Rebel Roundup - ESPN.com Linkage
by The Ghost of Jay Cutler on Jan 28, 2009 9:43 AM EST
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Yep, it was that long ago. The Rebels last defeated the Wildcats in a pre-9/11 world. Wrap your brain around that one.
The Recruiting Derby Heats Up - Bruce Feldman lays out the ten most intriguing recruiting battles still out there, and the Rebels are in two of them. The first is us vs. Bama vs. Georgia for Bobbie Massie and the second is us vs. Florida vs. Georgia vs. Tennessee for Marlon Brown. He actually seems somewhat hopeful about our chances with Brown.
Nutt, Petrino Have Solid Recruiting Classes - That's what Billy Tucker (who?) is saying. While this class is far from both "perfect" and "complete," we're likely to pick up some big time talent come signing day on top of the commitments we've already earned. I've always felt ESPN was always a bit on the "fringe" with regards to recruiting rankings and evaluation. Their incredibly high rankings of oftentimes otherwise lowly or moderately ranked prospects demonstrates this fairly well. Still, you've gotta take it where you can get it. Thanks, ESPN. We don't know why you (outside of Mark May) have decided to love Ole Miss all of the sudden, but we dig it.
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The top of this class won't compare with many SEC recruiting classes, but I think that #16-25 will be better than many. I know that's silly, but I think it's important.
by Juco All-American on Jan 28, 2009 10:30 AM EST reply actions
He was very highly touted as a good recruiter, but Orgeron only had one class in the Rivals top-25, and that was the misleadingly high (it was good, but not 16th in America good) 2006 class.
by The Ghost of Jay Cutler on Jan 28, 2009 11:25 AM EST reply actions
by Hedainian on Jan 28, 2009 10:53 PM EST reply actions
Ghost.
Orgeron established his highly touted, good recruiter status while on the staff at USC. (Very highly touted as a recruiter by Pete Carroll himself)
The reason his recruiting at Ole Miss was thought of so highly was because of... well, it's Ole Miss.
It's not like you guys were bringing in top recruits on a yearly basis before he got there.
I realize you hate giving him credit for it, but try and think of it like this; not giving Orgeron credit for his recruiting, would be like not giving Nutt credit for his motivational skills.
by GonzoHog on Jan 30, 2009 9:33 PM EST reply actions
That's a FACT, Gonzo. If you're going to bash Nutt's recruiting, you simply cannot simultaneously praise Eddie O's classes. He had ONE class worth a damn and that was 2006. However, that class was highly misleading because Brent Schaeffer sucked (5 star my ass) and Jerrell Powe was being counted in our rankings for a second time.
O's recruiting was MISLEADING, Gonzo.
by Red Solo Cup Admin on Jan 30, 2009 11:15 PM EST reply actions
The FACT is, he got them there. That IS the point.
When Nutt has a few recruits that don't pan out, are you going to say, 3 years from now, that his '09recruiting class was MISLEADING?
Also, Nutt has been a HC for more years than Orgeron. He should have had a few more better recruiting classes.
Being directly in connection with
Texas and Northern La. for 10 straight years, should have given
him a clear advantage over lots of coaches, but then again, he's a Nutt. What did you exspect?
by GonzoHog on Jan 31, 2009 11:02 AM EST reply actions
The fact that Jerrell Powe's 5 stars were being counted towards our recruiting rankings for the second year in a row makes them misleading so, yeah, it was misleading from the get-go.
by Red Solo Cup Admin on Feb 1, 2009 5:17 PM EST reply actions
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