
Prevailing thought is that the Big 10 is going to strike first (McMurphy from Espn, the czar of realignment, and Matt Hayes from TSN) to grab from the ACC. The Big 12 and Sec will strike afterwards.
The problem is that the most likely targets for the Big 10 from the ACC are ACC either tobacco road diehards (Virginia/NC) or would much rather join the SEC (no chance in hell) or a south eastern bloc BIG 12 (much more likely) in Gtech. While the school that mostly wants to get out isn't a prime Big 10 candidate (FSU).
Basically, Big is going to leak nonstop rumors off ACC teams going to the BIG/B12/SEC to loosen that rock.
chicko1983
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Ole miss are only 13th in recruiting on espn site.
I hope they aren't cheating, just because it would be good to watch a team topple one of ala, Lsu or tam from top three in that conference.
I hope they aren't cheating, just because it would be good to watch a team topple one of ala, Lsu or tam from top three in that conference.
They're only 13th, but they have a pretty good shot at several more stud recruits. If they get one or two of those guys, they'll probably have a borderline top-5 class.
bucknuticus
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Don't worry guys. Espn has an insider article on top 5 recruiting underachievers. Ole miss is 3rd.
Guileless
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I believe that. Nutt's and most of Orgeron's classes were full of grade and character risks that did not produce on the field. They were generally ranked in the high teens.
Here's some insight on Ole Miss recruiting tactics from Vandy's WR coach via Twitter:
Josh Gattis @thenewVUgattis
How can a coach tell a recruit about how religous they are then surround you around women the minute you step on campus?Its about education!
Haw.
Here's some insight on Ole Miss recruiting tactics from Vandy's WR coach via Twitter:
Josh Gattis @thenewVUgattis
How can a coach tell a recruit about how religous they are then surround you around women the minute you step on campus?Its about education!
Haw.
I've seen some talk that he might be talking about Auburn (RB Ford decommitting from Vandy and potentially going to AU). Not sure if the WR coach was Ford's recruiter or not.
think him talking about recruits is a violation, best send it to Indianapolis.
how dare you lower Barry Switzer's good name to the level of Mr. Freeze. Mr. Freeze has no human emotion, and will kill anyone in his path. Mr. Freeze must be opposed, before it's too late.
ChiTownBuffalo
Either I made up lies about the Boston Bomber or I fell for someone else's crap. Either way, I have absolutely no credibility and you should never pay any attention to anything I say, no matter what the context. Perm me if I claim to be an insider
To be fair, Yuri did that to himself.
Sirpopopop
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This week in crazy posters on Rivals message boards watch:
I take back any comments I made about the Penn State fan base being crazier than the Rutgers fan base:
http://rutgers.rivals.com/showmsg.asp?fid=642&tid=162326782&mid=162326782&sid=988&style=2
In that thread, crazy conservatives who post on Rutgers boards complain about the school naming a cyber terrorism center after Tyler Clementi. Keep in mind the Rutgers message boards were home to quite a few alums white knighting Dharun Ravi throughout the whole ordeal as some innocent kid who had nothing to do with Clementi's suicide.
I take back any comments I made about the Penn State fan base being crazier than the Rutgers fan base:
http://rutgers.rivals.com/showmsg.asp?fid=642&tid=162326782&mid=162326782&sid=988&style=2
In that thread, crazy conservatives who post on Rutgers boards complain about the school naming a cyber terrorism center after Tyler Clementi. Keep in mind the Rutgers message boards were home to quite a few alums white knighting Dharun Ravi throughout the whole ordeal as some innocent kid who had nothing to do with Clementi's suicide.
Georgia just stole Brandon Douglas from Georgia Tech. Not familiar with him.
ChiTownBuffalo
Either I made up lies about the Boston Bomber or I fell for someone else's crap. Either way, I have absolutely no credibility and you should never pay any attention to anything I say, no matter what the context. Perm me if I claim to be an insider
Well, gonna get banned again.
What did you do?
Man, you gotta stop making threads. And I didn't even see what it was.
