Jeff Lebby says Mississippi State is dealing with tampering ahead of transfer portal
The 2024 college football season is in the final stretch of regular-season games, which means many players are thinking about where they might play next year and coaching staffs around the country are considering what positions to target for additions via the portal.
The transfer portal window officially opens on Dec. 9. With academic semesters nearing their end, however, student-athletes are starting to announce portal decisions in advance. It appears that certain players are also being illegally recruited ahead of the portal’s opening.
Jeff Lebby said that Mississippi State players have talked of tampering going on.
“Well yeah, it’s going on,” Lebby said on Wednesday’s SEC teleconference. “There’re guys on football team right now that are going through that. Again, until that is managed and policed at the highest level, there’s nothing that’s going to stop people from doing it.”
Lebby is not the first coach to complain of tampering and likely won’t be the last. It’s no secret that enforcement of the portal recruiting rules has been a major issue in the last few years with no sign of getting better.
Mississippi State has struggled mightily in Lebby’s first season, posting a 2-8 overall record and 0-6 mark in SEC play. Tampering staffs may be pitching the opportunity to play for a more competitive program.
[H/T On3]
We got one of the hardest schedules. Ole Miss got one of the easiest. The comis set it up Texas also to have one the easiest and Oklahoma one of the hardest.
What does schedule have to do with the fact that big bro will take your players if he wants any of them?
Because he’s a garbage coach that is beggin for domebody to get him out of oxford, but no other s He lnows he’s not sble to recruit players and develop them; so he has to get pre-developed players
Go back to your shanty and ring your cowbell. You don’t realize you’re the only team in the nation allowed to use a noisemaker in game because your program is short bus special.
Could you kindly translate this into English?
Garbage coach? Hahahaha! Yeah, he’s doing a poor job, isn’t he?
By the way, thank Rosebowl for us since he torpedoed our program several years ago leading us to regroup to where we are now. If State could ever focus on State and not on Ole Miss you might get better.
Strength of schedule is a benefit if you have quality roster depth. We knew some would draw a more favorable schedule when the SEC left the division format. Just give it time everyone will eventually get a more difficult schedule. My opinion would be to focus on players that want to be there instead of those purely chasing the bag. If not coaches that focus more on flipping with continue to use other SEC schools as their own JUCO. There are multiple ways to win and even more ways to lose. You picked your coach now back him up.
Strength of schedule is a benefit if you have quality roster depth. We knew some would draw a more favorable schedule when the SEC left the division format. Just give it time everyone will eventually get a more difficult schedule. My opinion would be to focus on players that want to be there instead of those purely chasing the bag. If not coaches that focus more on flipping with continue to use other SEC schools as their own JUCO. There are multiple ways to win and even more ways to lose. You picked your coach now back him up.
Hardest schedule and lowest talent level…
Let me guess… Kent State??