re: Class of 2018 Recruiting MEGATHREAD: So Long Old Friend Edition

Interesting post from the LSURb regarding Terrace Marshall:

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I am currently in Shreveport, at Independence Stadium, (you know, where nick Saban got his arse kicked in 96 by Gerry Dinardo) watching scrimmages against multiple teams, including North Desoto vs. Parkway..... As we are in a lightning delay, I had a chance to talk to Terrance Marshall and I told him, "Im from Baton Rouge and would love to see you go to LSU and play for 3 years then head to the NFL." He then tells me, "They don't want me." My reaction..."HUH!?". He says, "They don't call, they don't give me any attention, and Ensminger is the recruiter up here and he shows zero interest." He proceeds to tell me, that he's not even going to take an official visit bc he hasn't been invited. He doesn't want to go somewhere that isn't interested in him. 
How can you have a number one wide receiver in the country in your home state and not give him all the attention he wants?? That makes no sense to me. 
Don't kill the messenger. I'm just writing what I was told by the guy personally. 

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Marshall recently stated he has opened up to being recruited by Alabama again FWIW.

Another post from ellitor regarding Justyn Ross:

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FWIW Mike chimed in on Ross in another thread. He had previously said AU led but didn't feel overly confident in that. He now says it's not over but Bama leads & Ross is listening to them.

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I'm assuming Hunter is an Auburn "insider." Perhaps TigerPaw can chime in here? 

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He's a high school coach in AL with supposed close connections to AU staff. He has all but promised Fields will sign with AU so we will see how legit or not he is soon

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I agree that Seth Williams may be better than Ross, but there is no way in hell Matthew Hill is. 

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Truthfully I think Hill is more polished WR than either Williams or Ross right now. Dude is elite. With that said Ross to me is the clear stud of the group. If given a choice of one from those 3 I want Ross

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I agree that Seth Williams may be better than Ross, but there is no way in hell Matthew Hill is.

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Williams has grown on me. And I'd take either him or Ross to pair with other targets at WR. But push comes to shove, I want the bigger WR. Williams is more filled out

A note on the scrimmage today that I thought would be of interest on here.

It probably won't be a surprise to us on here as many of us talked him up last year and couldn't understand why he was as low ranked (somewhere around #100 Composite) as he was, but Chris Allen got reps with the 1st team defense in the scrimmage today. He's going to be a star. How he wasn't a top 20 overall recruit in the country still baffles me. On paper, he has everything. Size, speed, frame, versatility, productivity, played against good HS competition.

He was one of my favorite signees. Had a panic when it looked like he wouldn't qualify. Damn those terrible rumors.

If that pans out that Bulovas is a bust (certainly way too early), I wish we would just scour the landscape for a grad transfer from somewhere. It's to the point that it's laughable. Just find someone from a smaller program looking to win a championship that has proven that he can kick in college. Forget trying to evaluate it anymore, because obviously we can't.

Eddy Pineiro.

I just want a reliable kicker again. This is a near decade long problem.

I hope we try. Hell, let's sign 5 kickers and hope one of them isn't a head case.