Serious question. Does MSU spend $280,000 on a single recruiting visit...

[Bulldog Bruce]

for 8 players and then spend $350,000 for 14 recruits the following weekend. Can we spend that type of money?

If we can't, there is no reason for this bitching. Our players have to execute better than the other guys and we did not do that for the full 60 minutes. MSU can't afford mistakes. We dropped balls, We didn't protect and we held on to it too long, and we actually threw less accurately than usual. We could have won that game in a very hostile stadium, but we didn't.

 

[HRMSU]

for 8 players and then spend $350,000 for 14 recruits the following weekend. Can we spend that type of money?

If we can't, there is no reason for this bitching. Our players have to execute better than the other guys and we did not do that for the full 60 minutes. MSU can't afford mistakes. We dropped balls, We didn't protect and we held on to it too long, and we actually threw less accurately than usual. We could have won that game in a very hostile stadium, but we didn't.

^ This x 100

 

[Leeshouldveflanked]

Our recruiting budget is around $500K . About 50th in NCAA

 

[olblue.sixpack]

Our recruiting budget is around $500K . About 50th in NCAA

That seems about where Mississippi State should be.

 

[Cooterpoot]

LSU didn't spend that. Hell, they brought in a portal QB that can't really throw. We weren't playing Texas, who struggled with UTSA tonight by the way.

 

[KeyserSoze1999]

Problem? JUST THROW MONEY AT IT!
That giant Texas A&M recruiting mountain of money / Scrooge McDuck gold coin vault didn't help them against old Appalachian State and their small money/ coupon clipping recruited team.

 

[HRMSU]

LSU didn't spend that. Hell, they brought in a portal QB that can't really throw. We weren't playing Texas, who struggled with UTSA tonight by the way.

Funny, I was thinking that too and checked the box score and his stats were almost identical to Will. That and a 300 pound lineman making an open field tackle on our return guy is Twilight Zone crap.

 

[Cooterpoot]

Funny, I was thinking that too and checked the box score and his stats were almost identical to Will. That and a 300 pound lineman making an open field tackle on our return guy is Twilight Zone crap.

I'd be pissed if I was a QB and was compared to Will tonight. Thomas tripped and stumbled into the OL.

 

[Bulldog Bruce]

And LSU has been in the top 10 in ther recent past. Plus they are the only football school in Louisiana to go to.

 

[Mr. Cook]

That much money spent in Mississippi would be a major economic development project involving press conferences*****

 

[Leeshouldveflanked]

That seems about where Mississippi State should be.

Ole Miss’ recruiting budget is almost 3 times what MSU’s is.

 

[Maroonthirteen]

Ole Miss’ recruiting budget is almost 3 times what MSU’s is.

If this is true, ridiculous. Not because it is Ole Miss but because they are a comparable program in every way. Point is, if true, that shows you where our priority lies.......keeping it "in the black."

 

[Bulldog Bruce]

This seems to be the latest year that can be found on the Internet. It is from 2019

https://athleticdirectoru.com/articles/an-analysis-of-football-recruiting-costs/

Here are 2018 numbers for just the SEC:

SEC Recruiting Expenditures 2017-2018
Georgia | $2,626,622
Alabama | $2,344,057
Tennessee | $2,002,871
Texas A&M | $1,710,101
LSU | $1,287,344
Arkansas | $1,254,138
Florida | $1,155,802
Auburn | $1,081,836
South Carolina | $861,747
Kentucky | $791,863
Ole Miss | $704,836
Missouri | $685,834
Mississippi State | $453,116
Vanderbilt | Does Not Report