2021 MSU Football Recruiting Discussion Thread

[Bothrops]

The portal is fine and dandy, but we only have a few spots to use on the portal. We need help at OL and S too. We needed Perkins because he can provide immediate depth at CB. If you look behind Forbes and Emerson, there's not a whole lot. So if you use a portal spot on CB, you may have to pass on giving it to another position of need.

The portal is just another recruiting effort to burden the staff, albeit with less games and malfeasance. Still, to get difference makers in the portal, or even good depth players, 3-4 spots won't be easy for us.

[Todd4State]

He gets an F so far in recruiting. His unit on the field has been pretty good this year, but his recruiting has been a shit show so far.

I &agree. At least our guys play well.

[Todd4State]

The portal is fine and dandy, but we only have a few spots to use on the portal. We need help at OL and S too. We needed Perkins because he can provide immediate depth at CB. If you look behind Forbes and Emerson, there's not a whole lot. So if you use a portal spot on CB, you may have to pass on giving it to another position of need.

If we don't get Perkins that opens up a spot for a transfer at CB in his place.

[maroonmania]

Pretty bad sales job if that's the hold up. Just tell him we are going to play 3 corners together. I would rather have Emerson, Forbes and Perkins on the field together than a slower safety who can't cover.

Good point. Should be a pretty easy sales job on playing time given we start 5 DBs. In fact, its going to get very difficult to stay in a 3-3-5 going forward if things don't pick up considerably in our recruiting of CBs and Safeties.

[Bothrops]

Leach apparently has had enough of waiting around on Perkins, per Steve. He will use the scholly on a portal DB. I have zero issue with this. Ridiculous

[bulldawg28]

Leach apparently has had enough of waiting around on Perkins, per Steve. He will use the scholly on a portal DB. I have zero issue with this. Ridiculous

If he's moving to the portal he knows Perkins has selected someone else.

[Bothrops]

If he's moving to the portal he knows Perkins has selected someone else.

Oregon people don't seem to have a clue either. Whatever the case, I think this saga is over.

[bulldawg28]

Oregon people don't seem to have a clue either. Whatever the case, I think this saga is over.

Welp, by process of elimination I'm going to guess he selected Mizzou.

[Dogbone]

Welp, by process of elimination I'm going to guess he selected Mizzou.

Oklahoma?

[bulldawg28]

Oklahoma?

Gotcha, I forgot about them in the equation.

[KOdawg1]

Welp, by process of elimination I'm going to guess he selected Mizzou.

He's probably going to Oregon.

[bulldawg28]

He's probably going to Oregon.

If so more power to him. We need to go get a transfer. I'd go after Knox

[Lumpy Chucklelips]

Oklahoma?

He's not a take for Oklahoma and most likely never was. Only reason he's on Oregon's radar is JoMo. But it hasn't stopped our fans from acting like we missed on a 5* from instate who would at best get backup reps the next two years.

[KOdawg1]

He's not a take for Oklahoma and most likely never was. Only reason he's on Oregon's radar is JoMo. But it hasn't stopped our fans from acting like we missed on a 5* from instate who would at best get backup reps the next two years.

It's a big miss if we don't replace him with a comparable replacement. He would've gotten backup reps, but that's a extremely valuable player given this depth chart:

Martin Emerson/Decamerion Richardson/Jay Jimison (walk on)/Malik Sanders (walk on)

Emmanuel Forbes/Esaias Furdge/Jaylon Reed (should be a walk on)/Cameron Threatt (not an SEC player)

That's really, really bad. Now if we go through the portal and get a solid player, then it's no big deal. But until that happens, Perkins is a big miss because we currently don't have anyone lined up.

[ZedFedder]

Gene Swindoll with a crystal ball to Oregon.

[maroonmania]

Gene Swindoll with a crystal ball to Oregon.

Ol' Gene is never afraid to go out on a limb.***

[KOdawg1]

Ol' Gene is never afraid to go out on a limb.***

Gene is an idiot. His insistence on keeping the name "Gene's Page" tells you all you need to know.

[Irondawg]

Well if Oregon is also indeed dropping him it must be very telling on how he handled himself these past few days. Both teams I’m sure did their homework on his personality and kept recruiting him. So something must have gone off the deep end since it seemed it was a MSU-Oregon battle and now both seem to deny wanting him anymore. I can’t see Mizzou just showing up last minute with more to sell.

[msbulldog]

Gene is an idiot. His insistence on keeping the name "Gene's Page" tells you all you need to know.

Well he owns it so I suppose he can call it what he wants.

[KOdawg1]

Well he owns it so I suppose he can call it what he wants.

He owns half of it. When it merged with 247sports, he insisted it still be called Gene's page. OM's board isn't called "Rousansville's Page"