re: Latest on Keenan Allen?

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Bo Davis will be visiting Keenan Allen in his home tonight. I fully expect that, regardless of whether or not we find out publicly right away, this meeting will resolve the Allen situation one way or the other. Either he affirms his commitment to us or he goes elsewhere, and by the end of the night our staff should know. If he chooses to go elsewhere, pay close attention to Menzie because that is who we will almost certainly turn to. If you see hints of a committing from him, you can about bet your bottom dollar that Allen is gone.

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Also, as Gentry Estes posts, it looks more and more like Allen and his brother will play together at the next level, so the only way to get Allen may be to offer his brother too

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Allen, a five-star receiver/defensive back from Greensboro, N.C., committed to the Tide in November but continues to keep options open because of his half-brother, current college quarterback Zach Maynard, who left the program at Buffalo and is now searching for a new home.

As for Allen, he's still committed to the Tide. But from the sound of it, Saban may ultimately have to invest one of those precious few remaining scholarships for Maynard in order to land Allen, who many consider the Tide's top prospect currently committed.

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Saban from when he was at the Senior Bowl on recruiting -

"I'm really not allowed to talk about recruiting right now," Saban said, "but we got a lot of commitments early on. Sometimes there's some other good guys out there. Then you've got some guys that might be changing their mind. You just try to manage it until you get there and get the best players. I know we've got a lot of good things going at Alabama. It's a great opportunity for a lot of these guys. Hopefully, they'll see that, fit in and be a part of what we want to continue to try to build in the future."

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