http://oxfordeagle.com/2013/12/msu-has-a-chance-to-learn-from-liggins-situation/
"Liggins, who does have an offer from UAB, will likely perform like a man on fire in this upcoming Bernard Blackwell Game in the attempt to prove these MSU wrong, and get another school to offer. Liggins didn’t have a bad senior season, far from it. He was dominant in several games this year and he had an even better senior year than he did as a junior. But MSU felt like he should “grayshirt,” which means defer enrollment until the winter session of 2015. That’s still a slap in the face to someone who made the pledge when he was asked to and done nothing to deter from that.
As for Hill, the future of MSU recruiting, in Oxford and with OHS players, is over. He made that clear to me in his office and he made that clear to the
Clarion Ledger’s John Talty while driving to Jackson Friday afternoon to watch the Lady Chargers take part in the state dance competition.
“I don’t know what it does for other schools, but as long as that staff is intact, they aren’t welcome at Oxford. If they are going to lie to one kid, what’s to say they won’t lie to another?” Hill said. “I think that’s pretty crappy that coaches come by and I tell them he’s committed and they don’t recruit him. And then Mississippi State drops the ball on him.”
For those that don’t know Hill, he means what he says. I’ve known him for 14 years and he’s always shot me straight. He doesn’t just have quotes and a painting of John Wayne in his office for decoration. He models his life around the way Duke was in his movies, which means MSU’s practice has indeed burned a bridge, likely forever. And for a program that will be as talented as any in the state the next several years, it’s a bad mistake, a mistake they best learn from, and fast.
(December 14, 2013)"
