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In most instances it's not going to easy to identify whether it is legit or not. Easy solution is that any player that time is stopped for an injury is not allowed to re-enter until the next possession.

Talked to a member of executive council this earlier this morning. He said they think they will have numbers tomorrow and will try to release classes tomorrow afternoon or Monday morning. They will meet, I think he said, on the 12th to set regions. But this all hinges on getting numbers from MDE

If passes i would think it would be at least 2 years before they are combined.

That is true and it shows how bad our defensive recruiting actually was under Leach and Arnett. At the same time our scheme and adjustments have been terrible. If you don't have lockdown corners and can't get pressure on the QB you can not paly a 3 man front defensive scheme.

Have talked to a few coaches and AD's, and no numbers have been released to schools yet. They expect to hear something next week, possibly. I think it was the first of November when they released numbers 2 years ago.

Talked to member of the executive committee and he said that they won't get the numbers from MDE until around October 10, which is Thursday.

It was better when the payments had to be under the table. Pay'em what you want and hope you don't get caught.

There is no way for them to regulate it. When the gov't and the courts got involved the NCAA was done. No way to put the genie back in the bottle.

It has gone from players opting out of bowl games now to seasons. This and the UNLV debacle are going to be the new norm. The NCAA and all those calling for the players to be paid have created a monster.

Agreed, there is no transfer portal in HS athletics. The rule says that if a move is made for athletic purposes the move must be made 60 days prior to the start of school or you sit out a year. If the parents move into a new district for work or new housing or any other legitimate reason at any time then the athlete is eligible unless he or she has practiced with their former team. You can not participate for two different team in the same sport in the same year. It seams that this young man made the move for athletic reasons.

I will be vilified for this but in my opinion State's problems began when they fired Moorehead. I get why he was fired, lack of discipline, but it had nothing to do with on the field performance. He had winning seasons both years and beat OM twice and recruited well. Yes I know everyone's gripe that he had the best defense in the country and didn't win the West or whatever. But while the offense looked very similar to Mullen's is was vastly different. While Fitz ended up having a good year he struggled with the RPO portions of the offense. He was always a great runner but struggled at times throwing the ball. Bring Moorehead in at the end of the year and give him a year to tighten up on discipline. But when you fire a coach after two winning seasons, beating your rival twice, and two bowl games who wants to go and coach there? While I liked Leach he was a desperation hire. OM had just hired Kiffin and we needed to hire a name coach for excitement and Leach was only option. And its obvious by looking at this team our recruiting under Leach and Arnett was vastly sub par. And after firing Arnett we get Lebby, and I liked the hire and still think it was a good one, because no one P5 coach wanted the job. So where does State go from here? In this day and age of college football They may never recover. I look for the SEC to go to a 9 game conference schedule, meaning you have to win at least 3 conference games to make a bowl. You now have to essentially buy you recruits as well as pay for transfer portal guys and pay to keep the good players you have from getting poached by other teams. State doesn't have that type of NIL money. Add to that the increase to 105 scholarships and now the really good 3 or 4 star guys that you might get because Alabama, Georgia and the likes didn't have room for they now sign. These last 2 losses and the 8 or 10 to come aren't the fault of Lebby, State just doesn't have the players to match even the Toledo's of FBS football.

With the NCAA allowing an additional 20 scholarships for football, how do you think it will effect OM, MSU, and USM? I think it will hurt all 3 to an extent. It will allow the "big dogs" , Alabama, Georgia, and others to take 20 additional guys that would have gone somewhere else. That guy that in the past they didn't have room for that went somewhere else now signs with them. It's gonna remind me of the Bear Bryant before days before scholarship limits when he would sign players that he knew would never play for him but by signing them they wouldn't play against him. OM is doing well right now, but Kiffin is making a living in the portal, which I think will grow even more now. Don't really know about Lebby yet as he's only had less than a year. I think the real problem will be for USM. Generally they sign guys that the SEC guys didn't have room for. Now with 280 additional players less, I think it hurts them and all the other non Power 4 teams.

I hope your right, but it would be the most State way to lose the series.

Yes, don't even tarp the field. Heck, maybe even Bull Durham it.

This game is scary because who do we pitch? I have confidence in no one outside our 3 starters and Auger, Shulke, Hardin and Davis.

Those three along with Hardin are the only ones in the pen that we can actually count on.

If they can get to 17 plus wins I feel like they will go to Hoover with the intention of getting a couple of wins, just to secure hosting. In '21 there was no reason to use your best pitchers because the national seed was locked in before Hoover.

Agree, only problem is there are only 2 or 3 arms in the pen that can be trusted. Also, what is the deal with Pico, is he not on the SEC weekend roster? He has looked sharp in his midweeks, he could give us an inning or 2 on a weekend.

Usually schools have a cut off for admissions after around 2 weeks. I wouldn't think you could let students enroll and start class mid semester. JMO.?

That wouldn't work because the cut off for enrollment at new school would be passed.

The "kid need to be in a bigger school for exposure" is the number 1 recruiting non truth out there. If a kid can play, college coaches are going to know about him. They talk to coaches, see them on Hudl and other video systems, and most importantly they get them on campus in their camps. As the previous posters mentioned, it boils down to the personal trainers, 7v7 coaches, and handlers, trying to get their hands on them. Personal trainers and 7v7 has turned into AAU basketball. And that's not a good thing. Does the kid from Quitman need to be at a 7A school? The Hatch kid from Biggersville is going to Louisville over several other offers. Bassfield/JDC has put several players in Power 5 schools over the years. It's a trickle down from college, parents and kids see college players transferring yearly so they want that publicity.

Here in lies part of the problem. Lets take pitching as an example. Now days most players go to these showcase games or camps. A pitcher hops on the mound and pounds the zone at 98 for 1 maybe 2 innings, then he is done. Next pitcher. Same at the next show case and so on. He is now a top rated pitching prospect. School signs him. Comes in and can't throw strikes over an inning or two. How many have State and OM had/have on their rosters that fit this mold. State has several now. Then there are injuries. Just at State Simmons is out again. I am also assuming since they haven't thrown in three weeks Pico and Loftin are reinjured or still hurt. And IMO that goes back to playing year round from 8 years old and never resting your arm. I don't know if State need to make a move or not. Yes we should probably be 10-5 in SEC but still half the SEC schedule left with several winnable series. Lets let it play out.

The way we have pitched the last two series, if Dhom gets back you might put him in that closer role. That's where he started last year.

Will have to throw some big $$$ to Hubbard or he will be plucked away by one of the blue blood of college basketball.

I agree, and I'm sorry but if I'm the AD, none of our sports are live streaming, at least not home games.