re: 2023 Recruiting

Agreed. Everything looks good on paper but commitments aren’t happening

That’s actually interesting because everyone thought the Bama offer changed things

Maybe Corch can shine a light here. Maybe the really, really early Auburn offer made a huge impact? Because Auburn believed in him when everyone thought his ceiling was inflated because of Finkley

Bruce needs to do a recruiting clinic and make Harsin sit in the front row

Auburn helped themselves this week with 2 4*’s from Carver-Columbus.

4* OT Kelton Smith
4* DL Darron Reed

Both visited Auburn midweek and both left with different impressions than what they came in with

Auburn also had 3* OT Patrick Screws on campus again

Some other visitors this weekend

4* LB Jaiden Ausberry
4* LB Grayson Howard
4* DB Dale Miller
4* DT Will Norman
4* DT Sydir Mitchell
3* OT Paul Mubenga
3* OT Vysen Lang

And 4* OT Wilkin Formby is supposed to be in town next week

All per Caldwell, KN, & 247

Auburn has offered transfer DE from WV: Akheem Mesidor. Tennessee and USCw have also offered now

4* OT Wilkin Formby is in town today. Jason Caldwell says he’s in phenomenal shape. Around 305 lbs

Also, 4* OT Isaiah Robinson tweeted he will be at A-Day.

Other visitors today are 4* TE Jelani Thurman, 3* ATH RJ Johnson, & ‘24 QB Prentiss “Air” Noland

I wouldn't be mad if we took 20 OL next cycle.

Caldwell/247 seems to like Auburn’s progress with 4* TE Jelani Thurman and 4* OT Wilkin Formby. Formby isn’t in a hurry to decide but he seems to understand Auburn’s urgent need and spoke well about Friend, practice, and the overall experience he’d have as a lineman in that room.

Likewise, 3* OT Vysen Lang talked a lot about his relationships with coaches, players, and also friends from high school at Pike Road going to Auburn.

My take — way too early to know anything on Formby, his recruitment is wide open right now but Auburn will be near the top of his list and our biggest threat is Bama if they turn up the heat.

I do like where Auburn is with Vysen Lang, though. And he’s a stud.

Auburn has done a good job of getting into the thick of these OL battles early. Last season they were chasing and they cut bait with a lot of guys during the process. Way different feel this cycle. This feels normal which is weird to say about OL recruitment

The Auburn Wire article you linked misrepresented the actual results of the survey. From TickPick.com:

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It's not shocking that football fans voted the mighty Alabama Crimson Tide the most entertaining football team to watch, followed by the Ohio State Buckeyes and conference rival Georgia Bulldogs. And of the top 10 teams mentioned in this category, the SEC claimed four.

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AU football was #2 in the "Least Entertaining" category, which I assume would reflect the team in 2021 rather than 2022, which after the LSU game I would have to concur (although for everyone not in burnt orange and navy blue, our complete collapse against MSU had to have been pretty entertaining ).

Apparently they had a separate survey question about "Most Boring" teams:

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The most boring football team landed Army, BYU, Baylor, and Akron in the top four spots. Taking fifth place in the boring category was Nick Saban's Alabama squad. Perhaps watching a team roll over their weekly opponents may fall into the "watching paint dry" category.

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So Bama was the #1 "Most Entertaining" team while simultaneously #5 in "Most Boring". Kinda diminishes the value of the survey, don't it?