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Posted by eleem (Member # 884) on 01-30-2016, 04:45 PM:

Mississippi’s football recruiting successes in recent years under Freeze have taken the Southeastern Conference by storm – and rankled some rivals. Multiple SEC coaches and administrators have voiced concerns about Ole Miss to the conference office, sources said. Shortly before National Signing Day in 2013, Freeze took to Twitter and challenged anyone who had facts showing the Rebels were breaking rules to email the school’s compliance office.

Ole Miss’ current recruiting class is ranked No. 4 nationally by Rivals.com. National Signing Day is Wednesday.

This past football season, Mississippi offensive tackle Laremy Tunsil – one of the highest-rated recruits in program history – sat out seven games for accepting impermissible benefits. Tunsil, according to an Ole Miss release, was found to have accepted “use of three separate loaner vehicles over a sixth-month period without payment, a four-month interest-free promissory note on a $3,000 down payment for purchasing a used vehicle, two nights of lodging at a local home, an airline ticket purchased by a friend of a teammate, and one day use of a rental vehicle. In addition, it was determined that Tunsil was not completely forthcoming when initially questioned by NCAA investigators regarding the loaner vehicles.” Tunsil has since declared for the NFL draft and is expected to be a high first-round pick.

It was not the only controversy involving a star Ole Miss player last season. Defensive lineman Robert Nkemdiche, like Tunsil a five-star member of the Rebels’ breakthrough 2013 recruiting class, was suspended from the Sugar Bowl after a bizarre incident at an Atlanta hotel in December. Nkemdiche fell about 15 feet from a room at the Grand Hyatt, sustaining minor injuries after breaking a window. The junior was charged with marijuana possession. He also has declared for the NFL draft.

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Posted by Old Norm (Member # 1482) on 01-30-2016, 05:05 PM:

These are the kind of guys I don't want at UK. Winning season or no winning season. It's just not that important to me.

Posted by eleem (Member # 884) on 01-30-2016, 05:23 PM:

I'm like you Norm, don't need those kind of guys.

Posted by catmandoo (Member # 1284) on 01-30-2016, 06:38 PM:

All our coachs have done a real good job recruiting recruits that are good citizens.

Posted by m hamilton (Member # 127) on 02-02-2016, 06:34 AM:

I heard the very day this went down that Saban met one of their 5* recruits in the airport! HOW CONVENIENT!

Posted by catmandoo (Member # 1284) on 02-02-2016, 02:08 PM:

We may not win a lot of games but we do it the right way and a lot can be said for that.