BOL Round Table

I was thinking the same thing. Everyone dogs the barners (deservedly so) for doing this. Pot meet kettle. It's not insane to think Freeze could recruit good players. [black helicopter]

I grew up in Illinois up by the Wisconsin border.....NIU country. Anyway, after visiting a few midwest campuses and bundling up in four layers of clothing to track across their campus...........I fondly recall my first visit to Tuscaloosa.....it was in the spring and the scenery was fantastic in more ways than one.

Point is......Ole Miss may not have a winning tradition, but otherwise I can see why they are having success with the midwest recruits who want to play in the SEC. Bottom line - Alabama can't take everyone.

Beautiful women, the Grove, a chance to play and probably be a starter at their position? Sure...why not!

I don't know if anything shady is going on but I am happy OM is coming back. The conference is better when they are competitive imo. I still remember the great games between Bear and Vaught in he 60's It was a fun time for me.

I haven't looked at it that closely, but it is probably a combination of things.

They are a program on the rise, with a good coach. The top recruit in the country has been talking about them positively for over a year now. He is expected to sign there. That will cause other players to look at Ole Miss as well.

The campus is very nice and is definitely a selling point. Have you heard CHF interviewed, he is very convincing and uses the word "process" more than Saban if that is possible.

Not saying this is the case but are these 5*'s likely to qualify? If not, they are probably being slow played or flat out passed over by slightly lower ranked players that are more likely to qualify. We have seen it hundreds of times where a school recruits lights out by all appearances and very few of the top recruits make it into school. These classes never pan out to much success. It happened at Alabama under Dubose, and FSU has been suffering from this for years. Auburn the last few years has had highly ranked classes but the players either don't get in or flush out because they weren't equipped for success in college.

I'm just saying when they sign RN and Conner they will have a top 5 class ... I know their coach
is good , but players just don't pass up Ohio St , LSU and such for Ole Miss . He did not have the
" sex appeal " that a big name coach has to bring in those sort of kids from all over .. I just don't
think something is right over there ..

I feel that if I say (without proof) that theirs is crooked, I have to say Saban's in 2007-2008 was also. I don't believe that to be true. I'd say they have a good coach who prob landed their normal 1-2(RN prob was a fluke from his brother), then they are taking advantage of UcheaT and *U being down and others having turmoil.

I'm sure they could have $$$ flowing, but I can see a scenario where it isn't.

One thing for sure is we'll see how Mr Freeze handles unrealistic expectations.

plus

opp to play in the SEC
early PT (worked at Aubville for a few years)
new staff that made a splash of sorts in 2012
- capped off by beating the living bajezus out of Pitt in a Bowl

did i mention Hot homecoming queens ?