Did last night's win at MSU help us with any players?

Bayou Bengal11 · Sep 1, 2007

I think the ND a** whipping today might help with our recruiting more than the Miss St / LSU game....in particular, the ND commit Dayne Crist. I know Id be running outta that place with the current protection of that OL.

BostonBengal · Sep 1, 2007

BlackJack said: ↑

If allowing them to see what a powerhouse LSU is it should have helped.

LSU was men amongst boys out there. LSU's 2nd and 3rd teamers could take most of the SEC.

It's been said before but if you're a recuit and you want to play at the top of the game there is no where else but LSU. The best program in the best conference in America.
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Like CParso said, I don't nec. think that this helped us all that much. It might have solidified certain recruits thoughts about us, but I don't think it was a "decision changing" factor.

After today, you can BET that one team that could DEFINATELY be affected by the outcome of their first game is Michigan. ...maybe even good 'ole ND, too.

Perple · Sep 2, 2007

It absolutely helped. The sole reason MSU was on Television was because of #2 LSU. Come to LSU you will be on TV most every game. Go to MSU or Ole Miss..you 'll be on TV when a ranked team comes to town.

LSUTiga · Sep 2, 2007

Perple said: ↑

It absolutely helped. The sole reason MSU was on Television was because of #2 LSU. Come to LSU you will be on TV most every game. Go to MSU or Ole Miss..you 'll be on TV when a ranked team comes to town.
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Or go to VT and be on tv all the time.........like Vick. :hihi:

houtiger · Sep 2, 2007

TGer'nLHornLand said: ↑

These things have been said in one form or another, but:

1. Being showcased on the first night of college football, on ESPN, as the #2 team in the country, with the 24 hours leading up to the game being all about the fact that we were going to be on TV as the showcased first primetime game, is the recruiting plus, not really winning or losing. I don't know how many times ESPN mentioned that LSU had 4 first round draft picks last night, but I want to say at least 5. Conversely, last night was probably in some sense good for MSU even with the loss, just b/c of the exposure.

2. Winning or losing probably doesn't do a whole lot. Showing off your scheme, the players, the coaches, the attitude of the fans, does. We were expected to thump MSU, and we did. The win does very little for recruiting, other than it continues to keep us on track for the NC and keeps us in the limelight. Losing when you're probably expected to win hurts.

3. I don't know how many of our recruits are also considering MSU (not a lot I'd guess, but a few), but in that case where the schools are both recruiting the same players maybe it helps a little. But, remember, recruits largely want to go to a school where they'll get playing time and exposure. A highly regarded LA or MS recruit who may not get the PT at LSU, will consider going to MSU for the PT. Seeing the win on TV, just points out how deep LSU is vs how needy MSU is. So, it all depends on the mindset of the particular recruit looking.

4. Coaching exhibition. Recruits want to see what kind of systems schools play and whether that will highlight their abilities. To me, last night, LSU's defense showed why if you're a defensive player, you want to go to LSU. It's an aggressive, smothering defense that just produces NFL quality players year in and out, and Bo knows defense. On offense, I think we still have a ways to go, and that showed last night. However, I think recruits saw a team with talented skill players running a relatively conservative offense. I don't think last night's win was particularly impressive, for example, for a high flyer QB recruit, seeing Flynn tuck the ball and run so many times, and only racking up 129 yds in the air, but give it a few games and I think by the end of the season, things will be different. Clearly, recruits saw two teams with vastly different levels of schemes and coaching, which benefits LSU in recruiting.

I guess I'd add, that if recruits are interested in the schools, they are definitely watching these games, so they're watching and the game matters. But for various reasons above, it may matter more or less.
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GREAT POST, TIHL! The 24 hour buildup to the game, and LSU not having to share the limelight with everyone else playing on Saturday was HUGE exposure for us, just HUGE. It definitely helped recruiting, IMO.

GarlicMeatball · Sep 3, 2007

This win helped a ton in terms of recruiting, because the alternative to winning is losing, and a loss at Miss.St. would have been terrible. Basically no recruits will be too impressed with a win a State but a loss at state would be a big blow to recruiting.

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