re: Alabama Class of 2014 Recruiting MEGATHREAD (Goodnight sweet Prince)

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Where is this coming from though? Bc he simply showed interest in ole miss? Took a visit? Bc ole miss fans are talking shite? Serious question as I wouldn't know I just dont see why bo would leave bama for ole miss.... What's the basis of this thinking?

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Other than the fact that it feels like e'erybody is decommitting from Bama ( ) this article is where I base my opinion:

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Scarbrough pronounces himself much better prepared to go off to college now. He now says he's not even sure if he wants to go to Alabama anymore. "It might be best to get away from home," Scarbrough said, no longer a homesick teenager. He's also considering Notre Dame, UCLA, and Mississippi, to name a few.

His mother, only now getting used to the idea of her only child living away from home, credits IMG with showing him there was more to the world beyond Tuscaloosa. "I'm kind of glad that he got away," she said. "He can't stay at home forever. I think he's doing better there than he would have done here."

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Since the article was written, he has eliminated UCLA and ND, likely because of academics.

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Yeah my wife has bama alum (boosters ) in her family. 2-4 of then played football at bama and honestly, I like talking sports with them more than a lot of LSU fans Bc they know their shite and are pretty humble about the success. I leave the trolling on the SECr. It's a privilege to post on other team's boards.

Sorry for the hijack.

I've always welcomed scoop and legit convo. That is actual information I'm bringing to the table. Not "nuh uh!!" bullshite. I can't help people crying about y'all over there. But I went out of my way to make that civil and insure it wasn't just talking shite. I am willing to bet that IF anyone got banned, it was for far worse than that or repeated offenses.

Besides, our board is open so we don't have an approval process like y'all have. For every time y'all were treated poorly, there was a 5 post troll who made an account just to come talk shite. So yeah, the rantards + being open to troll = testy chirren. I've always spoken for scoop and outside convo when people bring up banning other fans, FWIW.

It's probably just OM negative recruiting. We give every prospect a fair shot at their preferred position before making decisions on where they should play permanently. Blake Sims is still playing QB and Derrick Henry is still playing RB despite everybody thinking they would be better suited at other positions.

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Back to recruiting. Ole miss fans are saying that bama wanted bo at LB and ole miss is selling him the prime time RB role... Any truth to bama saying LB? I doubt Saban would straight up not give him the option if it meant losing out on him.

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Not 1 frickin bit of truth to any switch for Bo, he's a RB at either school

The 2 factors working for OM in this situation are depth chart at RB and his grade situation

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I'm wondering if the "Saban to Texas" rumors affected recruits

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I said this back when the rumors were running wild on the CC board.

I believe that a lot of recruits think this might happen again next year or the year after. Saban should have got pissed off and denied this and signed right away instead of letting it drag on for weeks.

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For a team you and your buddies say is dirty, it amazes me just how low others get in the dirt to make us look bad.

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I don't believe a LOT of ole miss posters. I'm simply trying to figure out wtf would make bo leave bama for those schools. It's a legit curiosity.

No both teams offered him as a LB. We are trying to sell him on Bama's depth at that position and our lack of strength at RB. That's it. I've said plenty of times that we aren't going to flip him but IF he does that the only team he'd go to other than Bama is us.

Cool. This has become an Ole Miss/LSU thread.