re: WR Soloman Patton picks Florida

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You're right, the state of Alabama is likely to only produce Demarcus Milliner as a five star for the 2010 class. However, Phillip Sims can get a fifth star, if he continues to develop like many think he can. The are a few other guys we're after that are currently high four stars, that can move up with a strong camp circuit, and great senior season. I wouldn't count Alabama out for one of the top two spots yet. However, as you've state, Florida and Texas are putting together great classes. Regardless, I won't complain with finishing third, especially after the last two classes Coach Saban has signed.

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It wasn't a hit against you guys just looking at the big picture. Texas/Florida way out ahead of everyone at this point. We're a bit closer to you guys than you guys are to Florida.

I totally forgot about USC as well, seems like they've started a little slow, but you can never count them out. I don't expect a Top 5 class for us this year with the weak in-state talent. We are going to need to make a big splash out of state to get up in the Top 5 (I'm talking Seastrunk/Nelson/Dickson/Storm while locking down in-state guys like Reed/Allen and maybe throwing a big wild-card in there like Jeffcoat)