Marlon Humphrey has scheduled his visits

Am I missing something. The original post said he was visiting FSU on 1/17 and MSU on 1/26.Then esplande91 said it's a good thing he's coming to Starkville before he goes to FSU. Are we changing the calendar next year.

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Originally Posted by ShotgunDawg

You have no greater chance of winning a Super Bowl in Dallas or Green Bay than you do in Houston, Miami, or New York.

I just find it logically ridiculous that recruits continue to go to the same schools when the only reason they are good is because they won in the past the good players go there now.

If the good players would just choose to go to MSU, we would be just as good as Bama. There is nothing about Bama, the school, the facilities, the uniforms, etc.. that allow a kid a better opportunity to develop or win than MSU. It's all about the players.

Do you understand what I'm saying? When you watch the NFL, you realize how dumb it is that, in college football, how many games you won in 1990 matters in how many you win now. Especially when other schools play the same schedule and offer the same media exposure.

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While I understand the point you're trying to make, and agree with almost all your other posts, I think you've strayed off the reservation with this one a bit. In the NFL, it absolutely can & does matter which team you are on. There is a reason teams like the 49er's, Packers, Cowboys, & Patriots have appeared in and/or won multiple Super Bowls in recent history while the vast majority of NFL teams have never made an appearance.

It may be a self-fulfilling prophecy due to the players who choose to go there, but then it also may be the coaching staffs and/or that elusive "winning attitude". When a team is perceived to be a "winner", they not only attract "winners" but they also have a winning atmosphere, perhaps an air-of-expectation that permeates the team, causing all the guys who go there to work as hard as they can, and against a team full of guys feeling and working the same way. It elevates the individual to his peak, and when all your players are doing that, you've got something special.

That's a powerful aphrodisiac to players who want to be a part of greatness like that.

The thing we can sell against that is a recruit having a better chance at being the man here, while still in the SEC, and also that very, very special opportunity to be a factor in actually winning big here at MSU. Win an SEC Championship at MSU (which would get us in the playoffs for a national championship), and you're a bigger part of something that is even more special than "getting another one" at Bama, FSU, etc. But we have to show we are capable of actually getting there. We need to convince these guys we are really "on-the-cusp" and could get there with their help.

We've progressed to the point where we can legitimately talk about making higher end bowls just below the BCS level. But in order to attract the level and quantity of players the blue-blood programs get, we have to demonstrate we are close to being capable of actually making a NC game if we get that one or two special player to put us over the top.

Maybe the switch to a playoff will help us, as we won't have to fight the "public perception" as much. We now know if we win the SEC West, we have a great shot of winning the SEC, and if we win that, we are in the playoffs without question. Sure, winning the SEC would have likely got us a shot at the NC anyway, but it just seems less a pipe-dream to sell, "we can win the West and make the playoffs" than to try and convince them we can win a national championship.

Maybe we can convince Humphrey that he already has a coliseum named after him.

The camel needs two humps, but Marlon is so damned good we'll only need one if he signs here. Ok, That was awful. I apologize.

Yes, but if you read the rest of the post you can tell what he meant.

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Originally Posted by ShotgunDawg

I honestly don't understand why we aren't seen as big time. The only thing that Bama has over us is the size of their stadium. Literally, we play the same schedule, and play on TV the same amount of times. We play much better competition than FSU.

The only reason that Bama and FSU are better than us is because more good players choose to go there, and the only reason more good players choose to go there is because they won some championships with teams that have nothing to do with their current team or they have a bigger stadium.

Seriously, does it matter which city you go to in the NFL, who won a championship 20 years ago, or how many people the stadium seats? NO it doesn't, but why does it matter in college football? You have no greater chance of winning a Super Bowl in Dallas or Green Bay than you do in Houston, Miami, or New York.

I just find it logically ridiculous that recruits continue to go to the same schools when the only reason they are good is because they won in the past the good players go there now.

If the good players would just choose to go to MSU, we would be just as good as Bama. There is nothing about Bama, the school, the facilities, the uniforms, etc.. that allow a kid a better opportunity to develop or win than MSU. It's all about the players.

Do you understand what I'm saying? When you watch the NFL, you realize how dumb it is that, in college football, how many games you won in 1990 matters in how many you win now. Especially when other schools play the same schedule and offer the same media exposure.

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Im a hardcore state fan but....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5hfY...e_gdata_player