THE 2020 MSU Football Recruiting Talk Thread

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Exactly. It's not like we don't want to be one of these teams. But realistically we aren't even remotely close to the prowess of these teams.

The dollars required to get into this territory are far beyond what our university has and what our alumni are willing to shell out. People on here have said repeatedly that it's not a money issue. That's a damn lie to make themselves feel better. We will always have a ceiling unless we can find a way to put $20-30 million more into athletics per year. That's just the way it works.

Realistically we can aim for Top 20 at our current level. But it gets very exponential from that point on. The growth required to go from 20 to 15 is a lot more than the growth from 40 to 25. We are never going to recruit at those levels until we get substantial, sustainable, yearly capital investment far beyond what we do now.

It's not just money, though. We don't have the tradition, clout, town, state, etc. to compete. It's not a "poor old State" take, it's simply an honest take. Obviously you don't just accept those facts and throw in the towel. You work harder than the others to try to even the playing field, but you also have to be realistic. Otherwise you will never be satisfied or you end up on probation.

You can win big at Mississippi State without having top 10 classes every year. It happened in 2014. I know we lost to Ole Miss and Bama, but damn we went to the Orange Bowl and didn't nuke the program in the process...