King Ani Committed!

[Big4Dawg]

Huge ****ing pull.

https://www.npart36.org

[Bulldog1]

Yep. Ring the bell!

[Bully13]

I just busted a nut.

[Lord McBuckethead]

Ring them if you have them.

[Todd4State]

Hey Nkemdiche- this is OUR Nigerian.

Hail State!

[ElectroDawg]

Keep'em coming CJM. HAIL STATE!

[I seen it dawg]

#nomorecountryclubcrootin

[desotodawgz]

How could you not like and respect him? Also I thought that was the way commitment ceremonies shold be done....very professional no matter where he chose

[Bothrops]

This kid is smart! Mullen would have never been in the running.

[Ari Gold]

We now have the Kang and the King

[TrapGame]

This kid is smart! Mullen would have never been in the running.

Mullen wouldn't have had the stones to go after him in the first place.

[Cloak]

Damn, awesome get.

[Dolphus Raymond]

Life is good.

[Dawg61]

Damn JoMo you ain't ****ing around

[RocketDawg]

How could you not like and respect him? Also I thought that was the way commitment ceremonies shold be done....very professional no matter where he chose

Yeah, low key. Seems like nice, quiet fella. Said his mom was a pastor, so she likely didn't put up with much in his childhood. Good to have him.

[MetEdDawg]

In order to build the mentality of a big time program, you have to do what big time programs do. You have to go out of state and win some big time recruiting battles. You have to go toe to toe with the big boys on the field. You have to have the facilities. You have to generate the publicity for yourself.

We've been doing the on the field stuff the last four years. Gone toe to toe with Bama a couple times and have beaten Auburn and LSU 50% of the time the last four years. Facilities are in pretty good shape. Publicity is getting there. But the recruiting has always been lacking.

King Ani had a 0% chance of coming to MSU with Dan Mullen as head coach. Moorhead and staff gets it and they made this happen. This is just the beginning I think and if we are able to keep this staff intact, we are going to be hell on wheels. We just got a Top 300 DL from Tennessee that had Alabama and Ohio State hats on the table. Let that soak in for a bit folks.

[drummerdawg]

Now up to #11 in the recruiting rankings. Watch out sharts!

[Commercecomet24]

New Sherriff in town and his name is JoMo! Keep reeling em in Coach!

[IMissJack]

Amazing that we are competing for players that we would not attempt to get in the past, because of the assumption that they would not come to MSU.

[Lord McBuckethead]

King really was professional in his announcement. He was very articulate, considerate of all the coaches recruiting him, and by all accounts going to be a great guy on our team. Happy for him.

[Dawg-gone-dawgs]

any chance he is moved to LB?

[Doggie_Style]

This is huge confirmation that we are going to be better as a result of Merlins movng on....Joe is dead serious about moving his program to the next level...HailState!

[Ifyouonlyknew]

any chance he is moved to LB?

He's going to end up around 260lbs I doubt it.

[Commercecomet24]

Love the touch with the cowbell!

[RougeDawg]

Amazing that we are competing for players that we would not attempt to get in the past, because of the assumption that they would not come to MSU.

Our previous staff didn?t want to battle other programs for recruits. We need to continue this momentum into the season and make some 2014 type noise. Then recruiting will take an even bigger step.

[deadheaddawg]

24/7 has 4 star SDE Nathan Pickering as 86% to us and 14% to LSU

Anyone in the know think this will impact that? We already have two 4 star DE committed

To get another would be amazing. So stacked there.

Either way this is a wonderful pickup

[RougeDawg]

Looking at crystal ball predictions it looks like we are leading for 2-3 more highly rated DE?s. Is this just because these are the best guys or are we projecting them to move positions if we sign 3-3 DE?s? First time I?ve looked st recruiting since signing day.

[Political Hack]

If his offense flows like it did in the Big Ten, we're going to be absolutely hell to deal with the next few years because Rick Ray could coach this defense.

[Ifyouonlyknew]

24/7 has 4 star SDE Nathan Pickering as 86% to us and 14% to LSU

Anyone in the know think this will impact that? We already have two 4 star DE committed

To get another would be amazing. So stacked there.

Either way this is a wonderful pickup

Pickering is going to be a DT. These commits don't affect him at all.

[deadheaddawg]

Pickering is going to be a DT. These commits don't affect him at all.

