Quote Originally Posted by Bothrops View Post
We are going to lose to LSU from now on, might as well forget them and be a sacrificial lamb like with Bama. LSU is going to improve. Anyone without a destination job would struggle recruiting here. Perhaps a portal savvy guy could help, but depth wise, nah. It isn't 2014 anymore or even 2019 anymore. We can't get what we used to get.
Honestly we have underserved football recruiting so much under several coaches I'm not sure what our real ceiling is. But it's probably a little bit higher. If we can get our NIL in gear we might be able to keep most of the top players in state- but to be honest the key there IMO is to massively overpay to keep them in Mississippi. Not sure how realitic that really is either to be honest with you.

We need to start planting seeds for recruiting in the form of football trainers and things like that- which is what baseball does and also what Ole Miss has with Espy and Shay. Things like that make a big difference. Especially with kids that are on the fence and didn't grow up in MSU households.

Also, let's not forget that things are about to massively change in college football. Especially in the SEC. Scheduling is going to change soon and we're not likely to be playing Alabama every year anymore- or LSU either. I'm sure we'll still play some elite teams- it is the SEC. But the time for us to strike when the iron is hot is going to increase for us very soon. And could lead to some really special seasons for us.