If Akers goes to Ole Miss

[PonderThis1]

I know this is basically going to be the same thread as the other one but I'm coming from a different angle. Shouldn't we want Akers to go to OM instead of LSU? If he goes there, They'll basically be LSU this year with a worse defense. If he goes to LSU, he'll have a better o line, a better defense, and probably have 1-2 other RBs he can be spelled by to keep him fresh. We just beat that team by 35 at heir place. Is he worth 35 points?

[ShotgunDawg]

Wrong, we want Akers to go to LSU for 2 reasons:

1. They are LSU. Akers isn't that much of an upgrade, if any, from Guice or any of the other RBs they have there. LSU won't be better or worse with Akers. He'll just be another guy

2. If Akers goes to LSU, it likely LSU 4 star RB commit Clyde Edwards Helaire flips to us.

[PonderThis1]

Guice will be gone next year. So question is whether he'd be an upgrade from the next guy up. I say a substantial one.

CEH flip is a good point though.

[HSVDawg]

I know this is basically going to be the same thread as the other one but I'm coming from a different angle. Shouldn't we want Akers to go to OM instead of LSU? If he goes there, They'll basically be LSU this year with a worse defense. If he goes to LSU, he'll have a better o line, a better defense, and probably have 1-2 other RBs he can be spelled by to keep him fresh. We just beat that team by 35 at heir place. Is he worth 35 points?

To me its more about opportunity cost, in a sense. If he doesn't go to LSU, they are still going to have Guice plus 3 or 4 comparable 4 and 5 star backs behind him to throw at every team they play. At OM, he significantly improves their situation because they are thin and lack talent at RB (that and LB have been their biggest misses in recruiting over the last 3 or 4 years). He improves LSU's team a lot less than he improves OM's. And I don't care what anyone says, Akers isn't going to be another Leonard Fournette. But even if somehow he is, the gap still won't be as big between him and the #2 guy at LSU as it will be at OM. So, I hope he goes to OSU or LSU.

[ShotgunDawg]

They had a 93 rated 4 star in their 2016 class named Devin White

they also had a 92 rated guy in their 2015 class.

So it's tough to say since we haven't seen these guys yet.

[msstate7]

Wrong, we want Akers to go to LSU for 2 reasons:

1. They are LSU. Akers isn't that much of an upgrade, if any, from Guice or any of the other RBs they have there. LSU won't be better or worse with Akers. He'll just be another guy

2. If Akers goes to LSU, it likely LSU 4 star RB commit Clyde Edwards Helaire flips to us.

#2... Williams, Gibson, hill, and Clyde would give us the backs we need to ram it down throats

[HSVDawg]

Guice will be gone next year. So question is whether he'd be an upgrade from the next guy up. I say a substantial one.

CEH flip is a good point though.

Guice is only a sophomore now. I'd certainly agree that he's talented enough to leave as a junior, but he could also get hurt or have something else happen that allows him to come back as a senior. I read your post to mean Guice wouldn't be there at all next year, when he will be the RB for Akers freshmen season at very least, with a small chance of being there the year after as well.

[PonderThis1]

Gone after next year is what I was meaning. Should've worded differently

[PonderThis1]

And I understand what you guys are saying but if he's as good as he's supposed to be, then I think the drop off will hurt LSU which will give us that more of a chance to beat them. Obviously it would help OM more but but didn't we just beat them by 5 TDs?

[msstate7]

Since '07, lsu has had 8 RBs drafted and will have LF and guice drafted soon. Urban Meyer is one of the best at getting guys to the NFL and succeeding when there. Akers is a HS QB that will need to learn a new position. Will he seriously pick OM over RB U (lsu) and urban Meyer? If he does, he's either not smart or someone pimped him out. If he had been a RB all along, it would make a little (not much tough) sense. He's gonna need coaching to learn a new position though

[Tbonewannabe]

If Akers chooses UNM does the NCAA give him a really hard look? See if his mom changes jobs, moves to Oxford, or he starts driving a new car.

[Reason2succeed]

The only ones that I want to commit to OM are NCAA investigators and maybe Satan.

[ShotgunDawg]

And I understand what you guys are saying but if he's as good as he's supposed to be, then I think the drop off will hurt LSU which will give us that more of a chance to beat them. Obviously it would help OM more but but didn't we just beat them by 5 TDs?

What LSU does at the RB position will have virtually no effect on us beating them. What they do at the QB position will

[HSVDawg]

And I understand what you guys are saying but if he's as good as he's supposed to be, then I think the drop off will hurt LSU which will give us that more of a chance to beat them. Obviously it would help OM more but but didn't we just beat them by 5 TDs?

We also have lost to LSU by a total of 5 points the last 2 seasons while they had Leonard Fournette. And that is with pretty much zero offensive output in either game. Akers isn't Fournette. I'm not worried any more about LSU with Akers than I will worry if he goes elsewhere.

ETA: Akers is at least the 4th or 5th RB from MS just in the last 15-20 years to be the "best since Dupree". Brian Darden, Dontae Walker, and Jerious Norwood all had similar comparisons. Norwood was the only one who wasn't a complete flop. And while he was a great RB for us, he was nothing close to a once in a generation, transcendent talent by any means. Long story short, people need to quit with the hyperbole and lofty comparisons until these kids actually take some snaps in college.

[ShotgunDawg]

EL OH EL. So what does this mean for his visits & recruitment? Not visiting OM this weekend.

[msstate7]

We also have lost to LSU by a total of 5 points the last 2 seasons while they had Leonard Fournette. And that is with pretty much zero offensive output in either game. Akers isn't Fournette. I'm not worried any more about LSU with Akers than I will worry if he goes elsewhere.

ETA: Akers is at least the 4th or 5th RB from MS just in the last 15-20 years to be the "best since Dupree". Brian Darden, Dontae Walker, and Jerious Norwood all had similar comparisons. Norwood was the only one who wasn't a complete flop. And while he was a great RB for us, he was nothing close to a once in a generation, transcendent talent by any means. Long story short, people need to quit with the hyperbole and lofty comparisons until these kids actually take some snaps in college.

I wouldn't say walker was a flop. His senior year certainly tainted his image though

[MedDawg]

If Akers chooses UNM does the NCAA give him a really hard look? See if his mom changes jobs, moves to Oxford, or he starts driving a new car.

OM NOA Part III: Revelations

[TNDawg35]

Any chance Coach O is pitching him (Akers) to be their Dual Threat QB he is wanting so bad and talked about in his presser when he got hired? Or is this kid going straight RB?

[Spiderman]

I know this is basically going to be the same thread as the other one but I'm coming from a different angle. Shouldn't we want Akers to go to OM instead of LSU? If he goes there, They'll basically be LSU this year with a worse defense. If he goes to LSU, he'll have a better o line, a better defense, and probably have 1-2 other RBs he can be spelled by to keep him fresh. We just beat that team by 35 at heir place. Is he worth 35 points?

It won't happen but I want him to go to Ohio St or FSU

[Cooterpoot]

Akers isn't close to the RB Guice is. Not close.