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ArtDeco · 02-01-2013, 12:29 PM

This sudden shift in top recruits considering Ole Miss is an obvious example of suspicious recruiting. I grew up an Ole Miss fan and still follow them closely. Even under the great USC recruiter Orgeron (remember, the only reason he was hired was his recruiting prowess), Ole Miss never had a class remotely similar to this. Remember, previous coaches like Tuberville, Orgeron, Cutcliffe, and Nutt were hoping simply to "build a fence" around Memphis. Now, they are poaching from every major football state in the Union.
When I was younger, Billy Brewer got fired after getting a very severe probation for, among other things, giving truck tires to a recruit I knew. The guy never panned out.
Those teams were lucky to go 6-5, the rare 9-3 year. So it's not like they got probation for pulling in top recruits.
I assure you it's not the allure of a new head coach who's previous experience was small-town Arkansas college sports and high school football that's drawing these kids in. It's also not truck tires this time. If the NCAA isn't already investigating this, there's really no reason to even have an NCAA.

Lawdog88 · 02-01-2013, 12:46 PM

Well . . . whut cud it possibly b ?

Zanso · 02-01-2013, 12:46 PM

Nkemdiche, I understand (family)
Treadwell, I understand (family/friends)
Tunsil, I don't understand.

If 2/3 were shady, I would agree with you. I personally would not feel comfortable around the entire "the south will rise again" shit that you hear at Oxford so I don't know what the appeal is for Tunsil.

UFG8rGuy3283 · 02-01-2013, 12:59 PM

There may not be anything to it at all, considering the family relationships with Nkemdiche and Treadwell. Tunsil, I agree...very, very strange.

I would say this. One year, ok, I get it. 2 of the top recruits are fluky. My only concern is, I'm not sure how you "investigate" something like this without probable cause.

Please don't misunderstand, I am in agreement with you that there certainly seems to be something bigger going on. I guess I'm just not sure how we can have any confidence in the NCAA when they can't even nail Miami to the wall.

qwghlmgator · 02-01-2013, 01:07 PM

Ole Miss landing top recruits makes more sense than Climpson landing top recruits.

ArtDeco · 02-01-2013, 01:16 PM

If we're lucky, Mullen's right there 90 minutes away and hopefully on the phone right now to the NCAA. He's the one who's really got to be livid. His team is the one directly affected.

nwflgator_58 · 02-01-2013, 01:59 PM

[quote=Zanso;6379584]Nkemdiche, I understand (family)
Treadwell, I understand (family/friends)
Tunsil, I don't understand.

Tunsil isn't the only other one. I've heard Golson and Chris Jones, as well as others may be going there. Something is definitely going on. They might be able to promise playing time, but that's it. They have never won championships of any kind(except the Egg Bowl), and they never will.

ametcalf · 02-01-2013, 02:08 PM

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Originally Posted by Zanso

Nkemdiche, I understand (family)
Treadwell, I understand (family/friends)
Tunsil, I don't understand.

Tunsil isn't the only other one. I've heard Golson and Chris Jones, as well as others may be going there. Something is definitely going on. They might be able to promise playing time, but that's it. They have never won championships of any kind(except the Egg Bowl), and they never will.

..but if they keep pulling classes in like this one then you could see a different story in the future. I've been to Oxford...and I've wondered what the allure is. There are a lot of pretty girls...that's for sure!! Outside of that...there's really not much.

**RepubliGator84** · 02-01-2013, 02:16 PM

I'm a skeptic and think there are no such things as clean programs, but some more than others, but things just seem to be lining up right for the Rebs this year

G8R92 · 02-01-2013, 02:34 PM

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Originally Posted by Zanso

If 2/3 were shady, I would agree with you. I personally would not feel comfortable around the entire "the south will rise again" shit that you hear at Oxford so I don't know what the appeal is for Tunsil.

Who knows, maybe that is the appeal for him....

ArtDeco · 02-01-2013, 02:44 PM

As an Ole Miss fan, I have always understood growing up that the Ole Miss name, symbolism, home state, and flags would cost us in recruiting. With issues as destructive as negative recruiting, bad race relations, and symbolism harkening back to slavery, you're telling me a white high school coach from Memphis all of a sudden overcame this in less than a year when it took 50 years to get to the point of successfully recruiting average black athletes?

GATORAZ · 02-01-2013, 02:46 PM

Why are you scared of Ole Miss? Who are they cheating to get? GET OVER IT

They got Tunsil on campus. When he got there he realized wow they are bringing in a lot of good players. Another rumor is that he liked the party scene in Oxford more than Athens. We all know that Ole Miss' greatest asset is their women.

Ole Miss got a few kids with great ties to the school, some Mississippi kids and some JUCO's which they always get.

They did a great job of getting kids on campus

Gator_in_TX · 02-01-2013, 02:50 PM

I think it's not a bad thing. Let them get some good players and disrupt the balance of power in the west. I would rather them going to Ole Miss than Alabama.

phideltdj · 02-01-2013, 03:01 PM

UF has struggled with Ole Miss in the past even when we have overwhelming talent. With them rotating back on the schedule soon that is why there is concern.

ETGator1 · 02-01-2013, 03:02 PM

Tunsil at Ole Miss is better than UGALY or bama. It's time for bama to get its you know what knocked in the dirt.

GATORAZ · 02-01-2013, 03:07 PM

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Originally Posted by phideltdj

UF has struggled with Ole Miss in the past even when we have overwhelming talent. With them rotating back on the schedule soon that is why there is concern.

What do those teams of the past have to do with Ole Miss future teams?

**lurkingator1** · 02-01-2013, 03:14 PM

Tunsil is not going to Ole Miss ! UGA is my bet

Gatorrick22 · 02-01-2013, 03:16 PM

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Originally Posted by nwflgator_58

..but if they keep pulling classes in like this one then you could see a different story in the future. I've been to Oxford...and I've wondered what the allure is. There are a lot of pretty girls...that's for sure!! Outside of that...there's really not much.

Pulling classes is one thing that happens every once in a while, but that crap school is up to something...... No way top recruits would chose that hole over the best schools in the nation.

I'll bet real money.... that head coach/staff/alumni et al are up to something.

rserina · 02-01-2013, 03:17 PM

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Originally Posted by GATORAZ

What do those teams of the past have to do with Ole Miss future teams?

Or with out future teams.

Ahab · 02-01-2013, 03:21 PM

As far as I can tell, everyone in the SEC West cheats like a sumnabitch. I'm perfectly happy with Ole Miss stealing recruits from Bama and LSU so they don't end up with stacked teams.