re: How is bama flipping all these players?

Yes, guys from an Alabama recruiting hotbed, in Mobile, flipping to the state's flagship is "fishy". And FWIW, it's only been one guy that actually committed to Alabama during the dead period, which started Monday, that had been committed elsewhere. And Taylor decommitted from Florida State over a week ago. So, FSU coaches had plenty of time to talk to him. He had even visited Tallahassee one last time, over the weekend prior to the start of the dead period.

T.J. Yeldon basically said that Auburn's season and the lack of who AU would hire as OC, and the type of offense that would be run, is what caused his switch. The offense that Alabama runs is no mystery, no matter the OC hired. He's also teammates with a long time Alabama commit, in Ryan Anderson. The majority of the Alabama All-stars at the Ala.-Miss. All-Star event are headed to Tuscaloosa. That helped influence him as well.

So, I guess facts aren't really what you're interested in hearing, but I decided to waste my time on repeating them anyway.