Official EliteDawgs 2017 Signing Day Thread

[maroonmania]

That's all you need to know. Kid is not close to a 4-star.

Obviously, as bad as we need another playmaking WR and we would not offer him? Pretty obvious he is no 4 star.

[smootness]

How many hay fakes actually go our way?? Lol. Don't get ur hopes up on Bowie though. It's over.

I'm not, just saying that until it's done, you never totally know.

[Commercecomet24]

Yep. Kid looks ok but he's in no way shape or form a 4 star

[preachermatt83]

This day has been huge with or without Bowie.

[msstate7]

Really like our class. It can go from really solid to pretty dang good if we can get Elliss and cooper qualified. Hit the books, young men

[maroonmania]

How many hay fakes actually go our way?? Lol. Don't get ur hopes up on Bowie though. It's over.

Hope he enjoys life in the secondary I guess under NCAA probation.

[preachermatt83]

I'm not, just saying that until it's done, you never totally know.

Oh no doubt.

[preachermatt83]

I've been 2-2 so far!! Will I screw it up with Bowie!? Afraid so. I'll miss that one.

[Commercecomet24]

This day has been huge with or without Bowie.

Absolutely been a good day and with the jucos a really good class.

[Commercecomet24]

I've been 2-2 so far!! Will I screw it up with Bowie!? Afraid so. I'll miss that one.

Gotcha George.

[Saltydog]

NT

[fishwater99]

What's up with Sherman Timbs signing?

Was on Mullen's twitter..

[CarolinaDawgs]

To think that the recruiting rankings couldve been Shitbirds @ 55 and Us @20 and it didnt happen makes me sad.

[smootness]

Looks like Day will kick for us, too. Or at least that seems to be the plan.

[Really Clark?]

What's up with Sherman Timbs signing?

Was on Mullen's twitter..

Perferred walk-on. Just got another one, Harry Parker OL. That's 5 perferred walkons and they are all good football players

[smootness]

What's up with Sherman Timbs signing?

Was on Mullen's twitter..

Didn't sign, just chose us. Walking on.

[Bothrops]

Bowie to the shitbirds

[smootness]

Bowie to OM. He dumb.

[mparkerfd20]

DD should be DA. Dumb ass

[louisvilledawg]

Bowie to OM. He dumb.

Best of luck to the guy tho. Having multiple kids at 18 gotta be tough

[preachermatt83]

Very good day!!

[Cloak]

Still a great class. Nice job coaches

[smootness]

And the CL pencils him in to start at CB for them next year. Lulz.

[starkvegasdawg]

Best of luck to the guy tho. Having multiple kids at 18 gotta be tough

I assume someone told him what caused that.

[Cooterpoot]

Now we need to get Cooper and Richardson in and the class will be pretty solid. Missed at WR and will miss at OT if they don't get in. Now to watch spring ball and see who transfers out.

[fishwater99]

Best of luck to the guy tho. Having multiple kids at 18 gotta be tough

Momma had to get paid... Good Luck, maybe they will let him out of his LOI after the sanctions hit..

[Pollodawg]

Been a great day for us. Odom staying home. Gay spits in LSU's face. lol Bowie was never more than lagniappe for us.

[Interpolation_Dawg_EX]

Best of luck to the guy tho. Having multiple kids at 18 gotta be tough

He has multiple kids???

[Pollodawg]

And as far as Reed, ask AJ Brown what happens when you disrespect MSU.

[Pollodawg]

Momma had to get paid... Good Luck, maybe they will let him out of his LOI after the sanctions hit..

Real talk: lots of college athletes do.

[I seen it dawg]

Best of luck to the guy tho. Having multiple kids at 18 gotta be tough

Lol really? Tough to keep your dick in your pants and not impregnate twice before age of 19....I guess

[I seen it dawg]

I assume someone told him what caused that.

And too ****ing dumb to understand after the first time.

