Jones/Slay on State...
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They have been great representatives of the university to the NFL.
good grief
A buddy of mine was telling me he saw a clip I think maybe on SportsCenter where they were going around to different teams and asking their predictions on the Ohio St/ND championship game and they did the Chiefs. They came around to Chris Jones and he replied “I ain’t rootin for nobody….Hail State.”
Chris Jones, Fletcher Cox, Jeffery Simmons, Preston Smith, Montez Sweat, Pernell McPhee, Denico Autry, Darius Slay, Jonathan Abrams, KJ Wright, Bernardrick McKinney, Elgin Jenkins, Gabe Jackson, Dak Prescott… who am I missing?
Remember when the knock on Mullen was that he couldn’t recruit?
Remember when the knock on Mullen was that he couldn’t recruit?
JT Gray and Logan Cooke are both special teams pro bowlers
Johnathan Banks and Chris White played several seasons.
Mullen was the best recruiter we’ve ever had. And it’s not close.
Having blocked Irish a long time ago, i can honestly say seeing this reply with no context at all confirms my wisdom.
Easily. And he had a good eye for the guys that weren’t on everybody’s radar.
People can talk trash about Mullen but he made our program legitimate. He saw raw talent and developed it into pro athletes. That is the kind of coach MSU needed. There are a lot of Pro starters that had MSU as their biggest college offer.
I don’t know how well he would have done at State in this NIL/transfer fiasco we have now. Simmons, Prescott, Cox, Jones, McKinney, etc would have been snatched away before their Junior season.
I don’t know how well he would have done at State in this NIL/transfer fiasco we have now. Simmons, Prescott, Cox, Jones, McKinney, etc would have been snatched away before their Junior season.
Didn’t show up in the Pros, but Bear (RIP) ans Robinson were a solid WR/ RB combo. I’ll always wonder what that ‘15 season could have been if those guys would have returned.
Don’t forget Jamar Chaney on your list
Man, what if we could have had them all on the same team. We would have driven back ever Saban offense back past the endzone of Bryant Denny and in to the Tombigbee.
As I recall Les Miles swung by Dak's house on a trip to get somebody else. He told Dak he was welcome to walk on at LSU as a tight end.
He was better at developing people. He saw potential where others did not, or as soon as his organization did.
If he had not had eyes to move on, he could have done something very special here. We see are a playoff contender in 2018 with him at helm.
You need your man card revoked for not finding the Cinderella version.***
I was just about to post this earlier but I’m going to give Lebby more than one year or a few before I start to freak out. I feel with the right players he’s bringing in he can turn us around.. just depends do we have the patience. Guess we’ll see based on the improvement this year and the third year will be key if we make strides this year.
The difference is that now, I don't think Mullen could have been successful in the same way. Dak is on LSU after his sophomore year in this environment. Lots of those guys end up on other teams because as Cam Newton said, "The money is just too much."
His UNLV job will be interesting to keep up with to see how he does.
This is one of many reasons why I hate the "new college football." Mediocre coaches will succeed only due to their roster. While this was always the case, it is even more so now.
Mullen is going to SLAY it at UNLV. Their NIL pool will be bigger than ours. The money that school has from the Hospitality Department is off-the-charts big.
Actually, I think Chaney was basically put with us by UGA's coach. Couldn't get in to UGA at the last second and was guided our way. Not sure if that's because we were one of the few teams with spots open by the time he found out, or if Mississippi was the only place he could get in somehow, or if we were just viewed as a non-threatening place that would get him the SEC but not let him hurt them down the road.
Nobody cares about UNLV football. And they're not going to start caring now. The Raiders may slay it there, but UNLV coach won't, at least not for long.
Is this pub too? ***
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It wasn’t available as one of the easy ON3 gifs. I did look specifically for it.
Yep Correct Chaney was because Mark Richt contacted croom about him, very talented some problems at first getting into UGA or something like that I do know he contacted Croom directly through. It’s like I’d forgotten this for a moment. Man oh man have so many things changed in the Junior NFL aka College Football. Jogged my memory. Plz excuse me I didn’t have time to read this threat past this I replied to
Mullen might not have been a good “recruiter” but he was savant at evaluating and projecting. His worst classes ranking wise still had 4-5 guys drafted each. Dude knew how to scout
Agree, But I would contend that evaluating and projecting is by far the most important part of recruiting. If you're not recruiting the right players, none of the rest even matters.
He may not have won the signing day PR blitz very often but nobody got more bang for his buck than Dan.
This clip has to exist still. The athletic department needs to have it, and run it at the big 3 sports where they like to also update scores of other games.