24/7 crystal balls

[ronpolk]

I noticed that they still have AJ at 83% to state? So, is this a case of experts not updating their crystal ball or are people on here jumping the gun by saying he's gone?

 

[RockstarFromMars]

A lot of National guys probably see Starkville and don't think twice about it.

I think the same. Kid will sign with State and be a great one. He just wants some drama around his recruiting.

 

[tatedog]

A lot of National guys probably see Starkville and don't think twice about it.

I think the same. Kid will sign with State and be a great one. He just wants some drama around his recruiting.

Oh yeah?? Well I think he's been in the bag for Ole Miss all along and he's gonna double cap swap Bama and us on signing day. Two can play at this game, sir.

 

[RockstarFromMars]

Hey, I like the way you think.

 

[ronpolk]

A lot of National guys probably see Starkville and don't think twice about it.

I think the same. Kid will sign with State and be a great one. He just wants some drama around his recruiting.

I don't know that much about how the crystal balls work and don't follow recruiting in general enough to know where a kid is headed. However, it seems telling to me that so many guys have predicted him to state. One guy even made his prediction on 1/25 to state.

 

[tatedog]

I won't believe anything either until someone steps in with a secondhand account of their grandfather's weekly visit with Hugh Freeze.

 

[jb1020]

This is just like Chris jones

How have you guys not noticed this yet? Mullen has clearly talked him into wearing a wire to get the dirt on OM. This is gonna be big!

Its coming **

 

[ShrubDog]

Yea and RDavis is 75% MSU

 

[ronpolk]

Yea and RDavis is 75% MSU

Well maybe he's really signing with state**

Point taken. These guys obviously don't update it

 

[esplanade91]

I think he goes to Bama, but I've seen firsthand his relationship with our staff. And Dan hasn't lost many guys he's expected to get, for what it's worth.

Can't blame a kid for wanting to get out of North Mississippi if he has the option.

ETA: CBS just acquired 247. Will be interesting to see how that relationship goes. CBS Sports has no equity, in my opinion.

 

[Dawg1976]

How have you guys not noticed this yet? Mullen has clearly talked him into wearing a wire to get the dirt on OM. This is gonna be big!

Its coming **

Yeah....just ask c34.

 

[johnson86-1]

I think he goes to Bama, but I've seen firsthand his relationship with our staff. And Dan hasn't lost many guys he's expected to get, for what it's worth.

Can't blame a kid for wanting to get out of North Mississippi if he has the option.

ETA: CBS just acquired 247. Will be interesting to see how that relationship goes. CBS Sports has no equity, in my opinion.

Going to Tuscaloosa isn't getting out of North Mississippi. It's going to North Mississippi in Alabama. Wanting to get out of your home town for college I can completely understand, but other than those people that live in Starkville, going to Alabama instead of Mississippi State isn't exactly getting out or broadening your horizons.

 

[121Josey]

Can't blame a kid for wanting to get out of North Mississippi if he has the option.

AJ is allegedly moving 60 miles to the east. He's not crossing the Rio Grande.

Damn, you really hate Miss. and it shows.

 

[DesotoCountyDawg]

Moving from Mississippi to Alabama is going to be a real culture shock for him.**

 

[ronpolk]

AJ is allegedly moving 60 miles to the east. He's not crossing the Rio Grande.

Damn, you really hate Miss. and it shows.

I don't know about him hating MS but I do agree with you that there is very little difference in Alabama and MS. I could never fault a kid for going to play under Saban but I don't buy the he wants out of MS and Tuscaloosa fits that bill.

 

[esplanade91]

T-Town would be the 2nd biggest city in Mississippi, 20,000 people ahead of would-be 3rd place Gulfport. It's not Metropolis, but I'd be there before the ink dried if I had never had the opportunity to leave Mayberry. Proximity to Mayberry being irrelevant.

 

[Go Budaw]

There isn't much difference culturally between North Alabama and North MS, but in terms of Tuscaloosa vs. Starkville there is no comparison whatsoever. Completely different cities.

 

[T-TownDawgg]

AJ don't do it-come on over, take your visit, roll coupla these ******, have some fun...sign with State. Stay home where the air is fresh and folks are real.

 

[RocketDawg]

That's true. I prefer Starkville over Tuscaloosa, if I had to move.

 

[RocketDawg]

You had that opportunity a few years ago yet you chose MSU over UAT. Different reasoning now?

 

[Dawgtini]

I noticed that they still have AJ at 83% to state? So, is this a case of experts not updating their crystal ball or are people on here jumping the gun by saying he's gone?

Gun Jumped.

First sharks and now guns....where does it end?? **

 

[Wizard.sixpack]

AJ don't do it-come on over, take your visit, roll coupla these ******, have some fun...sign with State. Stay home where the air is fresh and folks are real.

Now why would he do that? His girlfriend(a student at State..wink wink) might get mad.

 

[esplanade91]

I love Starkville. I'm not FROM Starkville, and by the end of my 4th year I couldn't wait to leave (as were 99% of my classmates). There's nothing wrong with Starkville or North Mississippi or Mississippi in general if that's your thing, but I hear over and over again how he (or most Mississippi kids, for that matter) SHOULD choose MSU BECAUSE he's from Starkville and Dan would be the WORST if he let him slip through the cracks.

I think if I had a golden ticket in the form of superior athletic talent that allowed me to choose any school I wanted to go to in the entire country, Starkville would be a big con on my list (along with Oxford)............. if that's where I was from.

I hope he chooses MSU. It's a good school where I spent 4 awesome years and it has given me the opportunity to go and do things elsewhere. If he wants to go to the NFL, I don't think any other school has a distinct advantage over us in that category.

 

[johnson86-1]

T-Town would be the 2nd biggest city in Mississippi, 20,000 people ahead of would-be 3rd place Gulfport. It's not Metropolis, but I'd be there before the ink dried if I had never had the opportunity to leave Mayberry. Proximity to Mayberry being irrelevant.

While it is a decent sized town, that doesn't change that it's still North Mississippi in Alabama. If you say you like north mississippi but want to live (or go to school) in a larger town, Tuscaloosa would be a great choice. But if you're trying to get out of North Mississippi, Tuscaloosa ain't quite it.

It'd be like saying you want to get out of small town life and moving from Macon to Starkville. Nothing wrong with it (and probably a great idea) but not exactly leaving small town life behind.