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David Murray on MSState football and basketball · The Jake Wimberly Podcast

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  David Murray two four seventh fours dot com, Jean's page Missippi State and the
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  likes on your radio David, Happy New year, sir, how are you
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  well? Happy New year? And like yourself, I'm tracking all the comings
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  and goings of a football recruiting season that will not end. Probably has just
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  probably it's a great thing for our business. Don't get me wrong. Steve
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  tracking all the sinees, has got the commitments and other things. I kind
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  of throw the word signees around and right relaxedly because they have to wait until
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  January seven. I'm sorry, February seventh is actually signed the latest ones.
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  But starting on the sixteenth next week when classes begin, you'll see how many
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  not only are early in roles, but these transfers follow up on their commitments
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  and show up for class. So as of right now, I believe the
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  count is fifteen transfers coming in, sixteen going out, although one of them
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  I really wouldn't count a walk on kicker who never was a factor anyway,
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  So you just say that so far, Jeff Levy has balanced the outgoing and
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  incoming and overall upgrade in all aspects. Yeah, I would tend to agree
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  with that. And I do want to talk basketball, but let's stick with
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  football. You're right, because you know it's what's interesting. I was talking
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  on another show this morning out of Memphis, and we were talking about,
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  hey, basketball's here, Baseball is going to be here. But people are
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  so dialed into this recruiting and what's going on with the transfer portal and what
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  your team's going to look like with you know, spring practice and everything just
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  around them here before you know it. You know, when you look at
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  Levy, I mean I would think you have to give him a high grade.
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  I mean you got twenty one look at two four seven sports Jeans page
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  right now, twenty one signed letters of intent form Mississippi State, and you
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  referenced, I mean several guys that are coming in. And you know,
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  I think sometimes fans get beside themselves early. They look at what the rivals
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  are doing or other people are doing, and that you know, they kind
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  of panic. But you know, you get a nice tackle from Texas Tech
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  and Jacobe Jackson an offensive tackle and much needed some defensive line play. You
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  got a wide receiver Kevin Coleman coming in from Louisville who has has missus Sippy
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  dies. You know, big wide receiver coming in from UTEP. Believe it
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  or not, his numbers say this for the public that don't know. His
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  numbers are unbelievably impressive. And then you know a tight end, a couple
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  of tight ends, a couple more offensive linemen inside out, just a really
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  good and of course a quarterback in Blake shape. And I think this staff
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  has done a really good job at least on paper of balance, class balance
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  and need in the transfer portal. Yeah, on our message forwards on Jean's
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  page, most of the angst and sometimes outright horror has been manufactured about quote.
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  The defense is not getting it done well if you start adding the players
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  they have this past week. Obviously jess Levy had his offensive step put together
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  first. That was going to be taken care of first because the coaches were
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  in place. Defensive transfer recruiting has picked up of the late, so I
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  think that will finish up right now. Desperately. What they need would be
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  an edge rusher. Those things are like gold out there right now because everybody
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  wants one of those, and a really sure thing lockdown cornerback are great safety
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  again, things everybody wants and by the way, for everybody who talks about
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  we'll just go get this guy. You know, sure you quarterbacks are the
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  jewels, but big bodies are the gold. In these classes, everybody wants
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  everything, so you have to find what's available to come to your program fit
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  in. Look at the depth chart. I think State has filled the speed
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  positions. You know, look at wide receiver you basically Chad Bumpits put together
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  an almost entirely new receiver room of both freshmen transfers and jucos. But the
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  offensive defensive lines have been really upgraded, at least in depth terms. We'll
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  find out where they're going to play. They always have to say that,
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  you know, can they play? It's you know, the old recruiting ada
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  is great, looks good on paper. Let's see what they look out in
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  the practice field. But as you say, Levy has done a great job
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  upgrading with what he's got to work with. And two reminders for people out
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  there too. The transfer class for about three years ago was ranked number eight,
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  but there were only five or six in them, and there were some
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  contributors. One reason you're in the twenties is because well you're getting more balanced.
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  You're picking up a whole number of guys and sometimes sheer numbers. Help
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  me. Look at Texas A and M twenty one transfers coming in, but
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  twenty three guys going out, which by my count is tops in the SEC.
