*** OT Arie Kouandjio Commits to Alabama ***

[37bamagrl]

Wow how quickly my mood changes!! Gone for a few minutes come back and have this great news along with lattimore going to USC!

Welcome Arie!!!!!! Just can't wait for lundquist to tackle your name!!
(you beat me to it tidefaninau!)

 

[Bama Bard]

That just sealed it for me. Arie was the only must get on Bama Bard's misguided Big Board. Anything else is just icing on the cake--eventhough Stone or Coleman would thrill me. Good luck Arie and welcome to Bama.

 

[bigmammal]

Arie, you have made a lot of people happy this evening and I suspect for years to come. Thank you very much. :biga2:

I said I'd celebrate with 2 toddies if Arie committed, so I'm going to start off with the first in a few minutes. In about a half hour I'll probably be singing Happy Days are Here Again. :smile:

 

[RedStar]

Somewhere, Verne Lundquist is crying.

 

[rgw]

Arie is probably one of the best OL recruits in the nation and his younger brother, Cyrus, will likely be the best in 2011. Seems like landing Arie is a good start on Cyrus...but more importantly we just landed the top OL prospect on our board.

 

[BLAKE55]

Awesome pickup! Anybody else think Verne is really gonna struggle with his name?
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Dang it!!!You beat me to it.

Verne is just thanking God that Owamagbe Odighizuwa isn't going to an SEC school

 

[jps1983]

Roll Tide!! Awesome pick-up.

 

[Harmost]

Somewhere, Verne Lundquist is crying.

Aaron Koon-deeh-oh

 

[LCN]

Good to know. One less thing for everyone to stress out about tomorrow. Come on down Cyrus and join big brother.

Yep . This is kind of two-for-one everyone would love to have in the works

 

[Crimson Surfer]

Great news! This is the one we needed in this class. The rest if any is gravy.

Arie Kouandjio - Yahoo! Sports

 

[wileybb22]

Re: *** OT Arie Kouandijo Commits to Alabama ***

Arie we would want you if your brother comes or not. Your not a package deal to the tide faithful. We would love for your brother to play with you but if he chooses to play for someone else we as the tide faithful want the best for him. You just rounded out our class to make it every thing I was hoping it would be.

This is why I'm proud to be an ALABAMA FAN. Every article I have ever read about you has been positive. Welcome home....:biggrin::biggrin::biggrin::biggrin::biggrin::biggrin:

 

[john_boy1234]

Great to here this one!! Bring lil bro with you next year!!


RTR!!

 

[glasscutter256]

Somewhere, Verne Lundquist is crying.

lol!! "Mr. K" to Verne.

It is great to open another pipeline to a great HS football program. I see many more recruits coming out of there (DeMatha) in the future...not just the obvious one.
RTR!! Welcome Arie

 

[deliveryman35]

Great pickup. Football is still a game primarily won or lost on the LOS, and as such it's good to see us stockpiling big, strong, fast linemen. As soon as our passing game gets going at the next level, I can see us being an absolute machine on O in the coming years.

 

[calhexas]

Imagine if 2011 is anchored with Spencer Region, Cyrus Kouandjio, and Reese Dismukes.

 

[CapstoneGrad06]

lol!! "Mr. K" to Verne.

It is great to open another pipeline to a great HS football program. I see many more recruits coming out of there (DeMatha) in the future...not just the obvious one.
RTR!! Welcome Arie

Alabama has actually had success in the past in signing players from DeMatha. Danny Martz, Waine Bacon (walk-on, turned starter), and another that escapes me.

 

[PDL]

Great news and great decision, Arie! Can't wait to get ya on campus.

Hey BigEasy and rgw, I saw that both of you said that Arie was the top player on our OL board. I'm curious, does that mean that he was the top OLineman left on the board or the top overall of all the OLineman that our staff evaluated throughout the year? Obviously he's a top player either way, but just out of curiosity. Thanks.

 

[BAMAFEVER50]

Somewhere, Verne Lundquist is crying.

ROTFL:biggrin: FWIW, I can't touch this one either.

 

[CapstoneGrad06]

Imagine if 2011 is anchored with Spencer Region, Cyrus Kouandjio, and Reese Dismukes.

Brey Cook from Arkansas too.

 

[runtheoption22]

Great news and great decision, Arie! Can't wait to get ya on campus.

Hey BigEasy and rgw, I saw that both of you said that Arie was the top player on our OL board. I'm curious, does that mean that he was the top OLineman left on the board or the top overall of all the OLineman that our staff evaluated throughout the year? Obviously he's a top player either way, but just out of curiosity. Thanks.

Top OL on our board for the majority of the year, reportedly.