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Jake Mangum gets it.............

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patdog

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He's a very impressive young man. Great player and a great representative for MSU.
 
$altyDawg

$altyDawg

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Jake's dad, John, was a major baller too, but on the football field. John was all of 170#, but played for Gene Stallings at Bama, and went on to play for the Bears. Jake not only reminds me of John in how he looks, but in how he plays.
 
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patdog

Heisman
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Yes he was. I remember him from his days playing HS ball at Magee.
 
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GTAT

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$altyDawg said:
Jake's dad, John, was a major baller too, but on the football field. John was all of 170#, but played for Gene Stallings at Bama, and went on to play for the Bears. Jake not only reminds me of John in how he looks, but in how he plays.
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So he was one of those in-state guys who went to Bama instead of staying home. At least his brother Kris stayed in-state. If I remember correctly, wasn't Jake committed to Bama for awhile before he made the right decision?

ETA: Nope appears Kris went to Bama too, then transferred to Ole Miss. Big John stayed home went to Ole Miss, then transferred to SMTTT.

I get the allure of going out-of-state sometimes, but I do wish more people had Jake's loyalty. State of the program doesn't seem to matter either, see our past football recruiting cycle.
 
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GhostOfJackie

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Jake Mangum is a gamer. The definition of a ball player.

I'd like to think he will go on to have a successful career in the Majors, but he will be successful at whatever he does.
 
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Chris Mannix

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I think it is safe to say that Jake has always gotten it. He is the baseball version of Dak, a guy that will represent our university in an extremely positive light. This will come through hard work on the field and through him being a good guy. He is one of the those guys I plan to root for until I die no matter what. I also think like Ghost of Jackie said he is one of those guys that no matter what he does he will be fine.

My father and brother were huge baseball guys and my dad took them to the 85 CWS. Granted it could have ended better had Gene Morgan not taken a ball off his foot against Texas. That being said, all I grew up hearing about was Raffy this and Will Clark that. I can remember for years sitting at DN with my dad and he would compare every swing to Raffy. He would compare every new power hittter to the mighty Will Clark.

I plan to be that dad in about 15 years that is comparing state baseball players of his era to Mangum.
 
IBleedMaroonDawg

IBleedMaroonDawg

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Nov 12, 2007
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$altyDawg said:
Jake's dad, John, was a major baller too, but on the football field. John was all of 170#, but played for Gene Stallings at Bama, and went on to play for the Bears. Jake not only reminds me of John in how he looks, but in how he plays.
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One of the best players and man ever to put on a Bears uniform. #bears4life
 
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Ace-Leroy

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$altyDawg said:
Jake's dad, John, was a major baller too, but on the football field. John was all of 170#, but played for Gene Stallings at Bama, and went on to play for the Bears. Jake not only reminds me of John in how he looks, but in how he plays.
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I think John was already with the Bears when Stallings took over as HC at Bama. I'm not trying to be a dick hole, just pointing that out.
 
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