I like the way you talk

[Pollodawg]

But.....But......You can’t recruit nationally here*******



Must be our beautiful campus.

[preachermatt83]

In order to build the mentality of a big time program, you have to do what big time programs do. You have to go out of state and win some big time recruiting battles. You have to go toe to toe with the big boys on the field. You have to have the facilities. You have to generate the publicity for yourself.

We've been doing the on the field stuff the last four years. Gone toe to toe with Bama a couple times and have beaten Auburn and LSU 50% of the time the last four years. Facilities are in pretty good shape. Publicity is getting there. But the recruiting has always been lacking.

King Ani had a 0% chance of coming to MSU with Dan Mullen as head coach. Moorhead and staff gets it and they made this happen. This is just the beginning I think and if we are able to keep this staff intact, we are going to be hell on wheels. We just got a Top 300 DL from Tennessee that had Alabama and Ohio State hats on the table. Let that soak in for a bit folks.

Dead on. Rep given.

[Pit Bull]

I don't keep up with recruiting.....what position does he play?

[Bulldog1]

I don't keep up with recruiting.....what position does he play?

DE

[Commercecomet24]

Pickering is going to be a DT. These commits don't affect him at all.

Heard some good news from Nathan last week. JoMo and staff are doing SERIOUS work!

[msbulldog]

Damn, we just took a recruit from Ohio St. and Alabama. How many times has that happened? SMH! HAIL STATE!

[BrunswickDawg]

I know JoMo and Baker and the coaches are doing work - and I'm not trying to discount it - but, I think it also helps the we have had a incredible run of DL & LB who have made the NFL and are making bank. Fletcher, Denico, Preston, Chris Jones, Kyle Love, Pernell, B-Mac, and KJ are all impact players. And we easily have 10+ more on the defensive roster right now with that potential. Players know what schools produce and that attracts blue chip

[Ifyouonlyknew]

I know JoMo and Baker and the coaches are doing work - and I'm not trying to discount it - but, I think it also helps the we have had a incredible run of DL & LB who have made the NFL and are making bank. Fletcher, Denico, Preston, Chris Jones, Kyle Love, Pernell, B-Mac, and KJ are all impact players. And we easily have 10+ more on the defensive roster right now with that potential. Players know what schools produce and that attracts blue chip

That's true for most but I don't think that was a factor for Ani. He's only been in the USA 2-3yrs so he doesn't know a lot about those guys. Also his other finalists were Bama & Ohio St can't really out NFL angle those 2.

[BrunswickDawg]

That's true for most but I don't think that was a factor for Ani. He's only been in the USA 2-3yrs so he doesn't know a lot about those guys. Also his other finalists were Bama & Ohio St can't really out NFL angle those 2.

Yeah - I was speaking to the overall trend on D for our recruiting, not player specific.

[louisvilledawg]

I know he had OSU and Bama hats up there, but his offer sheet was really impressive:

MSU
OSU
Bama
Michigan
ND
UT
USCe
LSU
UF
Clemson

[DanDority]

24/7 has 4 star SDE Nathan Pickering as 86% to us and 14% to LSU

Anyone in the know think this will impact that? We already have two 4 star DE committed

To get another would be amazing. So stacked there.

Either way this is a wonderful pickup

They also have him being recruited by D.J Looney.

[NWADAWG]

That's true for most but I don't think that was a factor for Ani. He's only been in the USA 2-3yrs so he doesn't know a lot about those guys. Also his other finalists were Bama & Ohio St can't really out NFL angle those 2.

I?m too lazy to do the research but how many 3 and 4 star kids have those schools developed into NFL players? I know they have put plenty 5 stars in that we?re destined for NFL since 8th grade. Maybe we are repped as taking potential NFL talent and making solid NFL players.

[msbulldog]

They also have him being recruited by D.J Looney.

DJ was the original recruiter. They don't keep those things up to date.

[BuckyIsAB****]

24/7 has 4 star SDE Nathan Pickering as 86% to us and 14% to LSU

Anyone in the know think this will impact that? We already have two 4 star DE committed

To get another would be amazing. So stacked there.

Either way this is a wonderful pickup

Pickering will be a DT hes 270-280 lbs right now

[IMissJack]

I know he had OSU and Bama hats up there, but his offer sheet was really impressive:

MSU
OSU
Bama
Michigan
ND
UT
USCe
LSU
UF
Clemson

That is as good of an offer list as you will see.