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  This is a weird new world, Jake. And while it's providing a
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  lot of material for me to write about and talk about, it's really making
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  you wonder where is this sport headed? Yeah, there's there is no doubt
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  about it. David Murray on your radio, gens page dot com, and
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  of course find him on X get the podcast and more. We'll let him
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  tell you where to find that here before he gets out of here. Yeah,
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  where are we headed? I mean, that's that's the big question,
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  you know, And I don't know that anybody can answer that, you know,
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  and you know with an absolute fact, so to speak. But you
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  know, when you look at the Southeastern Conference after the National championship game,
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  David, this league doesn't get any easier next year. George is going to
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  be, you know, at the top of the ratings or rankings. So
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  you would assume Alabama, Texas, Oklahoma coming into the league. You look
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  at what's going on now with Ole miss Missouri. You know, Florida has
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  some issues obviously Arkansas. There's a lot of question marks around the SEC,
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  but this league and Mississippi State in particular, will not lack for intrigue and
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  excitement next year. Well, a couple of things. I did a piece
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  back in December comparing the conference records now that we're swapping schedules around getting away
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  from East West divisions to the rotation the one to seven for this coming year,
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  at least for a couple more years, it looks like, and I
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  added that up in Missouri and Ole miss are coming out way ahead of the
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  pack as far as the records of their conference opponents coming in Oklahoma, which
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  you know you're judging about Big twelve conference upon as the time, of course
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  they got it rough. Florida has it brutal, Alabama probably in that mix
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  there. MISSISPPI State tough schedules, so that's going to have a lot to
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  do this coming year. But again, how do you make predictions when so
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  many transfers re bought and by the way, you ask what's to be done
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  in the future. I have a suggestion about the transfer portal, not to
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  fix it nashally. I think college programs need to start finding people with backgrounds
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  in minor league Baseball and Major League baseball, roster management, farm systems,
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  and development, because you've got to have everything. You've got to have the
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  draftees, but you've got to have the free agents in baseball college football's head
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  the same way, You've still got to go to the high school ranks juco
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  ranks to get guys to bring up for your numbers and your system. But
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  now with the free agency out there of the transfer portal, I think some
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  experience from guys who've done this in baseball at the highest levels, their advice
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  certainly could be handy. No, they're not the same sports, but I
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  think you're going to have to manage things a whole lot differently. Coaches who've
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  built their careers on recruiting, depth and development are either going to adjust or
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  lead profession and I think they're just guys out there. I think we know
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  one former Mismisispi Sate who just don't want to deal with the transfer portal.
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  Never mind namage likeness another debate we can get into someday now, David,
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  I agree hundred percent. I do like the Minor league Baseball reference there as
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  well. All Right, Missippi State basketball lost one their secup in obviously to
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  South Carolina. Now they get to tangle with Tennessee coming in tonight, and
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  you look at Tennessee, they're eleven and three. They're number two or number
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  five in the country. This league is absolutely snacked top to bottom, or
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  at least most of this league is gonna play really good basketball for the majority
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  of the year. I don't want to call it a must win game.
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  I know it's a very uphill battle tonight, but what are you looking to
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  see and know? When you look at Missippi State. Obviously they'll get Tennessee
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  coming in tonight and then Alabama coming up on the thirteenth before traveling to Kentucky,
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  it doesn't get any easier. Well, Saturday at South Carolina was a
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  must win game, and that's not criticizing the program. That's just saying what
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  it was. Who you have coming up. You needed to come out of
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  this first stretch two and two to feel good about your postseason potential. That
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  said, State still improved two slots in the net rankings with their loss at
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  South Carolina. A road loss, quad one loss didn't hurt them, That
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  actually helped them a little bit. But that ends fast. You've got to
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  start getting the w's. And here's an Alabama team coming in Saturday that destroyed
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  South Carolina last night. After an interesting first half. Tennessee good solid defensive
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  team. They're gonna they got a lot of length, a lot of strength.
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  The State is still trying to figure out some things, you know,
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  to lou Smill, still getting back up to speed. Jimmy Bell a good
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  defensive end, maybe not so much offense against quality competition. Now, how
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  do you work your guard rotation? Are you going to keep bringing Josh Hubert
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  off the bench as you're leading outside threat? And is that because you really
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  want to count on defense starting the game. The State's still playing good defense.
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  But now Jake, you're point where you've got to put up points and
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  miss Bee State tonight. I'm gonna be very fascinated to watch how Chris Jensen's
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  staff decided to go at it against the Tennessee team. That all right,
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  you've got two home games here at the bare minimum, you've got to split
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  those and try to get out of this stretch one and two. Because I
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  think right now you're saying Kentucky's going to be a little bit too much to
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  ask could they take both these games? Yeah, home course been good for
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  the Bulldogs, but they've got to figure out some things fast as far as
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  their rotations. They're starting lineup and who gets the most minutes, not just
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  spreading minutes around. It's the idea of resting guys up and the gaserade that's
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  over. You play your best because you're to point now you've got to win
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  some games. And Chris Jams knows this way better than I do. I'm
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  going to be watching tonight to see what he's come up with during this last
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  couple of days of practice since the South Carolina game. How they're going to
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  approach the rest of the season, David, tell everybody where they can find
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  the content. You know, Missippi State fans obviously love Jeans Page, but
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  there may be some out there that don't. Are not a part of Jens
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  Page. And of course the podcast. You guys will have it loaded up
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  everything every day from football, basketball, and believe it or not, David,
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  the Diamond will be open before you know it. Oh, practice starts
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  next week. The Diamond Dogs asseymbol. And yes I know the forecast.
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  I think I see lows in the teams and falls in the twenties, but
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  hey, Crystal moments, we'll have those guys out on the field at some
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  point next week. Scrimmages don't start till the twenty six, but they'll have
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  ten days of preseason going so and Mike Namath and Steve Roberts will be full
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  diving into that. Of course, Justin Frommer and myself covering basketball as well
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  as picking up on football recruiting and obviously still have the basketball full blast as
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  well. So check us out on jenspage dot com on the twenty four to
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  seven Netsports Network, and we've got plenty of content. We're coming off a
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  couple of record months now for readership and subscriptions and we just want to keep
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  that ball rolling. David, appreciate you as always, take a jacket where
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  if you go next week. We'll talk soon. Thanks, Jakin, Ben