Just when you think you've seen it all

[JacksonDevilDog]

the UM posters on the Spirit are saying that Bumphis isn't that big of a priority to them. Bumphis says it's down to Bama and MSU for his services.

In the thread, I've seen:

1. He won't fit the wild rebel mold.
2. He isn't in the coaches top 3 at WR or the Wild Rebel mold.
3. We'd take 3 or 4 more WR's before we would take Bumphis.

What the hell has made them turn on this guy? Unreal.

 

[JacksonDevilDog]

the UM posters on the Spirit are saying that Bumphis isn't that big of a priority to them. Bumphis says it's down to Bama and MSU for his services.

In the thread, I've seen:

1. He won't fit the wild rebel mold.
2. He isn't in the coaches top 3 at WR or the Wild Rebel mold.
3. We'd take 3 or 4 more WR's before we would take Bumphis.

What the hell has made them turn on this guy? Unreal.

 

[JacksonDevilDog]

the UM posters on the Spirit are saying that Bumphis isn't that big of a priority to them. Bumphis says it's down to Bama and MSU for his services.

In the thread, I've seen:

1. He won't fit the wild rebel mold.
2. He isn't in the coaches top 3 at WR or the Wild Rebel mold.
3. We'd take 3 or 4 more WR's before we would take Bumphis.

What the hell has made them turn on this guy? Unreal.

 

[JacksonDevilDog]

the UM posters on the Spirit are saying that Bumphis isn't that big of a priority to them. Bumphis says it's down to Bama and MSU for his services.

In the thread, I've seen:

1. He won't fit the wild rebel mold.
2. He isn't in the coaches top 3 at WR or the Wild Rebel mold.
3. We'd take 3 or 4 more WR's before we would take Bumphis.

What the hell has made them turn on this guy? Unreal.

 

[Optimus Prime 4]

Maybe it's true, maybe we just never had a shot, I have no idea. I just know it didn't start recently.

 

[JacksonDevilDog]

UM posters on that damn recruiting board have been wanting Bumphis all year long. I saw **** over there saying that if he stays in Mississippi, he'll be at Ole Miss. I saw Yancy post that Bumphis was in Oxford EVERY weekend. Now he's not that big of a priority. Maybe UM isn't that big of a priority with Bumphis?

 

[DovaDawg]

Will be even more interesting if we can pull Patterson.

 

[jackstefano]

**

 

[DerHntr]

nm

 

[RebelBruiser]

All I know is that WR is not a huge priority for us this year due to the depth we have at that position. We are looking at taking one, maybe two WRs, and Bumphis isn't high on the WR priority list for sure due to lack of size.

I believe we're also looking at taking one or two players in the WildRebel mold (the hybrid RB/WR/quick guy) to replace Dexter. If anywhere, that's where Bumphis would fit, and we just got a commitment today from a guy at that position.

I'm obviously not in the recruiting war rooms, so I don't know where they have Bumphis ranked, but I'm guessing that if nothing else he would be less of a need today with Neat's commitment.

He'd definitely be a good pick up for Mullen, because I don't remember you guys having a ton of those scat back types, and I know Mullen will use them. Other than maybe Clark (who just wasted a year thanks to Croom), I don't know of others you have that might fit that mold. Bumphis would be a good fit for that spot at MSU.

 

[BillBraskyDOG]

For someone who has spent so much time and posting effort to let us know that you dont care and are above following recruiting, you sure do have to comment on EVERY SINGLE RECRUITING THREAD. Usually to throw in a "I really dont know, but here is what I think, but of course I dont really know."</p>

Enough, we get it and "you dont follow recruiting." You are way too cool for that.</p>

 

[KurtRambis4]

2. He isn't in the coaches top 3 at WR or the Wild Rebel mold.
3. We'd take 3 or 4 more WR's before we would take Bumphis.

man if they got 3 or 4 more on the board ahead of bumphis, we're in trouble...

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[Delmar]

ukuY

 

[DovaDawg]

Kind of like someone who is fixing to say something completely tasteless, but they proceed it with "I don't feel this way, but..." and they think that makes it ok to say.

 

[El Diablo Blanco]

the "Rebel Bruiser to the Rescue" Picture.

