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Here's Saturday's thread, in case you missed it. I would suggest reading it if you're behind. There's a lot of information there, from commitments to things to watch to an overview of what's happening on the recruiting trail around the SEC.


Happy Sunday. Christmas Eve is a week from today. National Signing Day is Wednesday. The quiet period, meaning no in-person contact between coaches and prospects (including transfer portal prospects), begins tonight and runs through Jan. 11.

Saturday was quite eventful. Sunday will have a difficult time matching it, but there are things to watch for today.

I believe you'll see, as early as today, an announcement regarding Quinshon Judkins -- and, I would assume, The Grove Collective -- stating his intention to return to Ole Miss for his junior year.

Multiple sources have indicated that South Carolina transfer portal wide receiver Juice Wells has agreed to terms with Ole Miss. I expect an announcement today or tomorrow, but I could be wrong.

All signs Saturday pointed towards Ole Miss landing what would be a massive commitment from Texas A&M transfer portal defensive tackle Walter Nolen. He remained in Oxford Saturday night. Now, he could still go to Tuscaloosa for a few hours today, I suppose (he'll have to leave the Ole Miss campus no later than very early this afternoon), but there's a buzz among people close to the Ole Miss program that it's done and he'll transfer to Ole Miss next month. I have no idea on announcement times. I heard some buzz about Monday, but that very well could just be rumor.

Speaking of rumor, what started as a rumor Saturday really picked up steam Saturday night, and that's the desire of Starkville, Miss., four-star ATH Braylon Burnside to sign with Ole Miss on Wednesday. He has family members who want/wanted him to sign with Mississippi State, and that certainly remains a possibility, but some of his teammates last week at the Mississippi-Alabama All-Star Game in Hattiesburg said he made it clear that he, personally, wanted to sign with Ole Miss. It's one of the few high school stories to follow between now and Wednesday, especially after Kavion Broussard went ahead and pulled the trigger Saturday night and flipped from Miami to Ole Miss.

One other rumor that might be worth following: There's some buzz that Hattiesburg (Oak Grove), Miss., four-star cornerback PJ Woodland, who is committed to LSU, has been offered by Ole Miss and is considering a late flip to the Rebels. Woodland was committed to Mississippi State from June to mid-October but then flipped to LSU on Oct. 22. His Oak Grove teammate, Anthony Maddox Jr., flipped from Texas A&M to Ole Miss on Saturday. It's a rumor that seems to have some legs, but that's all I know as of this morning. We'll follow along, obviously, and update as we know more.

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BUt LnNE caN't REcruIt

Working the portal is recruiting btw

Why no television? According to the athletics site there is no tv not even ESPN+

Why is MSU playing a basketball game in Tupelo?

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Anything to worry about there ??

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Rest your voices everybody; We need the Vaught to be absolute mayhem in 2024…

This post is a result of my decision to share my experiences from this past week at the MS/AL game in Hattiesburg with the board. Full disclosure as to the access I had, as I am a nobody in that world. I was the OIC (officer in charge) for the MSARNG liaison team that hosted both teams at Camp Shelby. Camp Shelby and the MSARNG partner with the MAC to provide housing, some of the meals, and other logistical requirements for the game when it is held in Mississippi. It has been a partnership of many benefits for all parties involved. I was honored to be a part of it this year and serve in this capacity for the benefit and betterment of the event and the kids and adults involved.
My position on our liaison team allowed me to have access behind the curtain and see how things were with the cameras off. It also allowed me to interact with the administrators, players, and coaches and get to know them personally. Here are some of the things I observed throughout the week:

1. From the time they stepped off the charter buses that brought them, the Alabama team seemed to be on a mission. They were very aware that they had not won the game in Mississippi since the site started rotating here every other year in 2015, and seemed to bring a different level of focus, a business-like approach, to everything that they did. Beginning on Tuesday when they arrived, I told all that I came into contact with that I didn't know who was going to win the game, but I knew who won the warmup. Alabama had some "pretty" players. Some dudes! Now, we did too, but not as many and not as pretty, IMO at least.

2. Mississippi had several top-line guys not in the game, opting out if you will. Alabama may have too, I don't know. I do know this, MS is about half the size as AL population-wise. We don't have the numbers to have our best opting out due to injury risk or NIL. I spoke to one of the coaches at the game yesterday who had a player opt-out. He told me that the school (out of state) that he was committed to advised his kid to opt out. I voiced my "concerns" and the coach's response was "Hard to argue with XXXX when they are offering $175K". IMHO, that approach is short-sighted and selfish, on both the players and the adults' part. I understand that is a lot of money in the short term, but to be denied a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity over money that another school would most likely pay... I also understand the issue of potential injury if the player is projected to play as a freshman. That was a primary reason for moving the game to December. Playing in a game like that is a once-in-a-lifetime honor, to represent your entire state in a competition against a neighboring state. It is a decision that they will regret later in life and one that likely played a part in the outcome of the game. JMHO.

3. Yesterday's game showed me how dominant Mississippi could be if we only had one major university (SEC) in our state. Our top group is as good as anywhere in the country, we just don't have the depth of larger states. Those kids were very proud of the name on the front of their jersey, they wanted to win that game BAD! (as I said above, Alabama obviously wanted it too) I was with them all week, I heard them talk about the fact that Ole Miss, MSU, JSU, USM, etc fans would ALL be rooting for them on Saturday. They liked that! I was in the locker room pregame. They were dialed in. They kept playing despite the 3 turnovers that led to 19 Alabama points. It is just a shame that we (Mississippi schools) spend so much time trying to drag each other down and gloating when the other is doing terribly. I absolutely agree that MSU, from their president down to the lowest of fans, is much worse in this zeal than we are, but we have people on this site who spend a lot of energy wanting MSU to be terrible and cheering anything that can be perceived as bad for MSU. How about we just focus on Alabama, Georgia, and LSU?

