So are we going after any of TN's commits?

The_Crimson1

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TN was putting together a nice class. Now that Fulmer is out are there any recruits that were interested in us that committed to the viles that we may be talking to again?
 

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Linebacker Jerod Askew is their only prospect that has a commitable offer from us IMHO. It could help with players still considering like Chris Bonds.
 

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Crimson Surfer's post in another thread is also relevant here.

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If surfer's got good info there, that could be great news for Bama - if we have slots for some of these players.
I was just passing along some of what I heard. Whether or not they actually did contact Bama and whether or not Bama is interested or has room for any of them is a whole other case.

Fulmer has now been let go so that obviously that could impact any number of the UT commits. Since the UT game up until now I have not heard or read anything from any of UT's commits that indicate that they are looking around. Today would have been the perfect day to get some news on that front but so far all that I read on the UT boards is that all their commits are still firm. Obviously we will all see how that works out between now and NSD.
 

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Askew would be the only one, off hand, that we would actively pursue and was previously seriously considering us.
 

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I think this helps us the most with Chris Bonds, the defensive end out of South Carolina.

It will hurt Tennessee with regard to their current commitments, no doubt about that, but I really do not see any of them coming to our side. As mentioned earlier, about the only one who would be a legitimate candidate is Askew, and I just cannot really see that one happening.
 

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Askew would be the only one, off hand, that we would actively pursue and was previously seriously considering us.
I was just passing along some of what I heard. Whether or not they actually did contact Bama and whether or not Bama is interested or has room for any of them is a whole other case.
True and what BET said about Bonds is interesting. Then there is Massie, Atchison, Norwood, Randle, Kirkpatrick, Patrick, Kelly, Bumphis and a bunch of others; Too many options and not enough places at the table.

I seems to me that this year is a unique situation; given our success coupled with AU and UT falling apart has created so many recruiting opportunities that it has got my head spinning. Man, this is almost as good as watching the games! Y'all have been following recruiting way longer than I have so maybe you have experienced this before.

So, this is probably a very naive question but is there a scenario that CNS could open up more spots for big time 5* and 4* players who wanted to be part of the freight train that the Tide has become? Can he grey shirt some? Or defer some? Or send some to a Juco? Or swap some for players already committed; which seems rather harsh and somewhat of a PR nightmare?

In other words is there a way to take advantage of this situation with our limited number of spots, even though we are so far along in the recruiting process?

:BigA: RTR!
 
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Crimson Surfer

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True and what BET said about Bonds is interesting. Then there is Massey, Atkinson, Norwood, Randle, Kirkpatrick, Patrick, Kelly, Bumphis and a bunch of others; Too many options and not enough places at the table.

I seems to me that this year is a unique situation; given our success coupled with AU and UT falling apart has created so many recruiting opportunities that it has got my head spinning. Man, this is almost as good as watching the games! Y'all have been following recruiting way longer than I have so maybe you have experienced this before.

So, this is probably a very naive question but is there a scenario that CNS could open up more spots for big time 5* and 4* players who wanted to be part of the freight train that the Tide has become? Can he grey shirt some? Or defer some? Or send some to a Juco? Or swap some for players already committed; which seems rather harsh and somewhat of a PR nightmare?

In other words is there a way to take advantage of this situation with our limited number of spots, even though we are so far along in the recruiting process?

:BigA: RTR!
I am sure there is an overall plan and even contigency plans in place for all of the different scenarios that may take place. I doubt any of the highly ranked sought after prospects would be turned away if they decided to choose Bama late in the process or on NSD. There does seem to be quite a lot of top prospects strongly considering Bama and not a whole lot of open slots left. Like I have said before the development of this class down the stretch to NSD should be very interesting to watch.
 
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True and what BET said about Bonds is interesting. Then there is Massey, Atkinson, Norwood, Randle, Kirkpatrick, Patrick, Kelly, Bumphis and a bunch of others; Too many options and not enough places at the table.

I seems to me that this year is a unique situation; given our success coupled with AU and UT falling apart has created so many recruiting opportunities that it has got my head spinning. Man, this is almost as good as watching the games! Y'all have been following recruiting way longer than I have so maybe you have experienced this before.

So, this is probably a very naive question but is there a scenario that CNS could open up more spots for big time 5* and 4* players who wanted to be part of the freight train that the Tide has become? Can he grey shirt some? Or defer some? Or send some to a Juco? Or swap some for players already committed; which seems rather harsh and somewhat of a PR nightmare?

In other words is there a way to take advantage of this situation with our limited number of spots, even though we are so far along in the recruiting process?

:BigA: RTR!
I'm sure there is a plan. Someone posted at Mr. Orr on TI said that he thought we may actually oversign, now....which makes sense with a lot of academic question marks out there.

As far as Bonds goes, ND was and will be the biggest competition for him. He was blown away on his visit, and so was his mother.



Any word on Eric Gordon?
Bama has always been a little ahead of UT, but it was always a question of space in our class and our academics.
 

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According to TI Aubrey Phillips, a UcheaT comittment, will be in Tuscaloosa Saturday for the Mississippi State game. According to his father he is still a UcheaT comittment, but they are opening is recruitment back up. :conf2: His father says he will also visit Arkansas, Florida and F$U in addition to Alabama.

Here's his Rivals profile:

[URL]http://footballrecruiting.rivals.com/viewprospect.asp?pr_key=70383&sport=1[/URL]
 

eladabbub

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No link, but Jarvis Giles has decommitted from UTK and it sounds like he may be headed to South Carolina.
 

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According to TI Aubrey Phillips, a UcheaT comittment, will be in Tuscaloosa Saturday for the Mississippi State game. According to his father he is still a UcheaT comittment, but they are opening is recruitment back up. :conf2: His father says he will also visit Arkansas, Florida and F$U in addition to Alabama.
We are looking to add another offensive tackle in this class, and we've still got a few guys left on the board like Massie and Siddoway. I imagine that we are still recruiting Phillips, mainly as a back-up plan in case we strike out with some of the other tackles higher on our board.

It should be noted that Phillips is a teammate of Alabama commitment Rod Woodson, so we do have an in with him. At this point, though, I think it is mainly just a matter of keeping contacts up to date with him just in case we want him later.

No link, but Jarvis Giles has decommitted from UTK and it sounds like he may be headed to South Carolina.
He has been wavering lately anyway, and he actually was going to visit South Carolina before Fulmer stepped down. This probably, if anything, just puts the icing on the cake.

Speaking of South Carolina, though, they are putting together a pretty good class this season. Moreover, they are going to benefit from the Clemson meltdown, and now most people think they will get five-star safety Devonte Holloman.

This won't be a great class for them, but it could be a pretty good one. Unlike their highly-ranked 2007 class -- which was really a mediocre-at-best class that was pushed high in the rankings because they signed a ton of prospects -- this one looks to have a good bit of quality throughout.
 

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