Keep in mind that in 1978, majors signed the best class ever

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Included lee Otis burton who would have been Reggie white esque. Saw him run down a notre dame running back from behind. Class included captain James Berry, Glenn ford, Dennis Mahon, a bunch of kids from Georgia like lee north, Rory Cunningham, mike go cofer etc.
A lot of those studs were washouts. Not to be a downer but you have to put together consecutive three or four top classes to become competitive with the top of the league. Ole miss has recruited a couple of good classes but they can't compete week in and week out with the giants.
Kudos to butch, keep it rolling......:hi:
 
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Always a downer... sheesh
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Its not about the x' and the o's.........we're getting the Jimmies and Joes again.



Well,in Dooley's last season, we had the "Jimmie & Joe's" but not the "X" & "O".

That is why we beat UN State but lost the other games that we should have been competitive in.

Hunter, C.P., Zack, Good NFL line, Q.B. with an arm, Good kicker....etc.


Dooley did not have the "X" & "O", so we lost.....


Look at the Ky game in 2011!!!!! A good defense strategy would have stopped them.....
 
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Included lee Otis burton who would have been Reggie white esque. Saw him run down a notre dame running back from behind. Class included captain James Berry, Glenn ford, Dennis Mahon, a bunch of kids from Georgia like lee north, Rory Cunningham, mike go cofer etc.
A lot of those studs were washouts. Not to be a downer but you have to put together consecutive three or four top classes to become competitive with the top of the league. Ole miss has recruited a couple of good classes but they can't compete week in and week out with the giants.
Kudos to butch, keep it rolling......:hi:

You forgot Charles Morgan from Howard High (same high school as Reggie White) who quit after the Bama game! Just saying!
 
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How many were in the '78 class? I think that in Major's own freshman class there were 108; that was a pretty good class. In the freshman class he recruited to win the NC at Pittsburg, I believe there were 113, including Dorsett. It would be hard to say any modern day class was the best ever, based on sheer numbers.
 
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Mike Cofer was from knoxville. Rule High

Yes, Mike "Stop" Cofer was from Rule, excelled for us all 4 yrs at DE before going on to The League, also sent a couple little brothers our way.

Mike "Go" Cofer was a TE from GA and contributed in a positive way, but not an all-star, possibly injuries, I don't recall.
 
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RBs from that class woulda been Mahan, Berry, Ford and little Terry Daniels. Berry did well for us, Ford contributed, Mahan never really got here, and Daniels was mis-used by Majors (we'll keep crashing this 185 lb rb up the middle vs. Bama until we get it right).

But it was a damn exciting class when recruited.
 
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How many were in the '78 class? I think that in Major's own freshman class there were 108; that was a pretty good class. In the freshman class he recruited to win the NC at Pittsburg, I believe there were 113, including Dorsett. It would be hard to say any modern day class was the best ever, based on sheer numbers.

No no no no no. You guys have no historical perspective. There have scholarship limitations in the sec for years which is why Dodd and ga tech left the conference. Majors could only sign about 35 when he got here and there was an overall limit of 105.
 
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Included lee Otis burton who would have been Reggie white esque. Saw him run down a notre dame running back from behind. Class included captain James Berry, Glenn ford, Dennis Mahon, a bunch of kids from Georgia like lee north, Rory Cunningham, mike go cofer etc.
A lot of those studs were washouts. Not to be a downer but you have to put together consecutive three or four top classes to become competitive with the top of the league. Ole miss has recruited a couple of good classes but they can't compete week in and week out with the giants.
Kudos to butch, keep it rolling......:hi:

Totally flawed evidence, but the correct conclusion.

There were no ratings systems in 1978 like there are today. If we go by our own press clippings (which is all we have to go on to claim that was the best class ever) then every class could be considered the best class ever. Fact is, the Majors era was a gradual building process (facilities, national recruiting, and excellent coaching). His best class ever was on the field when he was fired. Majors was able to recruit blue chippers from the beginning, but top to bottom, the depth chart saw gradual but consistent improvement over time.

With Old Mess's monster recruiting class last year, they may be able to compete (but probably not win) championships in 2015 and 2016. With our great class hitting the field this year, we may be able to do the same in 2016 and 2017, but you are right, it will take great recruiting classes year after year to get back on top and stay on top. Not a downer, just the way it is.
 
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Included lee Otis burton who would have been Reggie white esque. Saw him run down a notre dame running back from behind. Class included captain James Berry, Glenn ford, Dennis Mahon, a bunch of kids from Georgia like lee north, Rory Cunningham, mike go cofer etc.
A lot of those studs were washouts. Not to be a downer but you have to put together consecutive three or four top classes to become competitive with the top of the league. Ole miss has recruited a couple of good classes but they can't compete week in and week out with the giants.
Kudos to butch, keep it rolling......:hi:

How do you get that it was the best class ever? Who says so?

Do you never get tired of exposing yourself like this?

FWIW, comparing a class now to 1978 in terms of college football and football recruiting is like comparing a calculator from that same period to a cell phone today. There are some fundamental elements in common... but massive differences.
 
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How do you get that it was the best class ever? Who says so?

Do you never get tired of exposing yourself like this?

FWIW, comparing a class now to 1978 in terms of college football and football recruiting is like comparing a calculator from that same period to a cell phone today. There are some fundamental elements in common... but massive differences.

You have no historical perspective either. There were many parade all Americans in that class which means we out recruited a lot of heavyweights. There were several publications that had us ranked number one just as sport magazine rated us pre season number one in 1983. Go back and talk about the 90s when you were born. The men will continue to discuss weightier matters.:peace2:
 
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There were no rating services back then, but there was the parade all american list for HS players. Iirc, one of majors' classes, his first I think, had more parade AA than had ever been signed before or since thus was considered one of the greatest classes ever.

Keep in mind though that this was a coach that could not win a NC, or an outright SECC, with two first round NFL O linemen, several NFL WR, couple of NFL RB, etc.

Talent was not CJM's problem.
 
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There were no rating services back then, but there was the parade all american list for HS players. Iirc, one of majors' classes, his first I think, had more parade AA than had ever been signed before or since thus was considered one of the greatest classes ever.

Keep in mind though that this was a coach that could not win a NC, or an outright SECC, with two first round NFL O linemen, several NFL WR, couple of NFL RB, etc.

Talent was not CJM's problem.

If chuck Webb had not been injured, we would have won it all in 1990. I've always believed that.....
 
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