4. There was a lot of Ole Miss BUZZ all week! Even some of the Alabama players were talking up Ole Miss. They may have just been pulling my chain, as I am sure my allegiance showed through, despite my best efforts to be covert in my loyalties. I spoke individually with all of our commitments on both teams, and (with one exception who will remain nameless, maybe he was just having a bad day) came away very IMPRESSED with each of them. They were genuine, respectful, and engaged with you when you were trying to speak with them. They all (again, one exception) had great body language and seemed excited and humbled to be a part of such a great event. Had a great conversation with a certain player who is coveted by both Ole Miss and MSU, and all I will say is, he is genuinely a great kid! I hope he decides to come to Ole Miss and be AJ 2.0. My favorite players of the week for the Mississippi team were the LB from West Jones and the small linebacker from Picayune. I could see the West Jones kid being Chance Campbell 2.0 for someone and the Picayune kid...I know he is small, but that dude is an absolute tackling machine! He would be an incredible special teams player! Alabama had a couple of kids that made a positive impression above that of others. They have a couple of OL/DL that look like they are draft-ready right now. Franklin for MS looks like a NFL player also. My goodness, what are they feeding these kids?

5. About the game... my first impression on Tuesday came (somewhat) to fruition on Saturday. Alabama looked awfully pretty and they seemed to play more focused, team-oriented football. They did a good job of getting the ball to the WIlliams kid (He is worth all 5 stars) who is committed to Alabama. Our liaison who was assigned to Alabama's team told me all week that he would be "one to watch" on Saturday. He was absolutely correct! As I said, they scored 19 points on 3 Mississippi turnovers. They had a blocked punt that resulted in a 6-yard drive for a TD, a scooped fumble right before half that resulted in a 4-yard drive for a TD (the TD before half was the backbreaker, IMHO), and an 80-yard TD pass to Williams a couple of plays after they had intercepted a Mississippi pass in the end zone to kill a great drive. A couple of questions for you analytics gurus, both coaches (both great guys) made decisions on PATs, where I would have DEFINITELY gone the other way. Alabama scores on the long pass to Williams to go up 26-10 middle of the 3rd. They decide to go for 2, which they didn't get. Kicking the PAT there would have put them up 3 scores. Maybe their kicker was hurt? I noticed one of their QBs kicking off (and not very well). Later, Mississippi scored to cut the lead to 26-16. We decide to kick the PAT instead of going for 2 to cut it to a one-score game? What do you analytics guys say?

All in all, it was a great week. I was honored to be a part of the game and provide support for the teams and coaches. The average fan who comes to the game and pays their admission has NO IDEA what all goes into pulling something like that off. Both state associations had numerous people who put in countless hours to make it all happen. Everything didn't go smoothly, but everything (except the final score) went great! That is all.

Bills are wearing the Cowboys out today…..and have made it look pretty easy. I’ve come to like the Bills the past few seasons..kind of a fun team to pull for

Hate from other teams has returned

If the coaches can embrace that and the chemistry gels; this team is gonna do special things.

My guess is this is 100,000 page views…surely they don’t have more members than RG or OMS

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4 star edge HS kid. Stumbled upon Alabama reporters saying they think he’s visiting Ole Miss this afternoon. Can anybody verify?

If signing day were today, I’ve been told he would sign with Ole Miss….
Long way to go but things are moving in a positive direction with his camp….

While waiting for news today, I started reading some draft reports and I have to say, a 10-2 season with our lack of NFL talent is really remarkable. Per the reports I read, only Tre Harris was projected to be drafted in 2024 out of our draft eligible players and that was in the 6th round, which explains why he is coming back. (Ced Johnson was noted as being an athletic freak and may get drafted based on his combine, but was projected to be a Undrafted Free Agent.) Our coaches did a Hell of a job of finding guys in the portal who were productive college players, but on the fringe of being NFL talents, and getting the most out of their talent-and retaining them as well, as we currently have nobody in our two deep in the Portal.

Now I realize that, in the college game, you could blame the coaches for our lack of NFL talent on the current roster, but I think you also have to look at the state of this program when Lane took over, as we were 3-13 in the league in 2018-2019 with a number of blow-out losses. How do you recruit NFL talent to a program in that state?

Now next year is going to be a very different story as Umanmielen, Wells and possibly Judkins are projected as being first round talents, with Umanmielen the #3 DE (#13 overall), Wells the #5 WR (#28 overall) and Judkins the #1 RB (#37 overall). Baron was also projected to be a 7th-round draftee in 2024 if he had come out this year.





Oh, BTW, a certain kid who just turned 20, man he is young, is ranked as the #7 DL in the 2025 draft class:


I think our lack of All SEC or NFL talent players showed up this year in the Georgia game. But we did win 10 games with just a smattering of NFL talent. Obviously, we still need to upgrade our OL talent, but I literally cannot wait to see what Golding does with the front seven talent we will have next year. And I would be willing to bet that this will be the last year that you see no Rebels drafted in the first three rounds.

Fellow RGers, if adversity builds character, we Ole Miss fans should have the most around. But if we all pull together now, this could be our time.

Please give whatever you can spare to the GC, let’s close the deal and build a roster to go to war with in 2024! Personally, I would probably trade a couple of years just to see our Rebs in the play-offs next year.

I would say ‘13 was still bigger because all the guys were in campus and the square but this is a close second

Where is the link?

Will be up 800% from following OM recruiting.

DJ has already CB'd the 2nd Maddox brother (class of 25) to Ole Miss. He said that decided not to CB the 3rd because he was just in the 8th grade.