Former Mississippi high school football prospect C.J. Johnson de-committed from Mississippi State deep into the 2011 recruiting process, signing instead with Ole Miss in early February.
As chronicled here five months ago, Johnson told the media he reneged on his promise to MSU because, at least in part, he was upset by comments made by alleged Mississippi State fans on his Facebook page. Johnson to the JACKSON CLARION-LEDGER on Jan. 26, 2011:
“I saw rumors on the Internet with people saying I decommitted from Mississippi State because my momma has been working for this Ole Miss guy and she cleaned his house up for a year and she made $100,000. If my momma made $100,000 a year, I wouldn’t be driving the truck that I’m driving. I would have had a vehicle a long time ago. It’s just the little stuff like that.”
If Johnson’s Tweets on June 1, his first day of class at Ole Miss, are any indication it appears Houston Nutt does indeed sweat the “little stuff.”
Peepa heppin’ bidniz indeed.
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9:24 pm on June 25th, 2011
How SAD is it to be Ole Miss? They cheat like hell, and STILL can’t win
11:26 pm on June 25th, 2011
Everyone know Miss St. is a dirty program. Jackie Sherrell cheated and didn’t care who knew it.
Miss. St. offer Cam Newton $180.00 and then get pissed when Cam goes to Auburn and try to cast rumors and lies on Auburn. Ask yourself who would you rather play for? A team with a stadium that will seat close to 90.000 or a stadium not much more than some H.S.
A program with top 5 recruiting the past 3 year or a program not even in the top 25.
A program with one of the best Coaching staffs in the nation or a coaching staff still trying to put together a winning team.
Hell If I was Cam Newton I would have paid Miss St. 180.000 to not go there and ruin my chances at pro. ball/
12:27 am on June 26th, 2011
Range Rovers are very common in Mississippi.
In fact, in his home town of Philadelphia, MS, nearly 59% of those under are actually over the poverty line.
Nothing to see here, NCAA.
Let these Southern states have their version of minor league football.
6:26 am on June 26th, 2011
Continue to deny it, but UM is in trouble, and attacking MS is not going to change any of it. The Cam Newton case and MS is over and done. The facts show that Newton’s dad pimped him out and MS said no. So, your next argument is to bring up Jackie? He hasn’t coached in nearly a decade, and MS has moved past its NCAA penalties connected to him. Face it, the new regime brought in, first, by Greg Byrne, and is now being continued by Stricklin, is advancing MS past TSUN in-state. Mullin is winning, every sport is winning, and UM is spinning into an abyss. To keep up, UM has turned to recruiting indisgressions that are going to eventually catch up with them. It’s coming. You can tout all of the “top 5 recruiting” classes you want, but it’s all about the scoreboard. Heck, most of the big recruits end up leaving the program, either kicked off the team or transfering to a DII school. The bears are in trouble, and the writing is on the wall.
9:59 am on June 26th, 2011
Floridawg, you’ve got it all figured out, don’t ya?
12:44 pm on June 26th, 2011
lol stupid southerners! always flinging crap at each other! SEC schools are just glorified JC’s that has to pay kids to come to their schools! Stay Classy SEC
5:01 pm on June 26th, 2011
Hey union soldier. How old are you now? 185? When is your 200th BD? These SEC schools are ONLY trying to keep up with Ohio State, better known as TaToo U.
6:34 pm on June 26th, 2011
My dad works with a bunch of guys who are from Mississippi and Miss St. fans. From what I understand Nutt is the Tressell of the south, but Miss St. isn’t the cleanest program in the world. This issues been dirty since December.
I agree to the first guy. Cheat like hell and still can’t win lol
6:53 pm on June 26th, 2011
The rebels are upset there is no way they can spin this to make it look less bad…the excuses just make it look worse. The OM program is on the way downhill fast, and all the rebels are in self destruct mode because they can’t afford Nutt’s buyout.
6:53 am on June 27th, 2011
Rebel Yell,
Are you a rebel or a war eagle? Why not compare UM to MSU rather than give props to AU? A lot of your points in the comparison of MSU & AU would be very similar should you compare UM to AU.
8:11 am on June 27th, 2011
North, south, east and west, when you cannot openly bid for talent in big-time sports, corruption in the sense of rule breaking related to $ is inevitable. The stakes are too high ($ for schools and reflected glory for alumni), boosters are not easily caught and people are greedy.
3:01 pm on June 27th, 2011
Wow, I love how when MSU has 2 decent years they get all cocky and start acting like this will be a continous thing. All MSU fans need to listen up. Look at the past MSU and Ole Miss always how on and off years to the extent of 2 YEARS. Ole Miss was dominant for 2 years, MSU has been kinda dominant for years. Before you get all cocky and start trying to add seats to the stadium why dont you wait at least a year to see how this season goes, and how typical of MSU to jump on Ole Miss for cheating when there is absolutely no evidence at all. Maybe you should stop pointing fingers and focus on the next year because I promise you that this will not be a good year for MSU football. yeah you may when at least 7 games but look at your non conference schedule. Its a joke, even ESPN voted it as one of the easyiest non conf schedules in the nation. Try playing some better teams before you get all cocky, just look at Ole Miss’s sched compared to MSU’s. MSU needs to stick to their normal subject of cows and how to steal traditions and thunder from their bigger and better brother Ole Miss. Like always MSU will continue to stay the red headed step child in the state of MS.
3:15 pm on June 27th, 2011
Wow, Miami. Sand in tha vag today? Lay off the red and blue Kool-Aid, bud. You’ll be a lot less disappointed.
10:07 pm on June 27th, 2011
Sorry but both Mississippi schools is irrelevant, But I would put my money on the Bears over MissSt. finishing 44th in recruiting Miss St. will always be at the bottom of the conference.
10:52 pm on June 27th, 2011
BRTide in for the win! “both Mississippi schools is”………a man that must be taken seriously!
5:43 pm on June 28th, 2011
Your traditions aren’t being stolen, Miami. They are being wiped out by your own administration and more than that, who would want them? As far as the Big Brother thing goes, I would think the university with the largest enrollment in the state would be the big brother.
5:58 pm on June 29th, 2011
MSU will give everyone in the West a run for their money next season. And by money, I mean money. Alabama and AU both spend 32 million a year on their football programs. UM and MSU spend a combined total of 19 million. By my calculations all the other SEC schools should beat Mississippi teams every time–Vandy, Kentucky and Arkansas all spend around 20 million–except it’s not always about money, It’s more often than not about heart. MSU has it right now, and whatever team you root for, Budfudlacker, will find that out up front. And, by the way, MSU had the 4rth hardest schedule in the Nation last year, according to ESPN, and did fine. But, don’t take my word for it–let it give you ulcers this Fall.