 

[jackstefano]

what he probably meant to say was that we wanted bumphis, but thought it was a long shot, so we committed another guy today who's a bumphis type. if the question is: would OM have taken a bumphis commit a month ago? yes. if the next question is: do they like korvis neat just as much? yes again. now, that's from a coach, and he may be feeding me a line, but look at neat's video and tell me different. on the other hand, bumphis is a hell of a talent.

 

[JoeSixPack]

When I can't get nobody else to pay fro my beers, I drink with Rebels. They seem to have money for booze even in hard times. The couple of ones I hang with know a good Borbon from a bad one. They told me Bumpus was too slow for their Wile Rebel. An Alabama guy said he would make a good special teems player for them. He will defintely be a Dawg!

 

[muddawgs33]

All I know is that WR is not a huge priority for us this year due to the depth we have at that position. We are looking at taking one, maybe two WRs, and Bumphis isn't high on the WR priority list for sure due to lack of size.

Wr not a big priority for you and Bumphis isn't high on the WR priority list for lack of size, but then you post the following.

I believe we're also looking at taking one or two players in the WildRebel mold (the hybrid RB/WR/quick guy) to replace Dexter. If anywhere, that's where Bumphis would fit, and we just got a commitment today from a guy at that position.

So Bumphis played QB this year and WR and some RB (perfect for the wild rebel I might add) and he's a quick guy and yet a guy that's a 2 star 5-9, 160 lb 4.5 40 is higher on the list than a guy that's a 4 star 5-10, 190 lb 4.40 in the 40. Yeah, you're a bigger idiot than I thought and all you rebels that believe this **** are borderline retarded. Fact of the matter is, Bumphis has never been real interested in Ole Miss and so to make you feel better, you just say he's too small or not a priority. Nutt would take this guy in a second, if Chad was interested.

 

[dawgwhisperer]

rebels are just trying to save face. they know if bumphis, thames and patterson commit that will put us with 7 or 8 four star players and our class ranked somewhere around 15 to 18 with a couple of other 3 star recruits to add also. its killing them to watch this after their "national championship" season and just the fact that in their minds anyone who could ever choose state over them is an idiot.

make no mistake about, they want bumphis. they know their not gonna get him so immediately they start talking about how much better a 3 star guy ot of florida is than a 4 star guy out of their home state. same thing will happen if 4 star dennis thames and 4 star pat patterson commits to us. immediately the threads will start on their boards about how those players are overrated and weren't high on their board. it all bull **** and i love it, i absolutely love it.

BTW, i'm not saying stars are everything but they sure are making our recruiting board look alot prettier than om's and that part they can't stand.

 

[VirgilCain]

are you trying to be funny?

 

[Wifesdawg]

Hey, we're all recruiting to our needs. Ole Miss got Neat, who I will say is another McCluster, and we have a good chance to get Bumphis. I think we all win. I do wish bumphis was a little taller but, hey, he's fast as hell. Maybe we'll be running the wild bulldog next year...Who, knows..All is better with out Croom quit complaining and just enjoy the recruiting season.

 

[RebelBruiser]

Again, it's really not a hard concept to grasp. I follow recruiting. I just don't buy into recruiting rankings considering the best two players we've had in the last 5 years were both 2 stars.

 

[RebelBruiser]

All I know is that WR is not a huge priority for us this year due to the depth we have at that position. We are looking at taking one, maybe two WRs, and Bumphis isn't high on the WR priority list for sure due to lack of size.

Wr not a big priority for you and Bumphis isn't high on the WR priority list for lack of size, but then you post the following.

I believe we're also looking at taking one or two players in the WildRebel mold (the hybrid RB/WR/quick guy) to replace Dexter. If anywhere, that's where Bumphis would fit, and we just got a commitment today from a guy at that position.

So Bumphis played QB this year and WR and some RB (perfect for the wild rebel I might add) and he's a quick guy and yet a guy that's a 2 star 5-9, 160 lb 4.5 40 is higher on the list than a guy that's a 4 star 5-10, 190 lb 4.40 in the 40. Yeah, you're a bigger idiot than I thought and all you rebels that believe this **** are borderline retarded. Fact of the matter is, Bumphis has never been real interested in Ole Miss and so to make you feel better, you just say he's too small or not a priority. Nutt would take this guy in a second, if Chad was interested.

