re: I see Scott Lashley is visiting this week...

Mississippi is without a doubt the hardest state to pull cruits out of...

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He's one of your typical MS recruits who will stay in MS, crazy how well they keep their state locked down.

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I wouldn't necessarily say that. Now, MSU is just down the road about 15 minutes or so from his house. Alabama bandwaggoning in this area is HUGE, kids I'm coaching are immensely tied to Alabama at their young age. Without knowing Lashley on a personal level, my guess would be MSU or Bama will be his destination (based on the amount of fans in this area for those teams). I don't know if his family is tied with Ole Miss at all, but you never know either - West Point is a pretty crummy city to grow up in, he may be wanting to leave the state. Again - I'd still say odds are Bama or MSU; but I would absolutely say that kids in the "Golden Triangle" area (West Point, Columbus, Starkville) are a hodge podge mixed bag of fans of the SEC. This year on my team I had fans of: MSU, Ole Miss, Auburn, Bama, West Virginia, Georgia, Iowa, Oregon, and of course LSU. With the kids loving a school their entire youth, if he happened to love LSU there'd definitely be a chance.

The main point is the kids I'm familiar with - while not actively being recruited yet (other than one) - aren't sold on staying in state.