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So Akers has Cal in his Top 10, but not us? (Ole Miss, Ohio State, Michigan, Cal, Tennessee, Georgia, Auburn, Alabama, LSU, Florida State)
If we haven't just conceded him and told him that, that's pathetic. Kid could be a top player in the country, plays at an MSU stronghold, and we don't even finish ahead of Cal. Please tell me why I shouldn't shake my head at that as I pass by other worthless May recruiting news?
Its because we want him to play offensive line. **
I figured we would at the very least be in the Top 10. Feel the same way about Cal. They seem to be recruiting Mississippi hard these days but no excuse
No worries, we're #11**
Yep, and as long as he doesn't go to OM, State fans will be happy. That's our recruiting philosophy: just please don't choose Ole Miss.**Quote:
Originally Posted by msstate7
He must not be a player**
This isn't surprising. We didn't concede anything he just hasn't been interested in MSU at all in months. He's been all over the country visiting schools but couldn't drive an hour & a half to Starkville. He's an amazing player & we've stayed on him he just hasn't returned any interest. We'll stay on him til January but I'd be surprised if anything changed.
We haven't been in the game for Akers from the beginning, nothing has changed. I figured he may have put us in the Top 10 just because we were instate, but I'm not shocked. Sonny Dykes has put together a good staff out at Cal and Art Kaufam was at ole miss for two different stints. I would imagine most of these MS kids that have Cal in their favorites are doing it for the recruiting visit.
One of Cal's primary recruiter is from Mississippi, and I think the head coach (Sonny Dikes, I think) use to recruit Mississippi pretty hard when he was at La Tech.Quote:
Originally Posted by RadtechBulldog
Because he was never coming here. He is going to go to a school that puts out RB's that have been drafted in the first or second round. I think its UGA, but LSU is pushing hard. We all know what happens if he goes to the bear$.Quote:
Originally Posted by CadaverDawg
We will have a hard time competing with UGA, LSU and Bama for elite top RB's due to the draft history those schools have and will have (Fournette will be a top 5-10 pick next year). At the end of the day, we got Hill who is clearly the second best back in the state, and some think the best. There are things we can bitch about when it comes to our recruiting, the RB position is not one of them.
Jacob Peeler their WR Coach is from Kosciusko.Quote:
Originally Posted by HailState2008
My hunch is there are incentives in place not to include MSU.
Well our best recruiting guys on here were saying Cam to State a year ago...so I'm surprised that now we're going to "never was interested".....and my question still stands....Why the hell cant we get him interested? Our RB history compared to OM's? We must not be where I thought in terms of improved recruiting.Quote:
Originally Posted by Interpolation_Dawg_EX
If you can't get a kid to even show interest when he's been a top prospect since his freshman season...no wonder we can't get an OL. That's pathetic that we can't get this guy interested with all of the things in our favor with him. (MSU stronghold, former teammate on MSU team, in the state, history of running backs, etc)
Fair enough, that's just not the consensus from a year ago.Quote:
Originally Posted by HancockCountyDog
This would not surprise meQuote:
Originally Posted by LeakyD
Probably true but who cares?! He's not going to Ole Miss to play for SonOfNutt and to miss bowl games. I think he'll be at OSU.Quote:
Originally Posted by CadaverDawg
Him and Kylin were never going to end up at the same school. This isn't news. Akers will likely end up at OM but could go out of state if LSU or one of the other SEC schools shows interest. I think he has already burned the bridge with Bama.
This is absolutely what's going on.Quote:
Originally Posted by LeakyD
I would add though that instead of complaining, we should probably be asking if MSU has any chance of ever building an SEC contender when we aren't in play for 5 star recruits from our own state?
I've said for the longest Cam & Kylin wouldn't be going to the same school.Quote:
Originally Posted by CadaverDawg
This is full of stupid. Great players make great draft picks, schools don't make great draft picks.Quote:
Originally Posted by HancockCountyDog
They are all "showing interest", kid might be the best RB in the country. If he goes to Ole Miss, the NCAA failed, and we might as well push all $ to baseball and basketball, bc cheating at all costs will be the new accepted ruleQuote:
Originally Posted by HSVDawg
He doesn't want to have to compete with Hill
Personally I think he ends up OOS. LSU, UGA, or Ohio St being the darkhorse.
If so, im fine with him not coming.Quote:
Originally Posted by Coach34
I'm pulling for UrbanQuote:
Originally Posted by Ifyouonlyknew
I'm sorry bud, but they may have had bad info. I can't answer those questions, but I can tell you that no matter of all the things we think we have in our favor with him, it doesn't matter with him. We don't have that 'it' factor that he wants to play for. Some of the laziness and "staleness" of the offensive staff doesn't help things.Quote:
Originally Posted by CadaverDawg
A few months ago, people were trying to say the 2017 was more talented than the 2016. People say a lot of things that have no basis in fact.Quote:
Originally Posted by CadaverDawg
The 2016 in state class is something we may not see again for a decade. This year's class is genuinely a down class. Now someone may step up in the summer and surprise, but our class will live and die with how we do out of state. Thankfully I think T-Buck and Sirmon will really help us there.
Thanks for the responses...I'm not calling anybody out or anything, I was just sincerely wondering how we can fall out of a top 10 for a guy like this. It makes me question things.
I hate recruiting more every day
I think the decision has already been made and the rest from here on out will be semantics and for show.
Bingo! He dropped Bama because he wants to be the premier back in the class.Quote:
Originally Posted by Coach34
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Originally Posted by CadaverDawg
I don't ever recall seeing that said. The guy just simply doesn't want to be here. He was never coming here. Even the Clinton guys on the team (Ced Jiles, Grant Harris) have said "He just doesn't wanna go here." Akers is a lot like Knott. He will go out of state. Either UGA, LSU, or Tennessee.
Also, it's very likely that we'll end up with most of the top 10 in state outside of Charles and Akers; which Charles is far from a done deal. Our out of state recruiting has really picked up as well; hopefully Keldrick Calper, Brad Stewart, and Cardavien Scuggs could all commit here during the summer.
Personally I hate that we don't have a shot with him, but I'm glad we're not being fed a bunch of shit and dragging this out for a hat fake.
AgreedQuote:
Originally Posted by Interpolation_Dawg_EX
http://www.elitedawgs.com/showthread...ighlight=AkersQuote:
Originally Posted by BankerDog
I have heard the fix was in for months and he was just about to announce his commitment to Ole Miss before all this NCAA crap. As far as the Hat Fake, you better believe there will be a MSU hat. They want to get under our skin even if he has no interest in us.
Good to see my opinion from now to then hasn't changed too muchQuote:
Originally Posted by CadaverDawg
I'll take Hill and be more than happy.
If we're not in his top 10 and there is a hat on the table, why would any let it get under their skin? There is a 99.9% chance that he will choose someone other than us. Everyone might as well get over it and move on. What gets under my skin is that we continue to lose the top level in-state prospects to OOS schools. There for a couple of years it seemed like we had a little better hold on things, but it's fallen off as of late.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dental Dawg
[QUOTE=ShotgunDawg;560013]I would add though that instead of complaining, we should probably be asking if MSU has any chance of ever building an SEC contender when we aren't in play for 5 star recruits from our own state?[/QUOTE]
This. It is not just about Akers either. We lost a top OL from the triangle who had State roots. Heck, Johnny used to work for the athletic department.
I know we have gotten a couple, but considering we get no out of state 5 star guys we have to do much better in state.