First off, you might want to leave out the whole 2 star/4 star bit since that whole rating system business is a bunch of ********. In fact, I have it on good authority that Neat is about to become a better player overnight when he gets bumped to a 3 star in the next few days. That'll be important, because I know he's autmoatically a better player the minute they give him that extra star.

Outside of the star ranking, the size and speed for both Neat and Bumphis are basically the same. I never said we didn't want Bumphis, just that he was one of a handful of guys we wanted for that spot (WildRebel position essentially). And I have no clue how they are ranked on our board. For that matter, neither do you. Would we have taken Bumphis if we could've gotten him? Probably. Did we want him more than Neat? Only our coaching staff knows that.

As I said before, if you guys do land Bumphis, that'll be a great pick up for Mullen's offense, as he will know how to use a player with that skill set.

 

[revots]

Probably dating myself, but who is the chick. I think I am in love.

 

[KurtRambis4]

people give any legitimacy to what this guys posts...hell i feel stupid just for replying

 

[JacksonDevilDog]

Bumphis makes the comment that UM has said that he would work good in the wild rebel. Yancy interviews him on video and he says this. Yancy also calls Chad, David or something. Bumphis recently said that UM is probably telling a lot of the recruits the same thing about the wild rebel. Now all of the sudden, Bumphis doesn't fit the wild rebel package mold according to Yancy, Chuck and the coaches. I call ********. Now that you don't have a chance, Yancy is trying to spin the **** around. I guess that Clayton Moore and Thames are gonna have a good time rooming together at Ole Miss next year. (Yancy say)

Typical.

 

[RebelBruiser]

Yancy may be trying to spin ****, but I'm not. I think Bumphis would be a good fit for Wild Rebel type sets (especially with his QB experience), and I would guess that he was up for that spot on our board, along with Neat, Eric Williams, and maybe a couple others. And like I said, I think Bumphis would be wise to go play for Mullen because Mullen obviously has an offense that can utilize someone with his skillset. See Demps, Rainey, and James at UF.

That said, if Croom were still at MSU, Bumphis would be an idiot to go play for Croom, because Croom has no clue how to use someone with Bumphis's skillset.

Yancy is a freaking idiot in more ways than one.

 

[dawgwhisperer]

i think what is probably more true is nutt wanted bumphis more but realized some time ago that bumphis wasn't going to give him the time of day so he winds up with neat instead. i know its hard for any OM fan to admit they can't get everyone they want just by offering, but it does happen from time to time.

 

[RebelBruiser]

BTW, i'm not saying stars are everything but they sure are making our recruiting board look alot prettier than om's and that part they can't stand.

Exactly why I say that recruiting rankings are ********. It's when people start thinking that recruiting rankings come with some sort of bragging rights. See Alabama's "Got Recruits" T-shirt from last year, proclaiming their recruiting national title.

It's almost like to some people recruiting is completely divorced from the games that are played in the fall. It's a different sport where you can win at recruiting even if you don't end up winning on the field.

How do you think Notre Dame fans feel about those recruiting titles Charlie Weiss has been bringing them, or UT fans and their recent recruiting titles? That's a lot of fun in February, but it doesn't mean **** if it doesn't turn into a lot of fun in September, October, and November.

 

[bigstain]

How does Dale Nutt have time to recruit and fix Ashlee Palmers grades at the same time. Not eligible for bowl on Friday but by Monday, amazing miracle. Bumphis is being recruited by Fla and Bama but he wouldnt fit it in Oxford?

 

[RebelBruiser]

Speaking of that, I thought that was funny as well.

Palmer was never ineligible. They just said it was pretty likely, so they had him sit out as an example.

However, miraculously he came through. It makes you wonder if they had a discussion with someone and got that taken care of for him. I know it happens. I had a friend who played at UT for a few years. He was injured and couldn't play in the bowl game one year, so they took his good grades and reported them to the NCAA as another player's grades, and gave him the failing grades since he wasn't going to be able to suit up anyway.