[smootness]

This is a really, really good class. Got our QB of the future, a stud RB, stud LB, immediate impact talent on the DL and secondary, along with some solid HS talent on the DL as well. We'll just have to wait and see what the OL become.

[Pollodawg]

This is a really, really good class. Got our QB of the future, a stud RB, stud LB, immediate impact talent on the DL and secondary, along with some solid HS talent on the DL as well. We'll just have to wait and see what the OL become.
OL and kicker are always a crap shoot in many ways once you get beyond upper echelon talent.

[Bothrops]

Best of luck to the guy tho. Having multiple kids at 18 gotta be tough

I can't even imagine what that would have been like.

[I seen it dawg]

Bowie family signs with OM

[msstate7]

And as far as Reed, ask AJ Brown what happens when you disrespect MSU.

Too bad we can't schedule a juco though... reed won't ever face us on the field imo

[Really Clark?]

BTW. Parks may take a grayshirt to Bama now

[I seen it dawg]

I can't even imagine what that would have been like.

Comical

[maroonmania]

Still a great class. Nice job coaches

Yep, the only area we missed bad was at WR. Got to hope Couch, Todd and Mitchell all pan out. Would have been nice to have gotten one more HS OL guaranteed to qualify but we did sign 5 OL total so not as big of a bust there as at WR. Everywhere else I think we met our needs so overall a good day.

[Bothrops]

Bowie family signs with OM

Yep

[afranzo]

What solid answers from DD in post interview... hah

"I know they are about to get into some trouble... Hugh never lied to me though... "


https://www.youtube.com/embed/FzKwcYeyQWA

[Ari Gold]

Bowie family signs with OM

This^

Bowie commits to Umiss. Baby Momma, 2kids, and fam commit to the city of Oxford.

[Bodawg]

Bowie family signs with OM

Wonder if he can get a release when the NCAA hammers the school up north?

[maroonmania]

And as far as Reed, ask AJ Brown what happens when you disrespect MSU.

What a joke, getting "disrespected" by a guy who wasn't even rated on recruiting sites until we took his commitment and who has essentially no chance to qualify. How did this guy even warrant an announcement ceremony?

[HoopsDawg]

Yep, the only area we missed bad was at WR. Got to hope Couch, Todd and Mitchell all pan out. Would have been nice to have gotten one more HS OL guaranteed to qualify but we did sign 5 OL total so not as big of a bust there as at WR. Everywhere else I think we met our needs so overall a good day.

If Cooper doesn't qualify, it's a really poor job on the O-line front. Suggs is a good get if he can add good weight.

[Leroy Jenkins]

"DBs make a lot of money".

[HoopsDawg]

This^

Bowie commits to Umiss. Baby Momma, 2kids, and fam commit to the city of Oxford.

I've stayed somewhat quiet on Bowie, but do we really want a kid who quits on his basketball team in the middle of a game? If I take a kid with character issues, give me the 4 star who smoked weed.

[Interpolation_Dawg_EX]

BTW. Parks may take a grayshirt to Bama now

Who?

[maroonmania]

If Cooper doesn't qualify, it's a really poor job on the O-line front. Suggs is a good get if he can add good weight.

True, but its the same story every year and its not going to change. At least we did sign 5 guys this year compared to only 3 last year, so there's that.

[msstate7]

If I take a kid with character issues, give me the 4 star who smoked weed.

See, we can find common ground sometimes haha

[Doggie_Style]

He has multiple kids???

He has a history of poor choices so today's decision was right in line with his other poor choices.....we probably dodged a bullet

[msbulldog]

Bowie family signs with OM

Wonder if the NCAA, would like to interview old DD?

[maroonmania]

I've stayed somewhat quiet on Bowie, but do we really want a kid who quits on his basketball team in the middle of a game? If I take a kid with character issues, give me the 4 star who smoked weed.

Yep, I just hate we whiffed on getting one playmaking WR in the class, not so much that we didn't get Bowie. Austin will be a nice "possession" receiver at best.

