Now We Know Why Danny Kanell was Fired by ESPN
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Ok, lets unpack this point by point:
- FIU, Maine, Cincinnati, Navy, SMU, Temple, Memphis, Maryland, East Carolina, Austin Peay, South Florida. How can anyone with a straight face say this?
- According to 247 Sports, MSU has the 25th most talented team in the country & UCF has the 55th most talented team.
- True. UCF does have 0 losses & MSU 3 losses. MSU would be undefeated with UCF's schedule as well.
- Ugh, no. As we've discussed in point #2, the talent levels of these two teams is not close. Additionally, due to Mississippi & JUCO recruits being undervalued, I would say upon the eye test, MSU is much closer to having about the 15th most talent in the country than 25th. i.e. Montez Sweat was a 3*, etc. I MEAN.... MONTEZ SWEAT WAS A 17ING 3*. That's the most egregious misranking, but many others on the roster are slightly underrated, which leads to a cumulative affect, of recruitin ranking just being light on MSU on the whole. Many 88s should've been 90s. Many 84s should've been 88s & so on. It's mostly because MS kids aren't seen as much as kids from GA, FL, AL, TX
I realize that Kanell is hack, but it's stuff like this that forms a ridiculous & inaccurate perception of our program. Search Dan Mullen on twitter if you really want to see how we are viewed. I would argue that MSU has the most inaccurate national perception than any school in the country. How much better would recruiting be if MSU's accurate perception was portrayed?
I like recruiting ranking & consider them somewhat accurate in predicting program & who is the better team, but, as has been proven time & time again, they are simply light on MS kids & JUCO kids & the result of that is everyone thinking that MSU is a garbage place with Bill Belichick 2.0 coaching them.
When you combine with a lazy media that has never been to MSU in the last 10 years, you get a situation where the reality of a school & program is completely different than the perception.