We don't have anyone in that position to be able to do a grade swap, but I wouldn't be shocked if a football friendly professor or two gave Palmer a last minute bump on his finals.

 

[DerHntr]

"Would we have taken Bumphis if we could've gotten him? Probably."

get outta town pal. you would sign him. you know it. we know it. don't be such a dumb *** about it.

other than this i could read most of your posts about it. you do know your team fairly well and seem to follow ours too but saying "probably" is just dumb. i didn't realize that OM was so effing stacked that they didn't need to sign top recruits from MS who are being recruited by several other SEC schools.

 

[Todd4State]

A scatback would be someone like Robert Isaac for us back in the day. Bumphis and Arceto Clark are all-purpose player. The difference is a scatback is exclusively a RB wheras an all-purpose player can play several positions- WR/RB/QB.

Also, I think Bumphis fits the Wildcat better than McCluster simply because he can throw the ball much better. And yes, I have seen Bumphis play QB. They played Madison Central last year and Garrett had an appendectomy, so he had to sit out. Tupelo played Bumphis at QB, and he was quite impressive.

He is a heck of a player and I do think that he would fit State's offense better than Ole Miss, or Bama for that matter.

 

[VanillaFace]

There are a few guys ahead of Bumphis at WildRebel. 2 are already committed, and another will be visiting soon.

There are 2 MS WR ahead of Bumphis, 2 Florida WR, and a JUCO WR ahead of Bumphis at the WR slot. I don't think its much of a secret that Pat Patterson is their top MS WR. I think he'll commit to Ole Miss either at the Army AA game or his visit. I doubt it is any time other than those two slots.

Its not that the Ole Miss coaches don't like Bumphis.

Its not that he doesn't have talent and that he won't be an SEC calibur player.

Its not that he doesn't have a great chance to do big things in Mullen's system.

Its just that they have players ahead of him according to their evaluations. Will they be right? The best thing about college football recruiting is that we'll find out in 3-4 years if coaches make the right evaluations or not.

 

[Emanonion]

but one thing I do know if that if he did come to Ole Miss he would most likely red shirt this year and if he goes to MSU he will be a big part of their offense. I also know that it is really tough to tell a highly regarded athlete that they arent going to get to play for a year while they develop, or in this case wait for people to graduate. That is one big thing MSU definitely has on Ole Miss with Chad. Ole Miss only loses 1 WR and he was a fast streatch the field guy, not a slot type, which is what I see Chad as. MSU loses more, I believe, and besides Clark I cant think of anyone for that all purpose/slot guy and he would have a good chance to play from day one.

 

[HammerOfTheDogs]

we didn't want him...no place for him....one leg shorter than the other....The strawberries? 'Ah, but the strawberries! That's, that's where I had them. They laughed at me and made jokes, but I proved beyond the shadow of a doubt, and with, with geometric logic, that, that a duplicate key to the wardroom icebox did exist.'

 

[Ole Miss Grad]

The problem with your post is that Bumphis isn't anywhere near that fast.

He's not even as fast as he was listed on our campus.

 

[El Diablo Blanco]

mnbv

 

[Mjoelner]

</p>

 

[muddawgs33]

First off, you might want to leave out the whole 2 star/4 star bit since that whole rating system business is a bunch of ********. In fact, I have it on good authority that Neat is about to become a better player overnight when he gets bumped to a 3 star in the next few days. That'll be important, because I know he's autmoatically a better player the minute they give him that extra star.

I never said stars mattered. I was just pointing out how flawed your thinking was. 4 star 50 miles from Oxford , that everyone agrees is a solid football player and then you have a 2 star from Florida with similar ability. You don't find it odd in your way of thinking that the guy from Florida is more of a priority than the recruit that's only 50 miles away? Basically, I'm saying Bumphis never really was that interested in Ole Miss and Nutt and Co. moved on to Neat. That's how recruiting goes. I mean Patterson was a priority for us, but after he decommitted, Croom and Co. moved on. It wasn't because Croom didn't want him. It was because Croom didn't think he could sway him back to Msu.

I think Nutt is putting together a solid recruiting class no matter what the stars say. And no Bumphis is not going to make or break y'alls class. But to say Bumphis was not a priority or that y'all would probably take him is asinine.