[Really Clark?]

Who?

The 4 star kid that was set to announce for Bama and right before he goes live they call to tell him they won't take it his commitment now.

[msstate7]

The 4 star kid that was set to announce for Bama and right before he goes live they call to tell him they won't take it his commitment now.

I no longer feel sorry for the dude. Grow a pair and have some pride about yourself, parks

[Saltydog]

he visited. I do think he actually gave us some consideration but I never thought he was going to sign w/us from the get go. Just way too many hands stuck out for him not to go to UM. He can now go sit on the bench behind all their other 4 and 5 star WR. Their WR group does make me somewhat jealous. Hell, we can't even get a solid 3 star much less a 4 or a 5. Gonzales isn't getting it done with his group.

[HSVDawg]

He has a history of poor choices so today's decision was right in line with his other poor choices.....we probably dodged a bullet

SMH at this comment. I think you'd be very surprised how many players we have signed in the past (including some current players, most likely) that had multiple kids in high school. It's an unfortunate reality when your primary recruiting ground is the state that leads the nation in poverty, teenage pregnancy, and is dead last in education (which by extension means dead last in sex education). No way that should be used against him when judging his potential value to our program or another program.

[Pollodawg]

SMH at this comment. I think you'd be very surprised how many players we have signed in the past (including some current players, most likely) that had multiple kids in high school. It's an unfortunate reality when your primary recruiting ground is the state that leads the nation in poverty, teenage pregnancy, and is dead last in education (which by extension means dead last in sex education). No way that should be used against him when judging his potential value to our program or another program.

Just made this exact point.

[GTHOM]

2 out of 3 aint bad. Good day. Willie Gay is every bit as good as Akers. That aint spin either. Still dont understand why everybody is worried about our WRs. We will be fine there. Helped our DL with impact players and depth tremendously. Signed 5 OL this year, all of them are huge human beings. This class is a W. Good job Mullen and staff

[msbulldog]

2 out of 3 aint bad. Good day. Willie Gay is every bit as good as Akers. That aint spin either. Still dont understand why everybody is worried about our WRs. We will be fine there. Helped our DL with impact players and depth tremendously. Signed 5 OL this year, all of them are huge human beings. This class is a W. Good job Mullen and staff

Spot on.

[Finna]

And the CL pencils him in to start at CB for them next year. Lulz.

I hope he does. We called plays this season to intentionally run right at him.

[Leroy Jenkins]

It's an unfortunate reality when your primary recruiting ground is the state that leads the nation in poverty, teenage pregnancy, and is dead last in education (which by extension means dead last in sex education).

How did teenagers not get pregnant before sex education?

[NCDawg]

2 out of 3 aint bad. Good day. Willie Gay is every bit as good as Akers. That aint spin either. Still dont understand why everybody is worried about our WRs. We will be fine there. Helped our DL with impact players and depth tremendously. Signed 5 OL this year, all of them are huge human beings. This class is a W. Good job Mullen and staff

I hope the 5 OL we signed have good feet and can move. I recall in high school we had a big guy which we could push around all over the field.

[1bigdawg]

How did teenagers not get pregnant before sex education?

Parents.

[thf24]

he visited. I do think he actually gave us some consideration but I never thought he was going to sign w/us from the get go. Just way too many hands stuck out for him not to go to UM. He can now go sit on the bench behind all their other 4 and 5 star WR. Their WR group does make me somewhat jealous. Hell, we can't even get a solid 3 star much less a 4 or a 5. Gonzales isn't getting it done with his group.

We may have come up short this year, but we've signed at least one 4 star WR each of the previous four. We could do better recruiting this position, no doubt, but it's not a deficiency by any means.

[Commercecomet24]

2 out of 3 aint bad. Good day. Willie Gay is every bit as good as Akers. That aint spin either. Still dont understand why everybody is worried about our WRs. We will be fine there. Helped our DL with impact players and depth tremendously. Signed 5 OL this year, all of them are huge human beings. This class is a W. Good job Mullen and staff

Absolutely agree!

