re: Rashaan Evans opens up about his recruitment and more....

Most schools allow facilities to be rented out for parties. The key in this case is who pays for the facilities and/or are all of the costs the same for the student athlete's family as they would be for general population.

I'm quite sure AU's compliance department has cleared this before allowing it. I'm not even sure how this is still being discussed.

I really hope the kid goes to UCLA for two reasons:

1) get him the hell out of the SECW
2) watch both of you guys flame each other about it (though, to be fair, it does seem like it would hurt/bother AU a lot more than it would Bama)

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Alan Evans is a former player and probably gets the former player discount bro

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Thanks, bro. It still has to be equal to the discount of former players without prospective student athletes being recruited by said school.

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Fire up the AT pB presses folks

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Not implying any conspiracy. I said that I'm certain AU compliance made sure it was not a violation before agreeing to the party. I said this shouldn't be discussed any further.

I'm not "conspiracy guy". Like I said, I hope the kid goes UCLA. I think you both are a wild group of fans, but AU considers this kid a "lock". Bama seems to consider him a "hope" (with a few, obvious and predictable exceptions). It would bother AU waaaay more to miss this kid than it would Bama.

But everyone knows and has for a while, or at least felt very comfortable that Evans will end up at AU. The only real surprise here is why he is waiting so long to make it official.

I think there was some real concern regarding MH and FSU. In the end most felt UA would edge them out but it was close. I think Evans even with his interest in UA was/is always been 90% all AU.

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The only real surprise here is why he is waiting so long to make it official.

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they see other guys getting to announce on ESPN...I think this is the only reason why Evans hasnt publicly committed yet

If I was a HS kid and ESPN or ESPNU would have me, I'd definitely do it on national TV

Fair enough but any ranked recruit like him could have ESPN do it any day they wanted. To be honest I would not be surprised he does it at his grandfather's bday party when Gus is there.

Family pro-AU. Assuming his grandfather is as well, hence why having his birthday bash on campus. Gus in attendance, Evans stands up, grabs the microphone, and wishes his GF happy birthday and tells him he will be playing at AU. GF could not of wished for a better present. How I see it potentially playing out.

I hope you are right TideWarrior

I just wish people with Auburn ties/grew up AU fans would actually start coming to Auburn. Before this year, if a recruit said he grew up an AU fan I pretty much concede him to another school

I agree with the fact that I think the miss would hurt AU more because I see it as a need for AU more than UA. For UA Evans would be a great addition but LB we have great depth.

In regards to head to head it does not bother me and Evans may be the only true head to head battle between the teams this year. UA never really pushed for Roc until it was to late and Tre never showed any real interest in UA. If AU fans consider them beating UA head to head for those 2 I guess Saban beat Gus head to head for MH, but again MH was never really considering AU even though they offered.

This year seem to be interesting for recruiting. It seems both staffs got who they really wanted from the state except for maybe Evans. The next few years may be a little more intense.

BTW every fan base has those fans.