GoldenEye 007
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Didn't Texas just promote Major Applewhite to OC?
http://www.cbssports.com/collegefoo...ropriate-consensual-relationship-with-student
http://www.cbssports.com/collegefoo...ropriate-consensual-relationship-with-student
perfectchaos007
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I get the impression Major Applewhite didn't settle for a BJ from the co-ed. He went All. The. Way. TOUCHDOWN TEXAS!! But apparently our athletic department punished him for the extramarital affair w/student back in 2009 so I don't know why they decided to release the information now. I thought all athletic departments would have learned by now that full disclosure from the onset is the only way to avoid a maximum punishment. Withholding info, even in minor cases is a no-no from the NCAA's standpoint
GoldenEye 007
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Seems like the Texas BoT has called an emergency meeting too. Athletics wouldn't have kept this from the rest of the administration, right?
ConfusingJazz
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Bev Kearney lawsuit.
She was fired for having a relationship about it and apparently not telling the administration. She is now suing the AD over it, and this was probably going to be the centerpiece of her lawsuit.
ConfusingJazz
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God damn it.
How fast can we hire Oliver Luck?
How fast can we hire Oliver Luck?
ConfusingJazz
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Dodds' only hope is that the student wasn't part of the AD.
GoldenEye 007
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So basically she got fired over it and not Applewhite? And he got a promotion basically?
:jnc
ConfusingJazz
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So, after reading up on things:
Bev Kearney, women's track coach, was fired for having a relationship with student athlete in 2002, and never reported it. She was fired over it last year, and is currently suing the school.
Her lawyer, working on a gender and race discrimination lawsuit, filed a FOIA request, probably based on things "known" in the AD.
Major Applewhite had a relationship with a student at the 2009 Fiesta Bowl. He informed Dodds, and "punished him" for it, including a salary freeze for the rest of 2009. However, not much is known past that at the moment.
Did Dodds inform the Board of Regents? Has Major been playing by the books since the relationship? Was the punishment apt? Was Bev fired out of convenience?
Board of Regents will have a meeting on Sunday, and we will find out more then. Well, besides the whole Super Bowl thing.
I think Bev is getting PAID, but I don't know about everything else.
She was fired for not disclosing her relationship with a student athlete she coached. He had a liaison with a student (nothing else is known about her yet), and he disclosed it.
Bev Kearney, women's track coach, was fired for having a relationship with student athlete in 2002, and never reported it. She was fired over it last year, and is currently suing the school.
Her lawyer, working on a gender and race discrimination lawsuit, filed a FOIA request, probably based on things "known" in the AD.
Major Applewhite had a relationship with a student at the 2009 Fiesta Bowl. He informed Dodds, and "punished him" for it, including a salary freeze for the rest of 2009. However, not much is known past that at the moment.
Did Dodds inform the Board of Regents? Has Major been playing by the books since the relationship? Was the punishment apt? Was Bev fired out of convenience?
Board of Regents will have a meeting on Sunday, and we will find out more then. Well, besides the whole Super Bowl thing.
I think Bev is getting PAID, but I don't know about everything else.
She was fired for not disclosing her relationship with a student athlete she coached. He had a liaison with a student (nothing else is known about her yet), and he disclosed it.
She got fired over have a relationship with a student athlete that she coaches. Applewhite had a relationship with a co-ed and got a one year salary freeze. If the girl is part of the AD then Dodds is probably gone and Applewhite too.
GoldenEye 007
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I see. But even if the woman was not under the AD and just a normal student, it could still cause issues.
For instance, the university I work for has a clear rule that staff can't be involved with students at all.
If Applewhite did and it is a general UT rule and Dodds didn't inform the BOT, they could still be screwed. BOT doesn't call an emergency meeting over info they already know.
For instance, the university I work for has a clear rule that staff can't be involved with students at all.
If Applewhite did and it is a general UT rule and Dodds didn't inform the BOT, they could still be screwed. BOT doesn't call an emergency meeting over info they already know.
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