[shoeless joe]

SMH at this comment. I think you'd be very surprised how many players we have signed in the past (including some current players, most likely) that had multiple kids in high school. It's an unfortunate reality when your primary recruiting ground is the state that leads the nation in poverty, teenage pregnancy, and is dead last in education (which by extension means dead last in sex education). No way that should be used against him when judging his potential value to our program or another program.

Doesn't mean it wasn't a poor choice. Especially the second time...and just because a lot of college age kids on every campus make the same poor choice it doesn't make it any better.

We could go into reasoning, causes, etc...but no reason to in this thread.

[Bdawg]

This is a really, really good class. Got our QB of the future, a stud RB, stud LB, immediate impact talent on the DL and secondary, along with some solid HS talent on the DL as well. We'll just have to wait and see what the OL become.

Why do we have to do this every year? Really tired of this broken record.

[smootness]

Why do we have to do this every year? Really tired of this broken record.

Because most of the best OL we've had under Mullen have been lower-rated guys, and most of the higher-rated guys we've gotten haven't done a thing. Our OL under Mullen hasn't been any worse than most other position groups and hasn't really held us back.

[maroonmania]

Still dont understand why everybody is worried about our WRs. We will be fine there.

Well if by being fine you mean we will get by with what we've got then yes. However, no logical thinking person would deny we needed to add one real difference maker at WR this year. Next year there is no Ross or Wilson type that I see. Hearing good things on Todd but we will have to wait and see. Our WR group definitely won't scare anyone next year. Gonzales gets no better than a D with his group in recruiting this year. I mean we only signed one 3 star guy.

[Cooterpoot]

Why do we have to do this every year? Really tired of this broken record.

Because only about 10 teams a year don't.

[thf24]

Because most of the best OL we've had under Mullen have been lower-rated guys, and most of the higher-rated guys we've gotten haven't done a thing. Our OL under Mullen hasn't been any worse than most other position groups and hasn't really held us back.

Goes to show how tough and unreliable OL evaluations can be. There are a handful of sure things every year, then it's a crap shoot after that. I never get worked up over the OL (or place kicker for that matter) until they actually make it onto the field because there's no real telling until then.

[maroonmania]

Because most of the best OL we've had under Mullen have been lower-rated guys, and most of the higher-rated guys we've gotten haven't done a thing. Our OL under Mullen hasn't been any worse than most other position groups and hasn't really held us back.

Anyone know if Darryl Williams will continue playing? He had real potential so would hate to lose him although I would understand if there are long term health concerns.

[thf24]

OM just added one more... curious about what variety of fishy this one is. Claims a very impressive offer list, yet is a mid 3 star signing relatively late in the day.

http://247sports.com/Recruitment/Tony-Gray-83666/RecruitInterests

[smootness]

OM just added one more... curious about what variety of fishy this one is. Claims a very impressive offer list, yet is a mid 3 star signing relatively late in the day.

http://247sports.com/Recruitment/Tony-Gray-83666/RecruitInterests

Same HS as Nkemdiche. Another 'who cares?' recruit in their class.

[KB21]

Something we all need to remember about today. It's all fun to see where these players rank nationally by these so called pundits. I get that it generates excitement. In the long run, where they rank 3 years from now matters a whole hell of a lot more than where they rank today. Case in point. Damien Robinson is the highest rated offensive linemen we have signed under Mullen. He was a high level four star coming out of high school. In the same class, Dillon Day and Blaine Clausell were 2 stars and Ben Beckwith was not rated and a walk on. Those three went on to start multiple years for MSU while Damien Robinson was a career back up. Dak Prescott was the 43rd rated QB in high school during his senior year.

[Really Clark?]

OM just added one more... curious about what variety of fishy this one is. Claims a very impressive offer list, yet is a mid 3 star signing relatively late in the day.

http://247sports.com/Recruitment/Tony-Gray-83666/RecruitInterests

Georgia wouldn't take him and his offers dried up and that was about his only Power 5 spot left.

[louisvilledawg]

Something we all need to remember about today. It's all fun to see where these players rank nationally by these so called pundits. I get that it generates excitement. In the long run, where they rank 3 years from now matters a whole hell of a lot more than where they rank today. Case in point. Damien Robinson is the highest rated offensive linemen we have signed under Mullen. He was a high level four star coming out of high school. In the same class, Dillon Day and Blaine Clausell were 2 stars and Ben Beckwith was not rated and a walk on. Those three went on to start multiple years for MSU while Damien Robinson was a career back up. Dak Prescott was the 4rd rated QB in high school during his senior year.

http://25.media.tumblr.com/d73c5b8540424a1216cda7e84eb15a06/tumblr_mlo7jy0ktu1qbtzbno1_r1_500.gif

[GTHOM]

Well if by being fine you mean we will get by with what we've got then yes. However, no logical thinking person would deny we needed to add one real difference maker at WR this year. Next year there is no Ross or Wilson type that I see. Hearing good things on Todd but we will have to wait and see. Our WR group definitely won't scare anyone next year. Gonzales gets no better than a D with his group in recruiting this year. I mean we only signed one 3 star guy.

First off, position coaches dont recruit every prospect at their position. Second, yeah I agree it would have been nice to get a sho nuff WR but we have guys that can ball. People are acting like we have D3 WRs. I dont have to go thru the names to tell you the guys we have. Trust me, if we have a decent OL we will be damn good on offense. My biggest concerns were OL and DL depth. We got both and one of the best players in the country in Willie Gay

[civildawg]

well we sure as hell could have used him

[maroonmania]

First off, position coaches dont recruit every prospect at their position. Second, yeah I agree it would have been nice to get a sho nuff WR but we have guys that can ball. People are acting like we have D3 WRs. I dont have to go thru the names to tell you the guys we have. Trust me, if we have a decent OL we will be damn good on offense. My biggest concerns were OL and DL depth. We got both and one of the best players in the country in Willie Gay

Regardless of who is lead recruiter on who, every coach has to pay attention to what his position is ending up with and the position coach is pretty much the closer. We've signed 2 WRs on the past 2 signing days so Gonz has to take the lion's share of responsibility for that.

[smootness]

Regardless of who is lead recruiter on who, every coach has to pay attention to what his position is ending up with and the position coach is pretty much the closer. We've signed 2 WRs on the past 2 signing days so Gonz has to take the lion's share of responsibility for that.

This number is still wrong. It's conservatively 4. And sure the position coach is involved, but Mullen and the whole staff are responsible for closing. We could have done better at WR, but we're fine there, especially looking ahead to what we could have next year.

[maroonmania]

This number is still wrong. It's conservatively 4. And sure the position coach is involved, but Mullen and the whole staff are responsible for closing. We could have done better at WR, but we're fine there, especially looking ahead to what we could have next year.

I said ON THE PAST 2 SIGNING DAYS. I realize we picked up Todd and Mitchell later down the road thank Goodness but that was because we missed on targets going into signing day. Still only have 10 total on the roster for next year with a bunch of slot guys so we don't need any further attrition.

[GTHOM]

I said ON THE PAST 2 SIGNING DAYS. I realize we picked up Todd and Mitchell later down the road thank Goodness but that was because we missed on targets going into signing day. Still only have 10 total on the roster for next year with a bunch of slot guys so we don't need any further attrition.

I do agree with this we cant lose any and a big injury would really hurt us

[msstate7]

Anyone know if Darryl Williams will continue playing? He had real potential so would hate to lose him although I would understand if there are long term health concerns.
IYOK said Williams is expected to play

[I seen it dawg]

Wr will be fine. And sets up for next yr recruiting. Got to close wr next yr